Configuration - Multiple Physical NIC cards

[Gopal]

Hi Folks:
I am new to ProxMox and Virtualization. I am a newbie and I apologize upfront if I ask a simple question. I just need a quick answer.
My physical server has 3 NIC cards

1) vmbr0 (default) - IP is set to my ISP IP - statis - 10.0.0.XX
2) vmbr1 - port eth1 no ip
3) vmbr2 - port eth2 no ip
4) vmbr3 - port eth3 no ip

I have a dual port NIC, 1 on the mother board and 1 single port NIC.

I would like to install SOPHOS UTM 9 as a VM. I understand that my question pertains to Sophos installation. However, Sophos is not able to recognize 2 network interfaces. It is able to see only eth0.
Maybe, there is a way to enable the rest of the NICs ...

I have only 1 WAN ip. I would like everything to be on an internal network and accessing the internet using the public IP of 10.0.0.XX ...

I am getting confused ...

i would appreciate any help or hint that someone can give me.

Thanks,
Gopal

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

can you send the vm config anf the network config of the host?

 

[Gopal]

Hi,

can you send the vm config anf the network config of the host?

Thanks for replying wolfgang. Where can I find the vm config? /etc/network/interfaces will give me the network stuff ...

here's my network configuration ... no vm's installed yet.



# network interface settings; autogenerated

# Please do NOT modify this file directly, unless you know what

# you're doing.

#

# If you want to manage part of the network configuration manually,

# please utilize the 'source' or 'source-directory' directives to do

# so.

# PVE will preserve these directives, but will NOT its network

# configuration from sourced files, so do not attempt to move any of

# the PVE managed interfaces into external files!



auto lo

iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet manual iface eth1 inet manual iface eth2 inet manual iface eth3 inet manual

allow-vmbr1 bond0

iface bond0 inet manual

ovs_bonds eth1 eth2

ovs_type OVSBond

ovs_bridge vmbr1

ovs_options bond_mode=active-backup

auto vmbr0

iface vmbr0 inet static

address 10.0.0.20

netmask 255.255.255.0

gateway 10.0.0.1

bridge_ports eth0

bridge_stp off

bridge_fd 0

auto vmbr1

iface vmbr1 inet manual

ovs_type OVSBridge

ovs_ports bond0

ovs_options lacp=active bond_mode=balance-tcp



auto vmbr2

iface vmbr2 inet static

address 10.0.0.25

netmask 255.255.255.0

bridge_ports eth3

bridge_stp off

bridge_fd 0

 

[Gopal]

Hi,

can you send the vm config anf the network config of the host?

Wolfgang:
1) I have reinstalled ProxMox VE 4.2
2) I have tried a couple of things ...
a) installed openvswitch using apt-get install openvswitch-switch and its the correct version 2.3 ...
b) copied the example 3 from the proxmox wiki:
Example 3: Bond + Bridge + Internal Ports + Untagged traffic + No LACP
c) could not get vmbr0 or anything else to work using openvswitch
So, abandoned the idea of using the example. I tried the very basic setup after reinstalling.
1) wanted to convert the initial vmbr0 from a linux bridge to OVS bridge using openvswitch.
2) As soon as I convert it as follows, I am not able to ping 8.8.8.8
1) using the GUI - delete linux bridge vmbr0
2) create OVS bridge using the same ip etc
3) reboot
4) ifconfig does not show vmbr0, ovs-vsctl show does not show any interfaces 9vmbr0)

reinstalled the software proxmox ve
1) left the initial installation of vmbr0 alone. It is using a linux bridge.
2) learning how to create a vlan using a linux bridge.

actually I will be installing vyos - this should enable me to create vlans ....

I am also going to install sophos utm.
any ideas? best practices?
basically,
proxmox ve management (outside WAN interface, eth0 is coming from cable modem) --> sophos UTM --> vyos router --> vlans ...

maybe I would like to have the SOPHOS UTM on the outside interface and the proxmox VE on the inside interface ...

I would appreciate any help or hints?