Current IP of the server : 10.130.18.11. Virtual IPs being assigned to server : 10.130.18.22, 10.130.18.23, 10.130.18.24 to our server..
Go to network-scripts directory and copy the existing ifcfg-eth0 file.
Make sure you are using a static ip for your server.
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
static ip assigned scripts looks as below.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo vim ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE="Ethernet"
IPADDR=10.130.18.11
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
GATEWAY=10.138.18.1
HWADDR=A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
Make sure we copy the same script as ifcfg-eth0:0/1/2
sudo cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:0
sudo cp ifcfg-eth0:0 ifcfg-eth0:1
sudo cp ifcfg-eth0:0 ifcfg-eth0:2
Change the copied script as below. Here we are assigned the Virtual IP addresses to the Server.
ifcfg-eth0:0 Configuration
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo vim ifcfg-eth0:0
DEVICE="eth0:0"
BOOTPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE="Ethernet"
IPADDR=10.130.18.22
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
GATEWAY=10.138.18.1
HWADDR=A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
ifcfg-eth0:1 Configuration
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo vim ifcfg-eth0:1
DEVICE="eth0:1"
BOOTPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE="Ethernet"
IPADDR=10.130.18.23
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
GATEWAY=10.138.18.1
HWADDR=A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
ifcfg-eth0:2 Configuration
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo vim ifcfg-eth0:2
DEVICE="eth0:2"
BOOTPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE="Ethernet"
IPADDR=10.130.18.24
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
GATEWAY=10.138.18.1
HWADDR=A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
Now lets restart the network so that the changes take affect.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: Determining if ip address 10.130.18.11 is already
in use for device eth0...
[ OK ]
Checking the configuration.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.11 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
inet6 addr: fe80::a2d3:c1ff:fef9:d8dc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6687 (6.5 KiB) TX bytes:10366 (10.1 KiB)
Interrupt:32
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.22 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.23 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
eth0:2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.24 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
Let Ping those IPs.
ahmed@ahmed-second-server:~# ping 10.130.18.11
PING 10.130.18.11 (10.130.18.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.130.18.11: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=0.288 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.11: icmp_req=3 ttl=59 time=0.962 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.11: icmp_req=4 ttl=59 time=0.287 ms
^C
--- 10.130.18.11 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 3008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.287/0.512/0.962/0.318 ms
ahmed@ahmed-second-server:~# ping 10.130.18.22
PING 10.130.18.22 (10.130.18.22) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.130.18.22: icmp_req=1 ttl=59 time=0.680 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.22: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=1.67 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.22: icmp_req=3 ttl=59 time=0.274 ms
^C
--- 10.130.18.22 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.274/0.877/1.678/0.590 ms
ahmed@ahmed-second-server:~# ping 10.130.18.23
PING 10.130.18.23 (10.130.18.23) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.130.18.23: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=0.853 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.23: icmp_req=3 ttl=59 time=0.626 ms
64 bytes from 10.130.18.23: icmp_req=4 ttl=59 time=0.346 ms
^C
--- 10.130.18.23 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 3014ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.346/0.608/0.853/0.208 ms
Assign Multiple IP Address Range
If you would like to create a range of Multiple IP Addresses to a particular interface called “ifcfg-eth0“, we use “ifcfg-eth0-range0” and copy the contains of ifcfg-eth0 on it as shown below.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo cp -p ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0-range0
Now open “ifcfg-eth0-range0” file and add “IPADDR_START” and “IPADDR_END” IP address range as shown below.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]# vi ifcfg-eth0-range0
# DEVICE="eth0"
# BOOTPROTO=static
# NM_CONTROLLED="no"
# ONBOOT=yes
TYPE="Ethernet"
IPADDR_START=10.130.18.22
IPADDR_END=10.130.18.24
IPV6INIT=no
Save it and restart/start network service
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: Determining if ip address 10.130.18.11 is already in
use for device eth0...
[ OK ]
Checking the configuration. Verify that virtual interfaces are created with IP Address.
[ahmed@ahmed-server network-scripts]$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.11 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
inet6 addr: fe80::a2d3:c1ff:fef9:d8dc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6687 (6.5 KiB) TX bytes:10366 (10.1 KiB)
Interrupt:32
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.22 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.23 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
eth0:2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr A0:0C:29:28:A7:4C
inet addr:10.130.18.24 Bcast:10.130.18.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:32
More Info :
- http://www.tecmint.com/create-multiple-ip-addresses-to-one-single-network-interface/
- http://linuxconfig.org/configuring-virtual-network-interfaces-in-linux
- http://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/307-create-a-virtual-ip-address-in-linux
- https://myunixlab.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/how-to-add-virtual-ip-address-in-linux/