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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  3. "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-scripts-network">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="network.html"?>
  9. <title>General Network Configuration</title>
  10. <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-network">
  11. <primary sortas="d-network">network</primary>
  12. <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
  13. <para>This section only applies if a network card is to be
  14. configured.</para>
  15. <para>If a network card will not be used, there is likely no need to
  16. create any configuration files relating to network cards. If that is
  17. the case, remove the <filename class="symlink">network</filename>
  18. symlinks from all run-level directories (<filename
  19. class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rc*.d</filename>).</para>
  20. <sect2 id='stable-net-names'>
  21. <title>Creating stable names for network interfaces</title>
  22. <para>If there is only one network interface in the system to be
  23. configured, this section is optional, although it will never be wrong to do
  24. it. In many cases (e.g. a laptop with a wireless and a wired interface),
  25. accomplishing the configuration in this section is necessary.</para>
  26. <para>With Udev and modular network drivers, the network interface numbering
  27. is not persistent across reboots by default, because the drivers are loaded
  28. in parallel and, thus, in random order. For example, on a computer having
  29. two network cards made by Intel and Realtek, the network card manufactured
  30. by Intel may become <filename class="devicefile">eth0</filename> and the
  31. Realtek card becomes <filename class="devicefile">eth1</filename>. In some
  32. cases, after a reboot the cards get renumbered the other way around. To
  33. avoid this, Udev comes with a script and some rules to assign stable names
  34. to network cards based on their MAC address.</para>
  35. <para>The rules were pre-generated in the build instructions for
  36. <application>udev (systemd)</application> in the last chapter. Inspect the
  37. <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</filename> file, to
  38. find out which name was assigned to which network device:</para>
  39. <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</userinput></screen>
  40. <note><para>In some cases such as when MAC addresess have been assigned to
  41. a network card manually or in a virtual envirnment such as Xen,
  42. the network rules file may not have been generated because addresses
  43. are not consistently assigned. In these cases, just continue to
  44. the next section.</para></note>
  45. <para>The file begins with a comment block followed by two lines for each
  46. NIC. The first line for each NIC is a commented description showing its
  47. hardware IDs (e.g. its PCI vendor and device IDs, if it's a PCI card),
  48. along with its driver in parentheses, if the driver can be found. Neither
  49. the hardware ID nor the driver is used to determine which name to give an
  50. interface; this information is only for reference. The second line is the
  51. Udev rule that matches this NIC and actually assigns it a name.</para>
  52. <para>All Udev rules are made up of several keys, separated by commas and
  53. optional whitespace. This rule's keys and an explanation of each of them
  54. are as follows:</para>
  55. <itemizedlist>
  56. <listitem>
  57. <para><literal>SUBSYSTEM=="net"</literal> - This tells Udev to ignore
  58. devices that are not network cards.</para>
  59. </listitem>
  60. <listitem>
  61. <para><literal>ACTION=="add"</literal> - This tells Udev to ignore this
  62. rule for a uevent that isn't an add ("remove" and "change" uevents also
  63. happen, but don't need to rename network interfaces).</para>
  64. </listitem>
  65. <listitem>
  66. <para><literal>DRIVERS=="?*"</literal> - This exists so that Udev will
  67. ignore VLAN or bridge sub-interfaces (because these sub-interfaces do
  68. not have drivers). These sub-interfaces are skipped because the name
  69. that would be assigned would collide with their parent devices.</para>
  70. </listitem>
  71. <listitem>
  72. <para><literal>ATTR{address}</literal> - The value of this key is the
  73. NIC's MAC address.</para>
  74. </listitem>
  75. <listitem>
  76. <para><literal>ATTR{type}=="1"</literal> - This ensures the rule only
  77. matches the primary interface in the case of certain wireless drivers,
  78. which create multiple virtual interfaces. The secondary interfaces are
  79. skipped for the same reason that VLAN and bridge sub-interfaces are
  80. skipped: there would be a name collision otherwise.</para>
  81. </listitem>
  82. <listitem>
  83. <para><literal>KERNEL=="eth*"</literal> - This key was added to the
  84. Udev rule generator to handle machines that have multiple network
  85. interfaces, all with the same MAC address (the PS3 is one such
  86. machine). If the independent interfaces have different basenames,
  87. this key will allow Udev to tell them apart. This is generally not
  88. necessary for most Linux From Scratch users, but does not hurt.</para>
  89. </listitem>
  90. <listitem>
  91. <para><literal>NAME</literal> - The value of this key is the name that
  92. Udev will assign to this interface.</para>
  93. </listitem>
  94. </itemizedlist>
  95. <para>The value of <literal>NAME</literal> is the important part. Make sure
  96. you know which name has been assigned to each of your network cards before
  97. proceeding, and be sure to use that <literal>NAME</literal> value when
  98. creating your configuration files below.</para>
  99. </sect2>
  100. <sect2>
  101. <title>Creating Network Interface Configuration Files</title>
  102. <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
  103. depends on the files in <filename
  104. class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/</filename>. This directory should
  105. contain a file for each interface to be configured, such as
  106. <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where <quote>xyz</quote> is
  107. meaningful to the administrator such as the device name (e.g. eth0).
