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= Setting System Hostname =
= Setting System Hostname =
To set the system hostname, do something like the following:
To set the system hostname, do something like the following:
{{Cmd|echo "hostname.domain.com" > /etc/hostname}}
{{Cmd|echo "shortname" > /etc/hostname}}


Then, to activate the change, do the following:
Then, to activate the change, do the following:
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Here's an IPv4 example:
Here's an IPv4 example:
<pre>192.168.1.150  hostname.domain.com</pre>
<pre>192.168.1.150  shortname.domain.com</pre>


And here's an IPv6 example:
And here's an IPv6 example:
<pre>2001:470:ffff:ff::2  hostname.domain.com</pre>
<pre>2001:470:ffff:ff::2  shortname.domain.com</pre>


= Configuring DNS =
= Configuring DNS =
{{Warning|'''For users of IPv4 DHCP:''' Please note that <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> will be completely overwritten with any nameservers provided by DHCP. Also, if DHCP does not provide any nameservers, then <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> will still be overwritten, but will not contain any nameservers! '''''Note to self: This behavior should probably be reported to upstream.'''''}}
{{Tip|'''For users of IPv4 DHCP:''' Please note that <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> will be completely overwritten with any nameservers provided by DHCP. Also, if DHCP does not provide any nameservers, then <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> will still be overwritten, but will not contain any nameservers!}}
{{Warning|'''For users of IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration:''' ''This needs to be looked into to determine if IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration suffers from the same issue.''}}


For using a static IP and static nameservers, use one of the following examples.
For using a static IP and static nameservers, use one of the following examples.


For IPv4 nameservers, edit your <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file to look like this:<br />
For IPv4 nameservers, edit your <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file to look like this:<br />
This example uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS Google's Public DNS servers].
The following example uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS Google's Public DNS servers].
{{Cmd|nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4}}
nameserver 8.8.4.4


For IPv6 nameservers, edit your <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file to look like this:<br />
For IPv6 nameservers, edit your <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file to look like this:<br />
This example uses [http://www.he.net/ Hurricane Electric's] public DNS server.
The following example uses [http://www.he.net/ Hurricane Electric's] public DNS server.
{{Cmd|nameserver 2001:470:20::2}}
nameserver 2001:470:20::2
You can also use Hurricane Electric's public DNS server via IPv4:
nameserver 74.82.42.42


{{Tip|If you decide to use Hurricane Electric's nameserver, be aware that it is 'Google-whitelisted'. What does this mean?  It allows you to be able to access many of Google's services via IPv6. (Just don't add other, non-whitelisted, nameservers to <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> — ironically, such as Google's Public IPv4 DNS Servers in the first example.) Read [http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/ here] for more information.}}
{{Tip|If you decide to use Hurricane Electric's nameserver, be aware that it is 'Google-whitelisted'. What does this mean?  It allows you access to many of Google's services via IPv6. (Just don't add other, non-whitelisted, nameservers to <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> — ironically, such as Google's Public DNS Servers.) Read [http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/ here] for more information.}}


= Enabling IPv6 (Optional) =
= Enabling IPv6 (Optional) =


If you use IPv6, do the following to enable IPv6 for now and at each boot:
If you use IPv6, do the following to enable IPv6 for now and at each boot:
<pre>modprobe ipv6
{{Cmd|modprobe ipv6
echo "ipv6" >> /etc/modules</pre>
echo "ipv6" >> /etc/modules}}


= Interface Configuration =
= Interface Configuration =


== Loopback Configuration (Required) ==
== Loopback Configuration (Required) ==
{{Note|The loopback configuration must appear first in <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> to prevent networking issues.}}
To configure loopback, add the following to a new file <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>:
To configure loopback, add the following to a new file <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>:
<pre>auto lo
<pre>auto lo
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The above works to setup the IPv4 loopback address (127.0.0.1), and the IPv6 loopback address (<code>::1</code>) — if you enabled IPv6.
The above works to setup the IPv4 loopback address (127.0.0.1), and the IPv6 loopback address (<code>::1</code>) — if you enabled IPv6.
== Wireless Configuration ==
See [[Connecting to a wireless access point]].


