LXD Containers with Static IP Addresses

  1. Edit /etc/default/lxd-bridge and change the value of LXC_CONFILE
$ sudo vi /etc/default/lxd-bridge

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# Path to an extra dnsmasq configuration file

LXD_CONFILE="/etc/default/lxd_dnsmasq.conf"

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  1. Edit /etc/default/lxd_dnsmasq.conf and add container ip setting
$ sudo vi /etc/default/lxd_dnsmasq.conf

# dhcp-host=containername,ipaddress

dhcp-host=myc1,10.0.3.10
  1. Stop container. restart lxd-bridge, start container
$ sudo lxc stop myc1

$ sudo service lxd-bridge stop && sudo service lxd-bridge start

$ sudo lxc start myc1

Reference:http://jason.trickett.us/2016/08/lxd-containers-static-ip-addresses-heres/

Written on November 18, 2016