ifupdown and ifupdown2 issues

schaurian

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Hello,
i have the issue that on one proxmox machine the label internal is showing with "ip a" and on the other machine it isn't.
I got two proxmox installations where i configured the following:

auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto vmbr0 iface vmbr0 inet static address 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 gateway 10.0.0.1 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_ports eth0 bridge_stp off auto vmbr0:internal iface vmbr0:internal inet static address 10.0.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.1.255

On one of them i upgraded from proxmox 6 to proxmox 7. This one got the package ifupdown installed.
The other i installed directly with proxmox 7. That one got the package ifupdown2 installed.

I think that is the issue.

On fresh Proxmox 8 machines, ifupdown2 is installed.
On fresh Debian 12, ifupdown is installed.

How can i get label working again on Proxmox installations with ifupdown2?
 
This should be work in PVE 8 with ifupdown2 3.2.0-1+pmx3.
Can you provide the output of pveversion -v for all your machines you tested this on?

And if possible run ifreload -av and attach its output as a text file here.
 
Does the ifupdown2 shipping with PVE 8 support renaming interfaces ? This bit us a while back when we tested PBS, which replaced ifupdown with ifupdown2. We rename the interfaces to something meaningful to a sysadmin, which was ignored buy ifupdown2, so we lost all network connectivity.
 
This should be work in PVE 8 with ifupdown2 3.2.0-1+pmx3.
Can you provide the output of pveversion -v for all your machines you tested this on?

And if possible run ifreload -av and attach its output as a text file here.

working machine:
Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.3-1 (running kernel: 5.15.85-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.3-6 (running version: 7.3-6/723bb6ec)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.3-4
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.3-2
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-20
pve-kernel-5.15.85-1-pve: 5.15.85-1
pve-kernel-5.4.203-1-pve: 5.4.203-1
pve-kernel-5.4.195-1-pve: 5.4.195-1
pve-kernel-4.15: 5.4-19
pve-kernel-4.15.18-30-pve: 4.15.18-58
pve-kernel-4.15.18-12-pve: 4.15.18-36
ceph-fuse: 14.2.21-1
corosync: 3.1.7-pve1
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown: 0.8.36+pve2
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.3
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.3-1
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.3-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.2-3
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-5
libpve-storage-perl: 7.3-2
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-1
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.1.1-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.5.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.5
pve-cluster: 7.3-2
pve-container: 4.4-2
pve-docs: 7.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20220526-1
pve-firewall: 4.2-7
pve-firmware: 3.6-3
pve-ha-manager: 3.5.1
pve-i18n: 2.8-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 7.1.0-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.3-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.8.0~bpo11+2
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.9-pve1

Not working machine:
Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.3-1 (running kernel: 5.15.85-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.3-6 (running version: 7.3-6/723bb6ec)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.3-4
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.3-2
pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-5.15.85-1-pve: 5.15.85-1
pve-kernel-5.15.83-1-pve: 5.15.83-1
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
pve-kernel-5.11.22-1-pve: 5.11.22-2
ceph-fuse: 15.2.13-pve1
corosync: 3.1.7-pve1
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.3
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.3-1
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.3-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.2-3
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-5
libpve-storage-perl: 7.3-2
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-1
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.3.3-1
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.1.1-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.5.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.5
pve-cluster: 7.3-2
pve-container: 4.4-2
pve-docs: 7.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20220526-1
pve-firewall: 4.2-7
pve-firmware: 3.6-3
pve-ha-manager: 3.5.1
pve-i18n: 2.8-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 7.1.0-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.3-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.8.0~bpo11+2
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.9-pve1

Another not working machine:
Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.2-1 (running kernel: 5.15.64-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.2-11 (running version: 7.2-11/b76d3178)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-13
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-13
pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-5.15.64-1-pve: 5.15.64-1
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
pve-kernel-5.11.22-1-pve: 5.11.22-2
ceph-fuse: 15.2.13-pve1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.2
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.2-4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.2-3
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-4
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-4
libpve-storage-perl: 7.2-10
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.0-3
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.2.7-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.2.7-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.1
pve-cluster: 7.2-2
pve-container: 4.2-3
pve-docs: 7.2-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20220526-1
pve-firewall: 4.2-6
pve-firmware: 3.5-6
pve-ha-manager: 3.4.0
pve-i18n: 2.7-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 7.0.0-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.2-4
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.6-pve1