  108. Inside this file are attributes to this interface, such as its IP
  109. address(es), subnet masks, and so forth. It is necessary that
  110. the stem of the filename be <emphasis>ifconfig</emphasis>.</para>
  111. <para>The following command creates a sample file for the
  112. <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device with a static IP address:</para>
  113. <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/
  114. cat &gt; ifconfig.eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  115. <literal>ONBOOT=yes
  116. IFACE=eth0
  117. SERVICE=ipv4-static
  118. IP=192.168.1.1
  119. GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
  120. PREFIX=24
  121. BROADCAST=192.168.1.255</literal>
  122. EOF</userinput></screen>
  123. <para>The values of these variables must be changed in every file to match
  124. the proper setup.</para>
  125. <para>If the <envar>ONBOOT</envar> variable is set to <quote>yes</quote> the
  126. network script will bring up the Network Interface Card (NIC) during
  127. booting of the system. If set to anything but <quote>yes</quote> the NIC
  128. will be ignored by the network script and not be automatically brought up.
  129. The interface can be manually started or stopped with the
  130. <command>ifup</command> and <command>ifdown</command> commands.</para>
  131. <para>The <envar>IFACE</envar> variable defines the interface name,
  132. for example, eth0. It is required for all network device configuration
  133. files. </para>
  134. <para>The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used for
  135. obtaining the IP address. The LFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP
  136. assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename
  137. class="directory">/lib/services/</filename> directory allows other IP
  138. assignment methods. This is commonly used for Dynamic Host Configuration
  139. Protocol (DHCP), which is addressed in the BLFS book.</para>
  140. <para>The <envar>GATEWAY</envar> variable should contain the default
  141. gateway IP address, if one is present. If not, then comment out the
  142. variable entirely.</para>
  143. <para>The <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable contains the number of
  144. bits used in the subnet. Each octet in an IP address is 8 bits. If the
  145. subnet's netmask is 255.255.255.0, then it is using the first three octets
  146. (24 bits) to specify the network number. If the netmask is 255.255.255.240,
  147. it would be using the first 28 bits. Prefixes longer than 24 bits are
  148. commonly used by DSL and cable-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
  149. In this example (PREFIX=24), the netmask is 255.255.255.0. Adjust the
  150. <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable according to your specific subnet.i
  151. If omitted, the PREFIX defaults to 24.</para>
  152. <para>For more information see the <command>ifup</command> man page.</para>
  153. </sect2>
  154. <sect2 id="resolv.conf">
  155. <title>Creating the /etc/resolv.conf File</title>
  156. <indexterm zone="resolv.conf">
  157. <primary sortas="e-/etc/resolv.conf">/etc/resolv.conf</primary>
  158. </indexterm>
  159. <para>If the system is going to be connected to the Internet, it will
  160. need some means of Domain Name Service (DNS) name resolution to
  161. resolve Internet domain names to IP addresses, and vice versa. This is
  162. best achieved by placing the IP address of the DNS server, available
  163. from the ISP or network administrator, into
  164. <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. Create the file by running the
  165. following:</para>
  166. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/resolv.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  167. <literal># Begin /etc/resolv.conf
  168. domain <replaceable>&lt;Your Domain Name&gt;</replaceable>
  169. nameserver <replaceable>&lt;IP address of your primary nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
  170. nameserver <replaceable>&lt;IP address of your secondary nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
  171. # End /etc/resolv.conf</literal>
  172. EOF</userinput></screen>
  173. <para>The <varname>domain</varname> statement can be omitted
  174. or replaced with a <varname>search</varname> statement. See the man page for
  175. resolv.conf for more details.</para>
  176. <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;IP address of the nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
  177. with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will
  178. often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for
  179. fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the
  180. second <emphasis>nameserver</emphasis> line from the file. The IP address
  181. may also be a router on the local network.</para>
  182. <note><para>The Google Public IPv4 DNS addresses are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.</para></note>
  183. </sect2>
  184. </sect1>