[pve-devel] [PATCH container] config: clarify description of host-managed netdev option

[pve-devel] [PATCH container] config: clarify description of host-managed netdev option

[Filip Schauer]

Signed-off-by: Filip Schauer <f.schauer@proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm b/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
index 6be38a2..6445528 100644
--- a/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
@@ -915,7 +915,11 @@ our $netconf_desc = {
     'host-managed' => {
         type => 'boolean',
         description =>
-            "Whether this interface's IP configuration should be managed by the host.",
+            "Whether this interface's IP configuration should be managed by the host. When enabled,"
+            . " the host (rather than the container) is responsible for the interface's IP"
+            . " configuration. The container should not run its own DHCP client or network manager"
+            . " on this interface. This is useful for containers that lack an internal network"
+            . " management stack, like many application containers.",
         optional => 1,
     },
 };
-- 
2.47.3



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[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH container] config: clarify description of host-managed netdev option

[Fiona Ebner]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] config: clarify description of host-managed netdev option
      commit: 3fce1fac0cecf95936f1ff85745716efdc6735a0


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Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH container] config: clarify description of host-managed netdev option

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 24.11.25 um 12:34 schrieb Filip Schauer:
> Signed-off-by: Filip Schauer <f.schauer@proxmox.com>
> ---
>  src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm b/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
> index 6be38a2..6445528 100644
> --- a/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
> +++ b/src/PVE/LXC/Config.pm
> @@ -915,7 +915,11 @@ our $netconf_desc = {
>      'host-managed' => {
>          type => 'boolean',
>          description =>
> -            "Whether this interface's IP configuration should be managed by the host.",
> +            "Whether this interface's IP configuration should be managed by the host. When enabled,"
> +            . " the host (rather than the container) is responsible for the interface's IP"
> +            . " configuration. The container should not run its own DHCP client or network manager"
> +            . " on this interface. This is useful for containers that lack an internal network"
> +            . " management stack, like many application containers.",

Great to have more context, but we have "verbose_description" schema property,
to avoid crowding places where short description is a better fit. This instance
here is a bit borderline, so mostly to put the availability of that property on
your (and others) radar.

>          optional => 1,
>      },
>  };



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