Network configuration

The key/value configuration is namespaced with the following namespaces currently supported:

  • bridge (L2 interface configuration)
  • fan (configuration specific to the Ubuntu FAN overlay)
  • tunnel (cross-host tunneling configuration)
  • ipv4 (L3 IPv4 configuration)
  • ipv6 (L3 IPv6 configuration)
  • dns (DNS server and resolution configuration)
  • raw (raw configuration file content)
  • user (free form key/value for user metadata)

Bridges

As one of the possible network configuration types under LXD, LXD supports creating and managing network bridges. LXD bridges can leverage underlying native Linux bridges and Open vSwitch.

Creation and management of LXD bridges is performed via the lxc network command. A bridge created by LXD is by default "managed" which means that LXD also will additionally set up a local dnsmasq DHCP server and if desired also perform NAT for the bridge (this is the default.)

When a bridge is managed by LXD, configuration values under the bridge namespace can be used to configure it.

Additionally, LXD can utilize a pre-existing Linux bridge. In this case, the bridge does not need to be created via lxd network and can simply be referenced in an instance or profile device configuration as follows:

devices:
  eth0:
     name: eth0
     nictype: bridged
     parent: br0
     type: nic

Configuration Settings

A complete list of configuration settings for LXD networks can be found below.

It is expected that IP addresses and subnets are given using CIDR notation (1.1.1.1/24 or fd80:1234::1/64). The exception being tunnel local and remote addresses which are just plain addresses (1.1.1.1 or fd80:1234::1).

Key Type Condition Default Description
bridge.driver string - native Bridge driver ("native" or "openvswitch")
bridge.external_interfaces string - - Comma separate list of unconfigured network interfaces to include in the bridge
bridge.hwaddr string - - MAC address for the bridge
bridge.mode string - standard Bridge operation mode ("standard" or "fan")
bridge.mtu integer - 1500 Bridge MTU (default varies if tunnel or fan setup)
dns.domain string - lxd Domain to advertise to DHCP clients and use for DNS resolution
dns.mode string - managed DNS registration mode ("none" for no DNS record, "managed" for LXD generated static records or "dynamic" for client generated records)
fan.overlay_subnet string fan mode 240.0.0.0/8 Subnet to use as the overlay for the FAN (CIDR notation)
fan.type string fan mode vxlan The tunneling type for the FAN ("vxlan" or "ipip")
fan.underlay_subnet string fan mode default gateway subnet Subnet to use as the underlay for the FAN (CIDR notation)
ipv4.address string standard mode random unused subnet IPv4 address for the bridge (CIDR notation). Use "none" to turn off IPv4 or "auto" to generate a new one
ipv4.dhcp boolean ipv4 address true Whether to allocate addresses using DHCP
ipv4.dhcp.expiry string ipv4 dhcp 1h When to expire DHCP leases
ipv4.dhcp.gateway string ipv4 dhcp ipv4.address Address of the gateway for the subnet
ipv4.dhcp.ranges string ipv4 dhcp all addresses Comma separated list of IP ranges to use for DHCP (FIRST-LAST format)
ipv4.firewall boolean ipv4 address true Whether to generate filtering firewall rules for this network
ipv4.nat boolean ipv4 address false Whether to NAT (will default to true if unset and a random ipv4.address is generated)
ipv4.nat.order string ipv4 address before Whether to add the required NAT rules before or after any pre-existing rules
ipv4.nat.address string ipv4 address - The source address used for outbound traffic from the bridge
ipv4.routes string ipv4 address - Comma separated list of additional IPv4 CIDR subnets to route to the bridge
ipv4.routing boolean ipv4 address true Whether to route traffic in and out of the bridge
ipv6.address string standard mode random unused subnet IPv6 address for the bridge (CIDR notation). Use "none" to turn off IPv6 or "auto" to generate a new one
ipv6.dhcp boolean ipv6 address true Whether to provide additional network configuration over DHCP
ipv6.dhcp.expiry string ipv6 dhcp 1h When to expire DHCP leases
ipv6.dhcp.ranges string ipv6 stateful dhcp all addresses Comma separated list of IPv6 ranges to use for DHCP (FIRST-LAST format)
ipv6.dhcp.stateful boolean ipv6 dhcp false Whether to allocate addresses using DHCP
ipv6.firewall boolean ipv6 address true Whether to generate filtering firewall rules for this network
ipv6.nat boolean ipv6 address false Whether to NAT (will default to true if unset and a random ipv6.address is generated)
ipv6.nat.order string ipv6 address before Whether to add the required NAT rules before or after any pre-existing rules
ipv6.nat.address string ipv6 address - The source address used for outbound traffic from the bridge
ipv6.routes string ipv6 address - Comma separated list of additional IPv6 CIDR subnets to route to the bridge
ipv6.routing boolean ipv6 address true Whether to route traffic in and out of the bridge
raw.dnsmasq string - - Additional dnsmasq configuration to append to the configuration file
tunnel.NAME.group string vxlan 239.0.0.1 Multicast address for vxlan (used if local and remote aren't set)
tunnel.NAME.id integer vxlan 0 Specific tunnel ID to use for the vxlan tunnel
tunnel.NAME.interface string vxlan - Specific host interface to use for the tunnel
tunnel.NAME.local string gre or vxlan - Local address for the tunnel (not necessary for multicast vxlan)
tunnel.NAME.port integer vxlan 0 Specific port to use for the vxlan tunnel
tunnel.NAME.protocol string standard mode - Tunneling protocol ("vxlan" or "gre")
tunnel.NAME.remote string gre or vxlan - Remote address for the tunnel (not necessary for multicast vxlan)
tunnel.NAME.ttl integer vxlan 1 Specific TTL to use for multicast routing topologies

Those keys can be set using the lxc tool with:

lxc network set <network> <key> <value>