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LonelyLonelyNetworkN00b
Asked: 2011-12-21 08:57:35 +0800 CST

How do I configure networking on CentOS 6 running on hyper-v?

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I'm not using legacy adapters, and i've installed Linux Integration Components 3.2.

THe problem i'm facing is that the command 'setup' or 'system-config-network' doesn't list any network interfaces. If i run ifconfig -a i can see both the network cards i've attached. By setting a ip using ifconfig i can get network connectivity. The problem is that it's not persistent after a reboot.

I'm a 100% centos newbie, but I figure it has something to do with that the centos installer couldn't see the NICs on install.

How can I fix this?

virtualization linux centos hyper-v

5 Answers

  1. Have a look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 there should be a line that says ONBOOT=yes which causes eth0 to be configured when the system starts.

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  2. In my case once I added the integration services I went in and created the ifcfg-eth0 file with the following

    DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=(fill in yours) ONBOOT=yes

    then I ran system-config-network and added my DNS servers (this may not have been necessary)

    once I did that and restarted the network service it started responding to CentOS 6.3 .

    This was under HyperV built into Windows 8 Enterprise

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  3. Adding to lain's answer..

    I'm running Hyper-V, CentOS 6.2.

    1. When initially setting up your VM for CentOS, do the "delete the network adapter...add a legacy adapter" like everyone says.
    2. AFTER that, install CentOS
    3. Upon first boot, run system-config-network. You should see eth0. Edit it.
    4. eth0 should show it is set to DHCP ... [*]. I changed my to static.
    5. cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
    6. ifup eth0 (run it)...it should take a moment while the interface initializes
    7. Try to ping your gateway.
    8. Follow lain's instructions to get your eth0 to start at boot.
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  4. CentOS (like almost all modern *nix OSes) uses a set of configuration scripts at startup to configure various parts of the system including network configuration scripts/files.

    You can manually edit the relevant file to configure each of the synthetic NICs when the system boots.

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  5. The trick seems to be to run the command 'system-config-network' at a shell prompt as root after you've installed the Linux Integration Services. On my CentOS 6.2 instance it detected the virtual network adapter and after I saved my configuration changes and did a reboot I was on the road.

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