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--- lxc:profiles:create_a_macvlan_profile [2021/01/07 16:15] – created peter
+++ lxc:profiles:create_a_macvlan_profile [2021/01/07 16:22] (current) – peter
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 ====== LXC - Profiles - Create a macvlan profile ======
+===== Create the macvlan manually =====
+<code bash>
+lxc profile create macvlan
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+Profile macvlan created
+</code>
+----
+===== List the profiles =====
+<code bash>
+lxc profile list
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
++------------+---------+
+| NAME       | USED BY |
++------------+---------+
+| default    | 3       |
++------------+---------+
+| macvlan    | 0       |
++------------+---------+
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This now shows the newly created **macvlan** profile as well.
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Show default settings of the new profile =====
+<code bash>
+lxc profile show macvlan
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+config: {}
+description: ""
+devices: {}
+name: macvlan
+used_by: []
+</code>
+----
+===== Determine Default Network Route =====
+Determine the default IP network on the host.
+<code bash>
+ip route show default 0.0.0.0/0
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+default via 192.168.1.1 dev br0 proto static
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This shows the default Network Device is **br0**.
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Add the Network Device to the macvlan LXD profile =====
+<code bash>
+lxc profile device add macvlan eth0 nic nictype=macvlan parent=br0
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+Device eth0 added to macvlan
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE**:  The changes are:
+  * **eth0** is added as the network interface for LXC.
+  * **nictype** is set to macvlan
+  * **parent** is set to br0.
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Display details of the new macvlan profile =====
+<code bash>
+lxc profile show macvlan
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+config: {}
+description: ""
+devices:
+  eth0:
+    nictype: macvlan
+    parent: br0
+    type: nic
+name: macvlan
+used_by: []
+</code>
+----
+All Done!
+Any containers created using this new profile will get an IP address from the DHCP server of the LAN.
+<WRAP important>
+**WARNING**:  By using macvlan, your computer’s network interface will appear on the network to have more than one MAC address.
+This is fine for Ethernet networks.
+However, if your interface is a Wireless interface (with security like WPA/WPA2), then the access point will reject any other MAC addresses coming from your computer.
+Therefore, all these will not work in that specific case.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE**:  If your host is in a virtual machine, then it is likely that the VM software will block the DHCP requests of the containers.
+To overcome this, configure the host virtual machine to allow **Promiscuous mode**, usually found in Network settings.
+Alternatively, try to use a **bridgeprofile**.
+</WRAP>
+----