How to configure Scaleway Dedibox RPNv2

Reviewed on 26 August 2024 • Published on 16 July 2021

RPNv2 can be configured on any operating system supporting VLANs. The feature is available for selected Dedibox servers.

How to configure RPNv2 on Debian

Install the vlan package by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install vlan

Edit your /etc/network/interfaces file as follows (assuming your RPN NIC is eth1 and your VLAN ID is 3900):

auto eth1.3900
iface eth1.3900 inet static
    address my.pri.vate.address
    netmask my.custom.net.mask

How to configure RPNv2 on Ubuntu

Note

The following configuration example uses Netplan. If you are using a classic network configuration, refer to the Debian documentation.

network:
    version: 2
    renderer: networkd
    ethernets:
        mainif:
            match:
                macaddress: "de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe"
            set-name: mainif
            addresses: [ "10.3.0.5/23" ]
            gateway4: 10.3.0.1
            nameservers:
                addresses: [ "8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4" ]
                search: [ example.com ]
    vlans:
        vlan15:
            id: 15
            link: mainif
            addresses: [ "10.3.99.5/24" ]

How to configure RPNv2 on CentOS

In the following ‘how to’ we assume your RPN NIC is eth1.

Create a configuration file for the parent interface, called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:

DEVICE=eth1
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes

Create another file for the vlan interface (assuming the VLAN ID is 3900). The file is called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1.3900:

DEVICE=eth1.3900
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=my.pri.vate.address
PREFIX=CIDR.Netmask
NETWORK=my.private.address.0
VLAN=YES

How to configure RPNv2 on Rocky Linux 9

For this how-to, we assume that your RPN NIC is eth1, the VLAN ID is 2001 and the new connection name is VLAN2001.

To add a new VLAN connection using the nmcli command, follow the steps below:

[root@srv1 ~]# nmcli connection add type vlan ifname VLAN2001 dev eth1 id 2001
Connection 'vlan-VLAN2001' (116121e0-4dca-4fb7-82ac-6e38b0f7d277) successfully added.d

Show the updated VLAN connection:

[root@srv1 ~]# nmcli connection show 
NAME           UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE   
vlan-VLAN2001  116121e0-4dca-4fb7-82ac-6e3888f7d277  vlan      VLAN2001

Configure the second server to enable reachability from the group members.

Assign an IP address to VLAN 2001 (your VLAN ID) on serv1 and change ipv4.method to use the manual method

nmcli connection modify vlan-VLAN2001 ipv4.addresses 192.168.10.101/24 ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses
nmcli connection up vlan-VLAN2001

Assign an IP address to VLAN 2001 (your VLAN) on serv2 and change ipv4.method to use the manual method

nmcli connection modify vlan-VLAN2001 ipv4.addresses 192.168.10.100/24 ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses
nmcli connection up vlan-VLAN2001

Test your configuration via ping:

From 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.101

[root@srv1 ~]# ping 192.168.0.101
PING 192.168.0.101 (192.168.0.101) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=12.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=12.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=13.1 ms

From 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.100

[root@frontend-srv ~]# ping 192.168.0.100
PING 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=13.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=13.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=13.1 ms

How to configure RPNv2 on FreeBSD

Edit your /etc/rc.conf file, assuming ix0 is your RPN NIC, and 3900 your VLAN ID:

ifconfig_ix0="up"
cloned_interfaces="vlan3900"
ifconfig_vlan3900="inet my.pri.vate.IP/CIDR.NETMASK vlan 3900 vlandev ix0"

Do not forget to adapt the VLAN ID, Interface Name, and Network configuration to your needs.

How to configure RPNv2 on ESXi

Important

Due to VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom, the free edition of VMware vSphere Hypervisor is no longer available on the VMware website. For more details, check out the EOL of free vSphere Hypervisor. Please note that the following content is provided as-is, without any guarantee of functionality. We suggest considering alternative hypervisors such as Proxmox. You can learn how to deploy virtual machines with Proxmox on Scaleway Dedibox.

On ESXi, you can create virtual switches that talk directly on the corresponding VLAN ID.

Check your network interfaces, to discover which one corresponds to the RPN interface. In the following example, the RPN interface is vmnic2.
Enter the Virtual switch section and add a new one by clicking Add standard virtual switch:
Enter a name for the virtual switch, set the MTU to 9000, and select the RPN interface as uplink:
Click the Port groups tab and click Add port group to create a new one:
Enter a name for the new port group and set the VLAN IP, then select the virtual switch and click Add.

The virtual switch is configured now.

Create a NIC directly linked to your new Group (VM Network in the example above) and configure it in your virtual machine using your address-plan.

Tip

No VLAN Configuration is required in your VM, everything is handled in your vSwitch directly.

How to configure RPNv2 on Proxmox

Login to the Proxmox web interface and click System > Network.
Click Create on the network page.
Configure your bridge with a bridge_port which will be named after your RPN NIC, and your VLAN ID.

Tip
For instance, if your RPN NIC is eth2 and your VLAN ID 3900, name it eth2.3900.