== Ethernet Configuration ==
== Ethernet Configuration ==
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Add the following to the file <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>, below the <code>auto eth0</code> definition:
Add the following to the file <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>, below the <code>auto eth0</code> definition:
<pre>iface eth0 inet dhcp</pre>
<pre>iface eth0 inet dhcp</pre>
By default, the busybox DHCP client (udhcpc) requests a static set of options from the DHCP server. If you need to extend this set, you can do it by setting some additional command line options for the DHCP client, via the <code>udhcpc_opts</code> in your interface configuration. The following example additionally requests <code>domain-search</code> option:
<pre>iface eth0 inet dhcp
    udhcpc_opts -O search</pre>
For a complete list of command line options for udhcpc, see [https://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html#udhcpc this document].


=== IPv4 Static Address Configuration ===
=== IPv4 Static Address Configuration ===
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         netmask 255.255.255.0
         netmask 255.255.255.0
         gateway 192.168.1.1</pre>
         gateway 192.168.1.1</pre>
==== Additional IP addresses ====
<pre>iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.150
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.151
        netmask 255.255.255.0
</pre>


=== IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration ===
=== IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration ===
{{Note|''Stateless address autoconfiguration details pending.''}}
Add the following to the file <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>, below the <code>auto eth0</code> definition:
<pre>iface eth0 inet6 manual
        pre-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra</pre>
 
{{Tip|The "inet6 manual" method is available in busybox 1.17.3-r3 and later.}}


=== IPv6 Static Address Configuration ===
=== IPv6 Static Address Configuration ===
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         address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
         address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
         netmask 64
         netmask 64
         gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1</pre>
         gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1
        pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra</pre>
 
== Example: Dual-Stack Configuration ==
This example shows a dual-stack configuration.
<pre>auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


=== Example Ethernet Configuration ===
auto eth0
This example uses a static IPv4 and static IPv6 address.
<pre>auto eth0


iface eth0 inet static
iface eth0 inet static
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         address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
         address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
         netmask 64
         netmask 64
         gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1</pre>
         gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1
        pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra</pre>


= Firewalling with iptables and ip6tables =
= Firewalling with iptables and ip6tables =
== Install iptables ==
 
See also: [[Alpine Wall]] - [[How-To Alpine Wall]] - [[Alpine Wall User's Guide]]
 
== Install iptables/ip6tables ==
* To install iptables:
: {{Cmd|apk add iptables}}
 
* To install ip6tables:
: {{Cmd|apk add ip6tables}}
 
* To install the man pages for iptables and ip6tables:
: {{Cmd|apk add iptables-doc}}
 
== Configure iptables/ip6tables ==
== Configure iptables/ip6tables ==
{{ Tip| Good examples of how to write iptables rules can be found at the Linux Home Networking Wiki http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch14_:_Linux_Firewalls_Using_iptables }}
== Save Firewall Rules ==
== Save Firewall Rules ==
=== For iptables ===
# Set iptables to start on reboot
#* {{ Cmd| rc-update add iptables }}
# Write the firewall rules to disk
#* {{ Cmd| /etc/init.d/iptables save}}
# If you use Alpine Local Backup:
<!-- Not needed on Alpine > 2.3
## Add the firewall rules to Alpine Local Backup
##* {{ Cmd| lbu add /var/lib/iptables/rules-save }}
-->
## Save the configuration
##* {{ Cmd| lbu ci }}
=== For ip6tables ===
# Set ip6tables to start on reboot
#* {{ Cmd| rc-update add ip6tables }}
# Write the firewall rules to disk
#* {{ Cmd| /etc/init.d/ip6tables save}}
# If you use Alpine Local Backup:
<!-- Not needed on Alpine > 2.3
## Add the firewall rules to Alpine Local Backup
##* {{ Cmd| lbu add /var/lib/ip6tables/rules-save }}
-->
## Save the configuration
##* {{ Cmd| lbu ci }}


