Configure Fedora with Multiple IP Addresses

Introduction

A basic network configuration at Vultr consists of a single IPv4 address, configured by DHCP. If you have advanced networking requirements, Vultr supports multiple public IPs and up to five private networks. You need to manually configure these advanced scenarios. Refer to the networking configuration page in the customer portal for your exact configuration. This example demonstrates three public IPv4 addresses, two private IPv4 networks, and two public IPv6 addresses.

Note: Your network adapter names may not match the examples. See our article How to Find the Network Adapter Names for a Vultr Cloud Server.

IPv4 Info

IPv6 Info

Example for Fedora 29 - 32

Public Network

1. Configure the public network for three static IPv4 addresses:

   # nmcli con add con-name public-net ifname ens3 type ethernet ipv4.method 'manual' ipv4.addresses '192.0.2.101/23' ipv4.gateway '192.0.2.1' ipv4.dns ''
   # nmcli con mod public-net +ipv4.addresses '192.0.2.102'
   # nmcli con mod public-net +ipv4.addresses '192.0.2.103'
   

2. Configure DNS for the public network:

   # nmcli con mod public-net +ipv4.dns '192.0.2.200'
   

3. Configure the public network for dynamic IPv6 configuration, and one additional IPv6 address (/128). Additional addresses can be added in the same fashion.

   # nmcli con mod public-net ipv6.method 'auto' ipv6.addresses ''
   # nmcli con mod public-net +ipv6.addresses '2001:db8:1000::200/128'
   

4. Restart the public network.

   # nmcli con up public-net
   

Private Network

1. Configure the private network for two static IPv4 addresses:

   # nmcli con add con-name private-net ifname ens7 type ethernet ipv4.method 'manual' ipv4.addresses '10.1.1.100/20' 802-3-ethernet.mtu 1450
   # nmcli con mod private-net +ipv4.addresses '10.1.1.200/20'
   

2. Restart the private network.

   # nmcli con up private-net
   

Example for Fedora 24 - 28

Configure the public network with three public IPv4 addresses and two public IPv6 addresses.

1. Define the first public IPv4 and both public IPv6 addresses on adapter ens3.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens3 with:

   DEVICE=ens3
   ONBOOT=yes
   NM_CONTROLLED=no
   BOOTPROTO=static
   NOZEROCONF=yes
   IPADDR=192.0.2.101
   NETMASK=255.255.254.0
   GATEWAY=192.0.2.1
   DNS1=192.0.2.200
   
   IPV6INIT=yes
   IPV6ADDR="2001:db8:1000::100/64"
   IPV6_AUTOCONF="yes"
   IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES="2001:db8:1000::200/64" 
   DNS2=2001:db8:1000::1
   

2. Set the default route for ens3.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-ens3 with:

   169.254.0.0/16 dev ens3
   

3. Define the second public IPv4 on adapter ens3:1.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens3:1 with:

   DEVICE=ens3:1
   BOOTPROTO=static
   IPADDR=192.0.2.102
   NETMASK=255.255.255.255
   ONBOOT=yes
   

4. Define the third public IPv4 on adapter ens3:2.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens3:2 with:

   DEVICE=ens3:2
   BOOTPROTO=static
   IPADDR=192.0.2.103
   NETMASK=255.255.255.255
   ONBOOT=yes
   

Private Network

1. Define the first private network on adapter ens7.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens7 with:

   DEVICE=ens7
   ONBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=static
   NOZEROCONF=yes
   IPV6INIT=no
   IPADDR=10.1.1.100
   NETMASK=255.255.240.0
   MTU=1450
   

2. Define the second private network on adapter ens8.
   Populate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens8 with:

   DEVICE=ens8
   ONBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=static
   NOZEROCONF=yes
   IPV6INIT=no
   IPADDR=10.1.1.200
   NETMASK=255.255.240.0
   MTU=1450
   

Activate Network Changes

Restart networking or reboot to activate the network changes.

# systemctl restart network.service

Nameservers

Verify that /etc/resolv.conf has your preferred nameservers for IPv4, and optionally IPv6.

domain       example.com
nameserver   2001:db8:1000::1
nameserver   192.0.2.200

More Resources

• How to Configure Multiple Private Networks at Vultr
• How to Configure IPv6 on your VPS