Oracle Linux – How to Configure a Secondary VNIC (add IP Address)

Oct 3, 2024 11:16PM

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later

Linux x86-64

Oracle Linux 7 – Oracle Linux 9.

Goal:

Configure an IP address to a secondary VNIC

Solution:

Disclaimer, every MAC/IP address shown here was temporary to write down this how-to.

They are no longer valid or available

Refer to the official documentation in order to create and attach a secondary VNIC:

At OS Level, execute below commands (as root user)

Identify the new VNIC

$ ip a show enp1s0
3: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 02:00:17:02:58:ce brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff                        ß NO IP ADDRESS
    inet6 fe80::17ff:fe02:58ce/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Oracle Linux – How to Configure a Secondary VNIC (add IP Address)

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