How to assign Static IP address to veeam PN appliance

[squadri]

I have recently deployed Veeam PN ova into our Network. However, it shows no IP address taken as I have no dhcp enabled. I need to assign a static IP to the appliance. Kindly guide me how to do it using the terminal console.

[veremin]

It requires DHCP presence for initial configuration. Once the initial setup is over (connection is established), you can change IP address to static one. Thanks.

[jdgs]

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I assign a static IP? I cannot find a section in the UI for this?

[AVasilyev]

Using WebUI please navigate to Settings -> System -> IP Settings.
If your network doesn't have DHCP please deploy it to one which has DHCP enabled, change the IP settings as described above and then you can re-join your VM to the original network.

In next version we will add configuration of static IP.

[squadri]

There is no such setting as IP Settings under your " Settings -> System ->" showing in WebUI. When I check commandline, ifconfig it shows "ens160" and not the eth0 . Will highly appreciate if you can provide step by step procedure how to assign a static IP in this case.

[squadri]

any idea why this settings shows missing !!!

[veremin]

The screenshots from WebUI would be helpful. Thanks.

[squadri]

The screenshots from WebUI would be helpful. Thanks.

http://alfilrpub1.almabani.com.sa/ssf/s ... 0webui.JPG

please find screenshot for the same

[squadri]

Found this article...but not so helpful.. https://help.ubuntu.com/16.04/servergui ... ation.html

I do not see any eth0 but ens160 !!

[AVasilyev]

Sorry it turns out the static IP setting screen was cut off from central HUB appliance. It exists only for appliance is running in "Site Gateway" mode

So to switch to static IP address please login to the appliance by SSH and follow the following procedure:
the following commands should be run with root privileges, to switch to one you can run: sudo su -

1) to find out the name of the adapter you can use the following command: /sbin/ip -o l | grep -E \"UP.*link/ether\" | grep -vE \"NO-CARRIER\" | awk -F \": \" '{print $2}'
2) please save current DHCP config to some folder e.g.: cp /etc/network/interfaces.d/primary.conf /root
3) copy template config file to a temporary location: cp /etc/veeampn/config_templates/net_int_static.template /root
4) edit template file: nano /root/net_int_static.template

1. replace %ADAPTER_NAME% with adapter name discovered in step 1
   %IP_ADDRESS% - desired IP address
   %IP_MASK% - desired IP mask in x.x.x.x format
   %GATEWAY_IP% - correct gateway IP address
   %DNS_IP% - IP address of DNS server in local network

5) copy edited file to replace the current profile: cp /root/net_int_static.template /etc/network/interfaces.d/primary.conf
6) (note: after the following command old IP address will stop responding) to switch to the static address please run (replace %ADAPTER_NAME% with adapter name from step 1): ip a flush %ADAPTER_NAME% && ifdown -a && ifup -a
7) if your SSH session hungs - please press <enter>~. to quit from the host

Thank you,
Alexey

[squadri]

Thanks for the reponse but when I try point number one , it shows unterminated string . Please find attached screenshot

http://alfilrpub1.almabani.com.sa/ssf/s ... nk/ssh.jpg

[AVasilyev]

Sorry - the step 1 was copied with an error in the format
Here is the correct one: /sbin/ip -o l | grep -E "UP.*link/ether" | grep -vE "NO-CARRIER" | awk -F ": " '{print $2}'

[JonJR]

The KB for setting static IP addresses is pretty out of date - https://www.veeam.com/kb2708 - since the OVA provided is Ubuntu 18.04 and it now uses netplan, also the provided OVA doesn't have vi or nano installed!

I changed the IP by doing:
- Enabling SSH (On the Web Settings->System->SSH start)
- SSH root@veeam-pn IP address
- apt update; apt install vim -y
- vim /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml
- Set DHCP to No and add:[/list]

Code: Select all

    ens160:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/26]
      gateway4: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
      nameservers:
        addresses: [8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1]

- netplan apply

[nathano]

Thanks JonJR, exactly what I was looking for