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Arch Linux - Docker Node - Network - ( Part II )

Arch Linux - Docker Node - Network - ( Part II )

I will use MACVLAN to deploy containers. It worth to mention that containers should not have IP addresses directly attached to it but some services like a pihole DNS server has to be seen as if directly attached to the network and we can achieve it with MACVLAN.

docker network create -d macvlan \
> --subnet=192.168.55.0/24 \
> --gateway=192.168.55.1 \
> --opt parent=ens18.55 \
> macvlan55
[root@docker0 vlan.55-pihole]# docker network ls
NETWORK ID     NAME        DRIVER    SCOPE
1e0cc00dd141   bridge      bridge    local
1567bbd600cb   host        host      local
c848bfb101a1   macvlan55   macvlan   local
3f7b6cc3c82a   none        null      local
[root@docker0 vlan.55-pihole]# ip -c l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: ens18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 5a:a4:8c:e9:00:83 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp0s18
3: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ether 02:42:32:86:1d:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: ens18.55@ens18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ether 5a:a4:8c:e9:00:83 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Docker will automatically create the sub interface set as the parent for our macvlan.

[root@docker0 vlan.55-pihole]# ip -c l
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: ens18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 5a:a4:8c:e9:00:83 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp0s18
3: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ether 02:42:32:86:1d:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: ens18.55@ens18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default 
    link/ether 5a:a4:8c:e9:00:83 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

[root@docker0 vlan.55-pihole]# docker network ls
NETWORK ID     NAME        DRIVER    SCOPE
1e0cc00dd141   bridge      bridge    local
1567bbd600cb   host        host      local
c848bfb101a1   macvlan55   macvlan   local
3f7b6cc3c82a   none        null      local
[root@docker0 vlan.55-pihole]# docker network inspect macvlan55
[
    {
        "Name": "macvlan55",
        "Id": "c848bfb101a117911423c59c024bf7e8a916dc81e6e182b968e252deec2314d9",
        "Created": "2021-09-22T20:00:38.805589932+01:00",
        "Scope": "local",
        "Driver": "macvlan",
        "EnableIPv6": false,
        "IPAM": {
            "Driver": "default",
            "Options": {},
            "Config": [
                {
                    "Subnet": "192.168.55.0/24",
                    "Gateway": "192.168.55.1"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Internal": false,
        "Attachable": false,
        "Ingress": false,
        "ConfigFrom": {
            "Network": ""
        },
        "ConfigOnly": false,
        "Containers": {
            "36dcaad5bf68578e4d9a54bd00dd13df250eed9790cdac8ea02c77aa871cb47b": {
                "Name": "pihole",
                "EndpointID": "04aeab43079dae4a75d64251b06bc978c143ecf290c334e025909323dbe5f4d0",
                "MacAddress": "02:42:c0:a8:37:0a",
                "IPv4Address": "192.168.55.10/24",
                "IPv6Address": ""
            }
        },
        "Options": {
            "parent": "ens18.55"
        },
        "Labels": {}
    }
]

Resources

Use macvlan networks
All about using macvlan to make your containers appear like physical machines on the network
Docker Documentation
Networking using a macvlan network
Tutorials for networking using a macvlan bridge network and 802.1q trunk bridge network
Docker Documentation
Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking | Red Hat Developer
This post provides a brief introduction to Linux virtual interfaces, focusing on frequently used interfaces and some interfaces that can be easily confused with one another.
Red Hat DeveloperHangbin Liu
libnetwork/macvlan.md at master · moby/libnetwork
networking for containers. Contribute to moby/libnetwork development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubmoby

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