= Activating Changes and Testing Connectivity =
= Activating Changes and Testing Connectivity =
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  8  2001:4860:0:1::c3 (2001:4860:0:1::c3)  99.272 ms  111.989 ms  99.835 ms
  8  2001:4860:0:1::c3 (2001:4860:0:1::c3)  99.272 ms  111.989 ms  99.835 ms
  9  yw-in-x67.1e100.net (2001:4860:8009::67)  101.545 ms  109.675 ms  99.431 ms</pre>
  9  yw-in-x67.1e100.net (2001:4860:8009::67)  101.545 ms  109.675 ms  99.431 ms</pre>
= Additional Utilities =
== iproute2 ==
You may wish to install the 'iproute2' package (note that this will also install iptables if not yet installed)
{{Cmd|apk add iproute2}}
This provides the 'ss' command which is IMHO a 'better' version of netstat.
Show listening tcp ports:
{{Cmd|ss -tl}}
Show listening tcp ports and associated processes:
{{Cmd|ss -ptl}}
Show listening and established tcp connections:
{{Cmd|ss -ta}}
Show socket usage summary:
{{Cmd|ss -s}}
Show more options:
{{Cmd|ss -h}}
== drill ==
You may also wish to install 'drill' (it will also install the 'ldns' package) which is a superior (IMHO) replacement for nslookup and dig etc:
{{Cmd|apk add drill}}
Then use it as you would for dig:
{{Cmd|drill alpinelinux.org @8.8.8.8}}
To perform a reverse lookup (get a name from an IP) use the following syntax:
{{Cmd|drill -x 8.8.8.8 @208.67.222.222}}
= Related articles =
You may also wish to review the following network related articles:
[[Vlan|VLAN setup]]
[[Bonding|Bonding setup]]
[[Bridge|Network bridge setup]]
[[udhcpc|udhcpc configuration]]
[[Category:Networking]]

Revision as of 19:12, 8 July 2019

This page will assist you in setting up networking on Alpine Linux.

Note: You must be logged in as root in order to perform the actions on this page.

Setting System Hostname

To set the system hostname, do something like the following:

echo "shortname" > /etc/hostname

Then, to activate the change, do the following:

hostname -F /etc/hostname

If you're using IPv6, you should also add the following special IPv6 addresses to your /etc/hosts file: 

::1             localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
fe00::0         ipv6-localnet
ff00::0         ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1         ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2         ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3         ipv6-allhosts
Tip: If you are going to use automatic IP configuration, such as IPv4 DHCP or IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration, you can skip ahead to Configuring DNS. Otherwise, if you are going to use a static IPv4 or IPv6 address, continue below.

For a static IP configuration, it's common to also add the machine's hostname you just set (above) to the /etc/hosts file.

Here's an IPv4 example: 

192.168.1.150   shortname.domain.com

And here's an IPv6 example: 

2001:470:ffff:ff::2   shortname.domain.com

Configuring DNS

Tip: For users of IPv4 DHCP: Please note that /etc/resolv.conf will be completely overwritten with any nameservers provided by DHCP. Also, if DHCP does not provide any nameservers, then /etc/resolv.conf will still be overwritten, but will not contain any nameservers!

For using a static IP and static nameservers, use one of the following examples.

For IPv4 nameservers, edit your /etc/resolv.conf file to look like this:
The following example uses Google's Public DNS servers. 

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

For IPv6 nameservers, edit your /etc/resolv.conf file to look like this:
The following example uses Hurricane Electric's public DNS server. 

nameserver 2001:470:20::2

You can also use Hurricane Electric's public DNS server via IPv4: 

nameserver 74.82.42.42
Tip: If you decide to use Hurricane Electric's nameserver, be aware that it is 'Google-whitelisted'. What does this mean? It allows you access to many of Google's services via IPv6. (Just don't add other, non-whitelisted, nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf — ironically, such as Google's Public DNS Servers.) Read here for more information.

Enabling IPv6 (Optional)

If you use IPv6, do the following to enable IPv6 for now and at each boot:

modprobe ipv6 echo "ipv6" >> /etc/modules

Interface Configuration

Loopback Configuration (Required)

Note: The loopback configuration must appear first in /etc/network/interfaces to prevent networking issues.

To configure loopback, add the following to a new file /etc/network/interfaces: 

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

The above works to setup the IPv4 loopback address (127.0.0.1), and the IPv6 loopback address (::1) — if you enabled IPv6.

Wireless Configuration

See Connecting to a wireless access point.

Ethernet Configuration

For the following Ethernet configuration examples, we will assume that you are using Ethernet device eth0.

Initial Configuration

Add the following to the file /etc/network/interfaces, above any IP configuration for eth0: 

auto eth0

IPv4 DHCP Configuration

Add the following to the file /etc/network/interfaces, below the auto eth0 definition: 

iface eth0 inet dhcp

By default, the busybox DHCP client (udhcpc) requests a static set of options from the DHCP server. If you need to extend this set, you can do it by setting some additional command line options for the DHCP client, via the udhcpc_opts in your interface configuration. The following example additionally requests domain-search option: 

iface eth0 inet dhcp
    udhcpc_opts -O search

For a complete list of command line options for udhcpc, see this document.

