Cannot launch containers with static ip address in RHEL7

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Environment

  • RHEL 7
  • Podman 1.6.4.18.el7

Issue

  • Unable to create Podman Container with static ip address in RHEL7.

  • Following error is prompted when podman container is created with static ip address:

    # podman run --rm --name test --net=mynet --ip=<ip_address> container_image
Error: error running container create option: cannot set a static IP if joining additional CNI networks: invalid argument

Resolution

  • Creating a Podman container with static ip address was introduced in Podman version 1.7.0 and higher. Podman version 1.7.0 is not available for RHEL7. The feature is available inRHEL 8 provided the podman version is higher than 1.7.0

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