very slow LXC containers starts because of ' Failed to start Raise network interfaces. '

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hello fellow creators and users !!
I have strange problem after updating my proxMOX-VE server to 8.0. every containers 'existing and newly created' starting very slow...
when i start container he runs after 5 minutes of waiting .
sometimes when container starts gives this error in proxMOX Tasks History

failed waiting for client: timed out
TASK ERROR: command '/usr/bin/termproxy 5900 --path /vms/105 --perm VM.Console -- /usr/bin/dtach -A /var/run/dtach/vzctlconsole105 -r winch -z lxc-console -n 105 -t 0 -e -1' failed: exit code 1

# systemctl status networking.service
* networking.service - Raise network interfaces
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/networking.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Mon 2023-11-27 09:02:07 UTC; 30s ago
Docs: man:interfaces(5)
Process: 58 ExecStart=/sbin/ifup -a --read-environment (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 58 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 83ms

Nov 27 09:01:06 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request rebind in +5400
Nov 27 09:01:06 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 118760ms.
Nov 27 09:01:06 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 118760ms.
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm systemd[1]: networking.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: Got signal Terminated, terminating...
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: ifup: failed to bring up eth0
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm systemd[1]: networking.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm systemd[1]: Failed to start Raise network interfaces.
Nov 27 09:02:07 NGiNX-nPm systemd[1]: networking.service: Consumed 83ms CPU time.
# journalctl -u networking.service
-- Logs begin at Mon 2023-11-27 08:57:07 UTC, end at Mon 2023-11-27 09:02:30 UTC. --
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.1
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.4.1
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: Copyright 2004-2018 Internet Systems Consortium.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: Copyright 2004-2018 Internet Systems Consortium.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: All rights reserved.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: All rights reserved.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]:
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: Listening on Socket/eth0
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: Listening on Socket/eth0
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: Sending on Socket/eth0
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: Sending on Socket/eth0
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: PRC: Soliciting for leases (INIT).
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Forming Solicit, 0 ms elapsed.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: X-- IA_NA 11:59:4a:d2
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request renew in +3600
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request rebind in +5400
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 1050ms.
Nov 27 08:57:08 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 1050ms.
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Forming Solicit, 1050 ms elapsed.
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: X-- IA_NA 11:59:4a:d2
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request renew in +3600
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request rebind in +5400
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 2030ms.
Nov 27 08:57:10 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 2030ms.
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Forming Solicit, 3080 ms elapsed.
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: X-- IA_NA 11:59:4a:d2
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request renew in +3600
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request rebind in +5400
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm dhclient[144]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 4000ms.
Nov 27 08:57:12 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 4000ms.
Nov 27 08:57:16 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: Forming Solicit, 7080 ms elapsed.
Nov 27 08:57:16 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: X-- IA_NA 11:59:4a:d2
Nov 27 08:57:16 NGiNX-nPm ifup[58]: XMT: | X-- Request renew in +3600
my container /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.10.1.5/24
gateway 10.10.1.1

iface eth0 inet6 dhcp
and # ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0@if29: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether bc:24:11:59:4a:d2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0
inet 10.10.1.5/24 brd 10.10.1.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::be24:11ff:fe59:4ad2/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: docker0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:e2:92:10:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:e2ff:fe92:108a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: br-7e270e85bec2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
link/ether 02:42:46:c8:0d:d9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.18.0.1/16 brd 172.18.255.255 scope global br-7e270e85bec2
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::42:46ff:fec8:dd9/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
6: vethb386fea@if5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default
link/ether 12:b2:de:bd:cd:a8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 1
inet6 fe80::10b2:deff:febd:cda8/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
8: vethe4fc57a@if7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br-7e270e85bec2 state UP group default
link/ether 96:6d:41:b7:cc:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 2
inet6 fe80::946d:41ff:feb7:ccf6/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

i cant see where exactly is the problem. Any help will be thankful.
 
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I had the same problem and the culprit was the DHCP for IPv6. Although I have IPv6 at home it seems my router is not running a DHCPv6, but addresses are handed out using SLAAC.

If I were you I would try either disabled IPv6 or switching to SLAAC if you actually have IPv6 in your network.
 
proxMOX-VE
Every time I read something like that, it hurts. Please do not use these spellings, they are simply completely wrong.

Code:
The name Proxmox
When referring to the Proxmox name, the first letter must be capitalized followed by lowercase letters like
for example: Proxmox
When referring to one of the Proxmox products use Proxmox together with the product name like for
example ‘Proxmox Virtual Environment’ (in short: Proxmox VE) or ‘Proxmox Mail Gateway’.
When referring to the company you can either use the name ‘Proxmox’ or the full company name ‘Proxmox
Server Solutions GmbH’.
DO:
• Proxmox
• Proxmox Virtual Environment (or Proxmox VE)
• Proxmox Mail Gateway
• Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
DON'T:
• don’t use all lower case (no: proxmox)
• don’t use all uppercase (no: PROXMOX)
• don’t mix upper- and lowercase in the middle of the name (never: ProxMox)
• don’t simply use our website URL in a sentence instead of the name Proxmox (no: “The company
proxmox.com is...’ if you want to say: ‘The company Proxmox is...’)

Source: https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/media-kit

If I understand correctly, then you have Docker running in an LXC container, right?

Basically, the recommendation is not to run Docker in a container but to run it in a VM. See also: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container
 
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@sargue. Thanks man this helped big time. on my firewall i wanted to disable ipv6 Gateway but didnt know how. Committed to it and issue is fixed. :)\

I created this account just to say thank you :) now ill be on here more often.
 
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