IPv4 Static Address Configuration

Add the following to the file /etc/network/interfaces, below the auto eth0 definition: 

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.150
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1

Additional IP addresses

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.150
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.151
        netmask 255.255.255.0

IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration

Add the following to the file /etc/network/interfaces, below the auto eth0 definition: 

iface eth0 inet6 manual
        pre-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra
Tip: The "inet6 manual" method is available in busybox 1.17.3-r3 and later.

IPv6 Static Address Configuration

Add the following to the file /etc/network/interfaces, below the auto eth0 definition: 

iface eth0 inet6 static
        address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
        netmask 64
        gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1
        pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra

Example: Dual-Stack Configuration

This example shows a dual-stack configuration. 

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.150
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1

iface eth0 inet6 static
        address 2001:470:ffff:ff::2
        netmask 64
        gateway 2001:470:ffff:ff::1
        pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/accept_ra

Firewalling with iptables and ip6tables

See also: Alpine Wall - How-To Alpine Wall - Alpine Wall User's Guide

Install iptables/ip6tables

  • To install iptables:

apk add iptables

  • To install ip6tables:

apk add ip6tables

  • To install the man pages for iptables and ip6tables:

apk add iptables-doc

Configure iptables/ip6tables

Tip: Good examples of how to write iptables rules can be found at the Linux Home Networking Wiki http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch14_:_Linux_Firewalls_Using_iptables

Save Firewall Rules

For iptables

  1. Set iptables to start on reboot

    • rc-update add iptables

  2. Write the firewall rules to disk

    • /etc/init.d/iptables save

  3. If you use Alpine Local Backup:
    1. Save the configuration

      • lbu ci

For ip6tables

  1. Set ip6tables to start on reboot

    • rc-update add ip6tables

  2. Write the firewall rules to disk

    • /etc/init.d/ip6tables save

  3. If you use Alpine Local Backup:
    1. Save the configuration

      • lbu ci

Activating Changes and Testing Connectivity

Changes made to /etc/network/interfaces can be activated by running:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

If you did not get any errors, you can now test that networking is configured properly by attempting to ping out:

ping www.google.com

PING www.l.google.com (74.125.47.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=58.5 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=56.4 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=57.0 ms
64 bytes from yw-in-f103.1e100.net (74.125.47.103): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=60.2 ms
^C
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 56.411/58.069/60.256/1.501 ms

For an IPv6 traceroute (traceroute6), you will first need to install the iputils package:

apk add iputils

Then run traceroute6:

traceroute6 ipv6.google.com

traceroute to ipv6.l.google.com (2001:4860:8009::67) from 2001:470:ffff:ff::2, 30 hops max, 16 byte packets
 1  2001:470:ffff:ff::1 (2001:470:ffff:ff::1)  3.49 ms  0.62 ms  0.607 ms
 2  *  *  *
 3  *  *  *
 4  pr61.iad07.net.google.com (2001:504:0:2:0:1:5169:1)  134.313 ms  95.342 ms  88.425 ms
 5  2001:4860::1:0:9ff (2001:4860::1:0:9ff)  100.759 ms  100.537 ms  89.907 ms
 6  2001:4860::1:0:5db (2001:4860::1:0:5db)  115.563 ms  102.946 ms  106.191 ms
 7  2001:4860::2:0:a7 (2001:4860::2:0:a7)  101.754 ms  100.475 ms  100.512 ms
 8  2001:4860:0:1::c3 (2001:4860:0:1::c3)  99.272 ms  111.989 ms  99.835 ms
 9  yw-in-x67.1e100.net (2001:4860:8009::67)  101.545 ms  109.675 ms  99.431 ms

Additional Utilities

iproute2

You may wish to install the 'iproute2' package (note that this will also install iptables if not yet installed)

apk add iproute2

This provides the 'ss' command which is IMHO a 'better' version of netstat.

Show listening tcp ports:

ss -tl

Show listening tcp ports and associated processes:

ss -ptl

Show listening and established tcp connections:

ss -ta

Show socket usage summary:

ss -s

Show more options:

ss -h

drill

You may also wish to install 'drill' (it will also install the 'ldns' package) which is a superior (IMHO) replacement for nslookup and dig etc:

apk add drill

Then use it as you would for dig:

drill alpinelinux.org @8.8.8.8

To perform a reverse lookup (get a name from an IP) use the following syntax:

drill -x 8.8.8.8 @208.67.222.222

Related articles

You may also wish to review the following network related articles:

VLAN setup

Bonding setup

Network bridge setup

udhcpc configuration

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