Autodetect the default network interface

Closes #13
linkvt · Nov 22, 2020 · ebe58a1 · ebe58a1
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diff --git a/image/environment/default.yaml b/image/environment/default.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 KEEPALIVED_COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENTS: --log-detail --dump-conf
 
-KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE: eth0
+# set the interface here to disable the default interface auto detection
+# KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE: eth0
+
 KEEPALIVED_PASSWORD: d0cker
 
 # For electing MASTER, highest priority wins.

diff --git a/image/service/keepalived/startup.sh b/image/service/keepalived/startup.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ FIRST_START_DONE="${CONTAINER_STATE_DIR}/docker-keepalived-first-start-done"
 # container first start
 if [ ! -e "$FIRST_START_DONE" ]; then
 
+  # autodetect the default network interface
+  if [ -z "$KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE" ]; then
+    KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE=$(ip route | awk '/default/ { print $5 }')
+    if [ -z "$KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE" ]; then
+      echo "Error: Couldn't autodetect the default network interface, specify it manually."
+      exit 1
+    else
+      echo "Autodetected default network interface: $KEEPALIVED_INTERFACE"
+    fi
+  fi
+
   #
   # bootstrap config
   #