Loopback alias not detecting IP addresses on boot
Issue
- IP addresses on a loopback alias are not added at boot. They must be brought up with the
ifupcommand manually.
[root@test72 ~]# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:a0:47:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.124.233/24 brd 192.168.124.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 3493sec preferred_lft 3493sec
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fea0:476a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
[root@test72 ~]# ifup lo:0
[root@test72 ~]# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 127.12.12.12/32 brd 127.12.12.12 scope host lo:0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 127.12.12.13/32 brd 127.12.12.13 scope host lo:0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet 148.122.176.0/32 brd 148.122.176.0 scope global lo:0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2001:4600:5::/128 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:a0:47:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.124.233/24 brd 192.168.124.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 3482sec preferred_lft 3482sec
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fea0:476a/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+
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