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Old 12-27-2016, 07:07 AM   #1
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Persistent network settings


I'm in need to set a virtual ethernet interface and this being the first time to get my hands on a bedrock I can't seem to figure it out.

I brought it up with "ifconfig" but it's not persistent after a reboot.

Where are the configs stored?
 
Old 12-27-2016, 09:04 AM   #2
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Most distros networking files are stored under /etc.
 
Old 12-27-2016, 10:29 AM   #3
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It seems you've also asked about this on reddit, as well as in the IRC channel. I didn't answer on IRC because you dropped off before I had the chance, but I did on reddit. You asked an additional question here - "Where are the configs stored?" - and so I'll answer here as well, including this new question into consideration.

Some background to make sure we're on the same page:

Continuing with the same thing I said on reddit:

It sounds like you have gotten the networking stuff you want working, just not persistent after reboots. Correct? If so, I see two likely sources of your issue:
  • You're setting up networking from one stratum and getting your init from another. This means the init you're using isn't reading whatever configuration is supposed to tell init to run the networking code at boot due to the above mentioned known issue.
    • The easiest fix for this is to just get networking from the same distro as you get init. It doesn't take advantage of Bedrock Linux's features in this respect, but it's easiest to make work, and you can still take advantage of Bedrock Linux features elsewhere.
    • If you want to get networking and init from different distros/strata, the work around for the above mentioned issue is to manually make init-specific configuration to run the networking code at boot. For example, if you're using systemd from Arch, you could make a unit file with that as the ExecStart= line. You'll have to see the documentation for the specific distro/init you're using to boot for this, sadly; I can't give you an answer that works for everything. Most distros/inits either support /etc/rc.local or can be easily made to do so, which makes it a good choice in case you later want to take init hop as it should then continue to work across init choices. One note additional: since (in this guess for where your trouble lies) you're getting init and networking from different distros, I'd recommend explicitly specifying which ifconfig you're using with brc - so you'd probably want something like /bedrock/bin/brc <stratum> ifconfig <device> up.
  • You're getting the networking and init from the same distro/stratum - that is, the above mentioned init hook issue isn't relevant here - and you're missing some required step. You'll have to see the documentation for the specific distro/init you're using to boot for this, sadly; I can't give you an answer that works for everything. For example, if you're getting your init and networking from Arch, you could see the Arch Linux wiki page. This isn't a cop-out trying to push you away; I'm happy to help, it's just there's no way to cover all the possible instructions here for all the possible distros/networking stacks/inits.

Hopefully that points you in the right direction. If not, do let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Last edited by ParadigmComplex; 12-27-2016 at 05:13 PM. Reason: Rephrasing to avoid possible misinterpretated tone
 
  


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