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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-05-07 17:00:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-05-07 17:53:57 +0200 |
| commit | 6f7aaf10a5beb6cc10ebe75674d9c8664bd187fa (patch) | |
| tree | c4ced63774765a3b7476d958e1d52c59b7be7cd1 /nixos/doc | |
| parent | 810680bcae1f8ca23744544e87fbf03b705e9493 (diff) | |
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Containers: Use systemd-nspawn's --network-veth flag
Note that this causes the name of the host-side interface to change from c-<name> to ve-<name>.
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/containers.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes.xml | 22 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/containers.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/containers.xml index b8f170fc614f..2530d5195212 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/containers.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/containers.xml @@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ $ ping -c1 10.233.4.2 <para>Networking is implemented using a pair of virtual Ethernet devices. The network interface in the container is called <literal>eth0</literal>, while the matching interface in the host is -called <literal>c-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> -(e.g., <literal>c-foo</literal>). The container has its own network +called <literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> +(e.g., <literal>ve-foo</literal>). The container has its own network namespace and the <literal>CAP_NET_ADMIN</literal> capability, so it can perform arbitrary network configuration such as setting up firewall rules, without affecting or having access to the host’s @@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ on the host: <programlisting> networking.nat.enable = true; -networking.nat.internalInterfaces = ["c-+"]; +networking.nat.internalInterfaces = ["ve-+"]; networking.nat.externalInterface = "eth0"; </programlisting> where <literal>eth0</literal> should be replaced with the desired -external interface. Note that <literal>c-+</literal> is a wildcard +external interface. Note that <literal>ve-+</literal> is a wildcard that matches all container interfaces.</para> </section> diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes.xml index 836cb5c19f4c..52e88bb4c861 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes.xml @@ -6,6 +6,28 @@ <!--==================================================================--> +<section xml:id="sec-release-14.10"> + +<title>Release 14.10 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/10/??)</title> + +<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the +following incompatible changes: + +<itemizedlist> + + <listitem><para>The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair + is now called <literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> + rather than <literal>c-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal>.</para></listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +</para> + +</section> + + +<!--==================================================================--> + <section xml:id="sec-release-14.04"> <title>Release 14.04 (“Baboon”, 2014/04/30)</title> |