Looking for an example of slackware config for OVH dedicated server with persistent static route

gorkbaboo · 08-15-2016, 02:18 PM

Good Day,

I have an OVH dedicated server with Proxmox as dedicated server. I installed a VM (KVM), then installed slackware 14. Now I've installed hundreds of slackware servers in KVM but I can't get networking working on OVH. Very frustrating.

Hoping someone out there might have experience in doing this and can provide an example.

thanks

gorkbaboo · 08-16-2016, 05:15 AM

Well, I figured out that the routing table was not being saved on reboot. I've looked at quite a few postings on internet about the subject but have yet to find a solution I like. It would be great if it could be done in 'rc.inet1.conf'.

I know some years ago Alien Bob posted something about the subject but I have not been able to find it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

kjhambrick · 08-16-2016, 06:27 AM

gorkbabu --

Dumb Q ... what is an OVH dedicated server ?

Thanks.

-- kjh

bassmadrigal · 08-16-2016, 06:42 AM

If it's just something that needs a command to be run during shutdown, you can create the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown, add in your command, then make sure it is executable. This will cause Slackware to run that command during the shutdown process, hopefully solving whatever issue you're having.

@kjhambrick, I believe it is an online dedicated server host that allows you to use your own OS.

gorkbaboo · 08-16-2016, 06:54 AM

@kjhambrick: sorry my reply did not post. They are a hosting provider that provides unmanged offerings. I use their dedicated server offering with proxmox and slackware. Great prices but little support. They use a failover ip template that is not the norm so it took me a while to figure out how to make it work.

@bassmadrigal: thanks for the reply. OVH makes you use a gw address that is outside of your ip block. So creating the routing with 'route add' commands it works. The problem is when I reboot the server the routing table is gone.

bassmadrigal · 08-16-2016, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by gorkbaboo

@bassmadrigal: thanks for the reply. OVH makes you use a gw address that is outside of your ip block. So creating the routing with 'route add' commands it works. The problem is when I reboot the server the routing table is gone.

Does the routing table change? If not, you can throw the route add command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and it'll be run at the end of all the startup scripts. Or maybe specify a gateway address in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf under the GATEWAY variable.

gorkbaboo · 08-16-2016, 08:35 AM

@bassmadrigal: thanks for the reply. I put it into rc.local and am now testing. thanks again.

kikinovak · 08-16-2016, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by gorkbaboo

Great prices but little support.

OVH support is next to nonexistent. Use Online, it's far better.