How to configure a new network interface for Acura's instance

Challenge 

Hystax Acura is based on Ubuntu 16.04, and there is a predefined scope of allowed sudo commands that are needed to set up a new network interface.

Please refer to the KB article below if you are looking to perform this operation for an Acura deployment in VMware :

How to change network settings of an Acura instance in VMware

Solution

List of the allowed commands:

sudo reboot | halt | shutdown

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

sudo ifconfig <ens6> down | up

nano /etc/network/interfaces

1. Establish an ssh connection to the Acura's instance using a key pair that should have been created in advance during the installation.

2. Review the existing network configuration by executing:

      $ nano /etc/network/interfaces

3. To bring up the new interface, execute:

      $ sudo /sbin/ifconfig <name, e.g. ens6> up

4. To check its current parameters, execute :

      $ ifconfig <name, e.g. ens6>

5. Restart the networking service for the changes to take effect:

      $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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