The default installation of Red Hat CoreOS(RHCOS) and Fedora CoreOS(FCOS) Linux system will likely be getting IP address from the DHCP server. This is partially true because of how installation is through ignition configuration files which are not flexible for static IP Address assignment.
Check: How To Run FCOS on KVM / OpenStack
Unlike other Linux operating systems, the RHCOS / FCOS has no install-time configuration. The system begins with a generic disk image. For each deployment mechanism (cloud VM, local VM, bare metal), configuration can be supplied at first boot. FCOS reads and applies the configuration file with Ignition.
Set Static IP Address on RHCOS / FCOS Machine
The easy way of assigning a static IP address to a RHCOS/FCOS Linux machine is by using nmcli. nmcli is a command-line tool for managing NetworkManager and reporting network status.
Once you’ve installed RHCOS/FCOS, check the default Network profile as reported by Network Manager.
$ nmcli connection show
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
Wired connection 1 700e90aa-2867-3ad8-ba3d-e4a21f73c98c ethernet ens192
As seen in my output, I have a network named ‘Wired connection 1’ which is mapped to ens192 network interface. Your output could vary from above depending on the environment RHCOS/FCOS is running on.
So I’ll set static IP address on RHCOS/FCOS Linux using command below.
sudo nmcli connection mod 'Wired connection 1' \
ipv4.method manual \
ipv4.addresses 192.168.20.10/24 \
ipv4.gateway 192.168.20.254 \
ipv4.dns 192.168.20.254 \
+ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8 \
connection.autoconnect yesWhere:
- 192.168.20.10 is the IP address to assign
- /24 is the subnet mask prefix – equals to 255.255.255.0
- 192.168.20.254 is the gateway address for the network. Also DNS server
- 8.8.8.8 is the secondary DNS server to be set
- connection.autoconnect yes – Bring up the network automatically after reboot
- ipv4.method manual – Set the IP assignment method to manual. Change from DHCP
Validate your changes.
$ nmcli connection show 'Wired connection 1'
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-Wired_connection_1 Restart Network Manager to confirm not issues.
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManagerTo configure static hostname use the command syntax:
nmcli general hostname <hostname>
# Example
nmcli general hostname server1.ocp.example.comSimilar guides:
