Upgrade to Buster : What is about the network interface names ?

norbertk

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Hallo all,

I am running PVE 5.4-13 and want to upgrade to PVE 6.x in place.

My LXC Containers are all running on stretch and I want to upgrade them too. I use a bridged network for them

In the buster release notes I read about the changed interface names https://www.debian.org/releases/sta...h-information.en.html#migrate-interface-names.

Do I have to change the PVE configiration ? The network configuration configuration in the containers references eth0 and eth1 all over the place.

I found nothing in the https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_5.x_to_6.0 and nothing particular fro this question in this formum.


Thanks for listening !

Norbert
 
hi,

it should be fine.

in the containers it's normal to have eth[X].

i tested the upgrade process now and it worked normally without having to change any network config.

you can write here if you have any problems.
 
Do I have to change the PVE configiration ? The network configuration configuration in the containers references eth0 and eth1 all over the place.

Yes, you may need to adapt /etc/network/interfaces, if your HW NIC change names. As oguz said, CTs won't see a NIC name change

Note that the Proxmox VE ISO installer used that new name scheme since 5.0.
 
Thank you for answering. I never did an ISO install beacause it was not avalaible at Hetzner at the time, so the installation is quite old. Maybe I start anew on a fresh host. But firsti have to do some cleanup.

Best regard,
Norbert