Should SDN Assign a DHCP Address with a Static IP Assigned?

[1xWilliam]

I followed this guide: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Setup_Simple_Zone_With_SNAT_and_DHCP

All the networking is working correctly and when I create a container and assign it a static IP it uses the static IP. However, looking in IPAM a DHCP address shows as being assigned to that container's id. I didn’t know if this was expected behavior or a bug.

 

[anna_pve_berlin]

I would read that as SDN/IPAM bookkeeping first, not necessarily as the container using DHCP. If the IP was set inside the container, Proxmox/dnsmasq can still keep a lease/allocation for that MAC/VMID, and the important check is whether the guest actually uses the static address and whether the DHCP range can hand out the same address to someone else. If you want it clean, put the address into SDN/IPAM as a static/reserved assignment or keep your static addresses outside the DHCP range.