Code:
info: requesting link dump
info: requesting address dump
info: requesting netconf dump
info: loading builtin modules from ['/usr/share/ifupdown2/addons']
info: module openvswitch not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl found)
info: module openvswitch_port not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl found)
info: module ppp not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/pon found)
info: module batman_adv not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/sbin/batctl found)
info: executing /sbin/sysctl net.bridge.bridge-allow-multiple-vlans
info: module mstpctl not loaded (module init failed: no /sbin/mstpctl found)
info: executing /bin/ip rule show
info: executing /bin/ip -6 rule show
warning: vrf: cache v6: cmd '/bin/ip -6 rule show' failed: returned 255 (RTNETLINK answers: Address family not supported by protocol
Dump terminated
)
info: address: using default mtu 1500
info: address: max_mtu undefined
info: executing /usr/sbin/ip vrf id
info: mgmt vrf_context = False
info: dhclient: dhclient_retry_on_failure set to 0
info: executing /bin/ip addr help
info: address metric support: OK
info: module ppp not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/pon found)
info: module mstpctl not loaded (module init failed: no /sbin/mstpctl found)
info: module batman_adv not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/sbin/batctl found)
info: module openvswitch_port not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl found)
info: module openvswitch not loaded (module init failed: no /usr/bin/ovs-vsctl found)
info: looking for user scripts under /etc/network
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-pre-up.d ...
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-up.d ...
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-post-up.d ...
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-pre-down.d ...
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-down.d ...
info: loading scripts under /etc/network/if-post-down.d ...
info: 'link_master_slave' is set. slave admin state changes will be delayed till the masters admin state change.
info: using mgmt iface default prefix eth
info: processing interfaces file /etc/network/interfaces
info: no interfaces to down ..
info: reload: scheduling up on interfaces: ['lo', 'eth0', 'vmbr0']
info: lo: running ops ...
info: executing /sbin/sysctl net.mpls.conf.lo.input=0
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/postfix
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/chrony
info: eth0: running ops ...
info: vmbr0: applying bridge port configuration: ['eth0']
info: vrf: syncing table map to /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d/ifupdown2_vrf_map.conf
info: vrf: dumping iproute2_vrf_map
info: {}
info: executing /sbin/sysctl net.mpls.conf.eth0.input=0
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/postfix
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/chrony
info: vmbr0: running ops ...
info: vmbr0: bridge already exists
info: vmbr0: applying bridge settings
info: vmbr0: reset bridge-hashel to default: 4
info: reading '/sys/class/net/vmbr0/bridge/stp_state'
info: vmbr0: netlink: ip link set dev vmbr0 type bridge (with attributes)
info: vmbr0: port eth0: already processed
info: vmbr0: applying bridge configuration specific to ports
info: vmbr0: processing bridge config for port eth0
info: bridge mac is already inherited from eth0
info: executing /sbin/sysctl net.mpls.conf.vmbr0.input=0
info: writing '1
' to file /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/forwarding
warning: error writing to file /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/forwarding([Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/forwarding')
info: writing '0' to file /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/vmbr0/arp_accept
info: executing /bin/ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 proto kernel dev vmbr0 onlink
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/postfix
info: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/chrony
info: exit status 0

Sorry, i can only run pvereload -v[/CODE] on the not working machines. But if you need additional information, i can provide that. Thanks for the help :)
 
Does the ifupdown2 shipping with PVE 8 support renaming interfaces ? This bit us a while back when we tested PBS, which replaced ifupdown with ifupdown2. We rename the interfaces to something meaningful to a sysadmin, which was ignored buy ifupdown2, so we lost all network connectivity.

That is basically the same issue i have. PVE 8 requires ifupdown2 as a dependency. I could change it on pve 7 machines, but they will be upgraded to 8 soon(ish).
 
Sorry, I mixed those up.

The :X syntax is used for adding a separate address, not for adding a separate name which you are trying to do?
If you use vmbr0:1 instead of vmbr0:internal you should be able to set an additional address to vmbr0.

Other than that, you can define an `alias` (see `man ifupdown-addon-interfaces`) which shows up when running ip l for example.
 
My issue is that i used labels beforehand so i can see ip a the following:
26: vmbr0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 02:09:93:87:e0:89 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.0.2/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global vmbr0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 10.0.1.2/24 brd 10.0.1.255 scope global vmbr0:internal
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

I got the vmbr0:internal which i used in scripts. Using alias doesn't fix this issue for me. But i guess i could match for the ip address instead.
 

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