Ubuntu Static IP
Ubuntu Static IP KB ID 0001892 Problem Like most OSs out of the box the system is set to get it’s IP address from a DHCP server (i.e. dynamically). On the rare occasions I’m deploying Linux its to perform a specific task, so in nearly all cases I want it to have a static IP. Here is how to achieve that. Solution : Ubuntu Static IP Disable Cloud-Init Since Ubuntu version 18.04, it has shipped with this enabled, you can proceed with it...
KVM Bridge Network
Bridge Network KB ID 0001891 Problem Not sure why KVM does not come preconfigured for this out of the box, and it took me a very long time to work out how to do this. But if you want your KVM VMs to behave as if they are on your production LAN (rather than the default of setting up DHCP and NAT). The default is fine but if you want to access your VMs from outside the host you need to setup bridged networking. In my example I want my...