netdev - Re: Unable to create ip alias on bridge interface

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Message-ID: <20180529093231.4kgiwgl4oap4o57q@unicorn.suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 11:32:31 +0200
From:   Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Akshat Kakkar <akshat.1984@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Unable to create ip alias on bridge interface

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 11:50:05PM +0530, Akshat Kakkar wrote:
> 1. How can this survive across reboots without having a custom script
> on boot up? Like some ifcfg file,etc.

Every reasonable distribution should provide a way to use more than one
address on an interface. But as there is no universal standard for
config files and their format, there is no universal standard for
listing multiple addresses either. You have to check the documentation
of your distribution.

> 2. is there a way to tell to make a given ip as primary, irrespective
> of order?

AFAIK there is no interface allowing to switch the primary address. It
only changes when you delete primary address and have promote_secondaries
enabled for the interface.

Also, don't forget that this primary/secondary distinction is only done
for addresses with the same range (which would create the same automatic
route), i.e. e.g. 10.0.1.42/24 and 10.0.1.43/24 but not if it's e.g.
10.0.1.42/24 and 10.0.2.42/24.

Michal Kubecek