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authorCillian de Roiste <deroiste@syslab.com>2016-11-10 22:53:43 +0100
committerCillian de Roiste <deroiste@syslab.com>2016-11-20 17:25:33 +0100
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NixOS Manual: Container Networking with NM
Network Manager calls dhclient on container interfaces and fails
which locks you out of the container after a few seconds, unless
you tell it not to manage these interfaces.
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+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/container-networking.xml
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ where <literal>eth0</literal> should be replaced with the desired
 external interface. Note that <literal>ve-+</literal> is a wildcard
 that matches all container interfaces.</para>
 
+<para>If you are using Network Manager, you need to explicitly prevent
+it from managing container interfaces:
+
+<programlisting>
+networking.networkmanager.unmanaged = [ "interface-name:ve-*" ];
+</programlisting>
+</para>
+
 </section>