Please read this carefully before assuming that I have not researched this for days on end. I have a dedicated "cloud" server from 1and1 and I have loaded Debian lenny 64 on it. I have bricked it almost 10 times trying to set the static IP info for the server. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. This is "pre-imaged" server. There are 100's of samples on how to fill out the /etc/network/interfaces file but they are ALWAYS for local 192.168.1.1 (or similar IP's. They NEVER tell a non programmer how to determine what the values should be. So here is what I do each time after the re-image. I install all my updates and I am installing Nginx instead of Apache. I have 6 ips assigned to this server. (I changed my IP's for this example). Main Server IP: 211.240.117.1 Additional IP's : 211.240.117.3 thru 211.240.117.7 Step 1: vim /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 211.240.117.1 u15761234.onlinehome-server.com u15761234 211.240.117.1 default-domain.com (I do not add anything to this file. I am not setting up the Virtual Servers right now. I just want to change it from DHCP to static. Step 2: vim /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface #allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp ------------------------------------------------ Then I run # netstat -nr u15761234:~# netstat -nr Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 10.255.255.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.255.255.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 u15761234:~# ------------------------------------------------- I then edit my Primary Network Interface to be this: # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 211.240.117.1 gateway 10.255.255.1 (I am just using value from above) netmask 255.255.255.255 network 192.168.1.0 (this is what I have no idea what it should be??? broadcast 211.240.117.1 (I know this is optional). Should I specify a DNS server here? -------------------------------------------------- Then I run # /etc/init.d/networking restart I loose my SSH connection and server is non reachable and can't be restarted from the 1and1 control panel. I have to re-image and start all over again. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 1. What files have to be updated to change it to a static IP setup and not run DHCP (only /etc/hosts and /etc/network/interfaces ??? ) 2. How do I determine the proper value to put in NETWORK entry? 3. Do I used the Gateway value from where I ran netstat -nr 4. Is there a way to do this so that IF a person screws something up (like I have done 10 times trying), that it will have a "fall back network config" to roll over to and still boot up. Thanks for all of your help!!! Tim D
This is the whole /etc/network/interfaces that you need in your server. Code: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 211.240.117.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 211.240.117.0 broadcast 211.240.117.255 gateway 10.255.255.1[COLOR="Red"] --> This is the output of your netstat -nr[/COLOR] # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 [COLOR="red"]--> These are google nameservers, you can use others[/COLOR] dns-search yourdomain.com auto eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet static address 211.240.117.3 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 211.240.117.3 auto eth0:2 iface eth0:2 inet static address 211.240.117.4 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 211.240.117.4 auto eth0:3 iface eth0:3 inet static address 211.240.117.5 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 211.240.117.5 auto eth0:4 iface eth0:4 inet static address 211.240.117.6 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 211.240.117.6 auto eth0:5 iface eth0:5 inet static address 211.240.117.7 netmask 255.255.255.255 broadcast 211.240.117.7
