On 27/06/13 2:46 AM, "Geoff Higginbottom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>@Dave: you are right about advanced networks but the original question >was in relation to basic networking. > >@All: I did some testing over a year ago around changing IPs for guest. >For a VM on and advanced network you can edit the IP directly in the >database but restarting the VM is not enough, you have to also restart >the virtual Router for that network. > >The new 4.1 add NIC API call Dave is referring to is great and to me one >of the best new features of 4.1, but again it's only for advanced >networking so no good for the original problem. > >The multiple IPs to a single NIC has been discussed a lot, but I believe >it is still in development. Multiple Ip per nic is going in 4.2 [1]. Also in 4.2, you can reserve a sub-range of guest CIDR that user can control and assign to the VM's [2] but again this is only in advanced network. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Multiple+IP+address+ per+NIC [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation +within+a+Network > >Regards > >Geoff Higginbottom >CTO / Cloud Architect > >D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 >0540<tel:+442036030540>| M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> > >[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >|www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue> > >ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS > > >On 26 Jun 2013, at 11:22, "Dave Dunaway" ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >@Geoff: Of course we are talking advanced networking, and having >consideration of what your networks are that you can use. If someone wants >to put a 10.x.x.x ip on a VM that is on a 192.x.x.x network, then they can >gladly shoot themselves in the foot. Ideally the person making such a >change understands the 'basic's of advanced networking in CloudPlatform. >Otherwise they should stick the UI.;) > >@Jason: Look in the cloud.nics table. The nics for VMs are defined here. >Modify as needed. A restart of the VM to make sure it all works is highly >recommended. > >In our testing environment I can move a VM from one network to another, >add >nics, change IP's etc quite easily. Some of the 4.1 API will add this >functionality (add nics for example to an existing VM). But there's still >a >lot of immutable things in CloudPlatform that shouldn't be, and that >maybe >one day will be a feature. We just need to make the requests for those >features. > > > > > > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jason Pavao ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >Do you by chance have a sample sql query that would perform this? > > > >On 6/26/2013 8:51 AM, Dave Dunaway wrote: > >There should be a way to have the ability to reserve an IP and still have >DHCP assign the IP by mac reservation. There's no technical reason this >wouldn't work and likely a feature a lot of people would love to see. The >only hold back is the UI not allowing you to do so. > >Ultimately, you can go to the DB and change the VM's IP in the nics table >to what you want (reboot the VM and the IP change will occur). Which is >not >the preferred way to do so, but ultimately that functionality from the UI >would be ideal. > >Even going as far as intergrating IPAM functionality into the product >would >be ideal. > > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < >geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.**com ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>> >wrote: > >Simple answer - you can't. > >In an advanced zone, you can specify the IP address when you create a new >VM using the API, however in a basic zone, because the IP will depend on >which POD your VM ends up in, and as a user you cannot influence this, >there is no way to specific the IP, even if you are a root admin. > >The reason it still fails when you manually change the IP is that the >security groups feature is expecting the VM to have the IP CloudStack >allocated it via DHCP. > >Regards > >Geoff Higginbottom >CTO / Cloud Architect > > >D: +44(0)20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44(0)20 3603 0540<tel: >+442036030540> | M: +44(0)7968161581<tel:+447968161581> > >geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.**com ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> ><mailto:geoff.higginbottom@**shapeblue.com<http://shapeblue.com><geoff.hig >[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > >| www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > >ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS > > > >On 26 Jun 2013, at 05:02, "WXR" ><[email protected]<http://qq.com><http://qq.**com<http://qq.com>>> >wrote: > >cloudstack version: 4.1 >network type: basic network > >When I create a new instance,the vm will get a random IP from the DHCP >server on vrouter. > >If I want to: >1.allocate a specific ip to the vm. >2.allocate multiple ips to the vm. >3.change the vm ip from one to another. > >How can I achieve it? I try to bind the ip to the vm nic manually but the >ip can not be accessed. >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views >or >opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not >the >intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based >upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the >sender >if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a >company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is >operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered >trademark. > > >-- >Thanks. >-Jason > > >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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