Bonding interfaces in %post

[Michael DeHaan]

Cipolla, Joseph wrote:
>
>
> I am attempting to create a bonded interface from two NICs on RHEL 
> 5.1, but I'm running into a strange problem.  When the system is 
> completed with the kickstart and reboots, it renames the ifcfg-eth0/1 
> files to ifcfg-eth0/1.bak and changing the interfaces to DHCP.  The 
> ifcfg-bond0 file remains unchanged though.  From what I've been able 
> to find on the net, there is something in the boot sequence that 
> requires HWADDR be set in the ifcfg-ethN files and will overwrite them 
> if not found.  Once I copy the files back and restart the network 
> service, everything is fine.  And subsequent reboots do not mess with 
> the files again, even though they are still missing the HWADDR field.
>
> My question is this:  Can this function be disabled or bypassed?  If 
> not, then will I have to determine the HWADDR of each interface prior 
> to creating the ifcfg-ethN files?  Or will anaconda be supporting 
> interface bonding in future releases?
>

Of potential interest, though not quite released yet (coming this week), 
Cobbler 1.4 will have support for creating the code to set up bonding in 
%post, which can be set up through the command line or the web application.

See https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AdvancedNetworking for some 
early documentation.

Might not be for everyone but I wanted to throw that out there.   
Comments on the implementation are most definitely welcome.

--Michael


> Thanks,
>
> *Joseph Cipolla*
> Senior Systems Engineer
> WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
> 8735 Henderson Road
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