so I have a couple raspberry pi's I'm trying to use as a cluster and I'm learning ansible to try and manage them easier. I'm running into an issue though. I can manually set the IP static using netctl but when I try to do it with ansible using the same exact commands I have issues. Also a weird note, the version that doesnt work, doesnt work on raspberry pi 4's but will work on raspberry pi b's.
For example if I use the following (enter it in manually) I get no issues what so ever:
/etc/netctl/eth0
Description='Static IP for cluster'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('192.168.1.173/24')
#Routes=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2')
Gateway='192.168.1.1'
DNS=('192.168.1.1')
netctl enable eth0
systemctl stop dhcpcd
systemctl stop dhcpcd
and after reboot it works fine.
I can also get it to work if I use the following:
- name: copy static IP file
block:
- name: create netctl file
raw: echo $'Description=\'A basic static ethernet connection\'\nInterface=eth0\nConnection=ethernet\nIP=static\nAddress=(\'{{ host_ip_addr }}/24\')\n#Routes=(\'192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2\')\nGateway=\'192.168.1.1\'\nDNS=(\'192.168.1.1\')' > /etc/netctl/eth0
args:
executable: /bin/bash
- name: chmod netctl file
raw: chmod 644 /etc/netctl/eth0
args:
executable: /bin/bash
- name: start and enable netctl
block:
- name: enable eth0 in netctl
raw: netctl enable eth0
args:
executable: /bin/bash
register: net
- name: stop dhcpcd
raw: systemctl stop dhcpcd;
args:
executable: /bin/bash
register: net2
- name: disable dhcpcd
raw: systemctl disable dhcpcd;
args:
executable: /bin/bash
register: net3
But it fails to work if I use:
- name: setup static IP
template:
src: staticIP-netctl.j2
dest: /etc/netctl/eth0
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0644
- name: start and enable netctl
block:
- name: enable eth0 in netctl
service:
name: netctl
state: started
enabled: yes
- name: stop and disable dhcpcd (dynamic IP addresses)
service:
name: dhcpcd
state: stopped
enabled: no
or this also fails
- name: setup static IP
template:
src: staticIP-netctl.j2
dest: /etc/netctl/eth0
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0644
- name: start and enable netctl
block:
- name: enable eth0 in netctl
raw: netctl enable eth0
args:
executable: /bin/bash
- name: stop and disable dhcpcd (dynamic IP addresses)
raw: systemctl stop dhcpcd
args:
executable: /bin/bash
- name: stop and disable dhcpcd 2 (dynamic IP addresses)
raw: systemctl disable dhcpcd
args:
executable: /bin/bash
my staticIP-netctl.j2 file is:
Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
Interface=eth0
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('{{ host_ip_addr }}/24')
#Routes=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.2')
Gateway='192.168.1.1'
DNS=('192.168.1.1')
and it's in the roles/role/templates folder, it's also being copied over correctly as I have checked manually on each pi.
Any ideas why this may be happening?
EDIT-SOLUTION:
Turns out it was a kernel issue (linux-aarch64), after updating all packages on a fresh install the kernel no longer recognized any of my network interfaces. You can switch to linux-raspberrypi4 or downgrade to linux-aarch64 5.11.x anything pre mid-September (http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/repos/2021/06/13/aarch64/core/).
