60 lines
2.2 KiB
XML
60 lines
2.2 KiB
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-container-networking">
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<title>Container Networking</title>
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<para>
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When you create a container using <literal>nixos-container create</literal>,
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it gets it own private IPv4 address in the range
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<literal>10.233.0.0/16</literal>. You can get the container’s IPv4 address
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as follows:
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<screen>
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# nixos-container show-ip foo
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10.233.4.2
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$ ping -c1 10.233.4.2
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64 bytes from 10.233.4.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.106 ms
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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Networking is implemented using a pair of virtual Ethernet devices. The
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network interface in the container is called <literal>eth0</literal>, while
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the matching interface in the host is called
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<literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> (e.g.,
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<literal>ve-foo</literal>). The container has its own network namespace and
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the <literal>CAP_NET_ADMIN</literal> capability, so it can perform arbitrary
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network configuration such as setting up firewall rules, without affecting or
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having access to the host’s network.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, containers cannot talk to the outside network. If you want that,
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you should set up Network Address Translation (NAT) rules on the host to
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rewrite container traffic to use your external IP address. This can be
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accomplished using the following configuration on the host:
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<programlisting>
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.nat.enable"/> = true;
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.nat.internalInterfaces"/> = ["ve-+"];
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.nat.externalInterface"/> = "eth0";
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</programlisting>
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where <literal>eth0</literal> should be replaced with the desired external
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interface. Note that <literal>ve-+</literal> is a wildcard that matches all
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container interfaces.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you are using Network Manager, you need to explicitly prevent it from
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managing container interfaces:
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<programlisting>
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networking.networkmanager.unmanaged = [ "interface-name:ve-*" ];
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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You may need to restart your system for the changes to take effect.
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</para>
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</section>
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