error when changing default gateway to another interface

[pescobar]

I am trying to configure a machine that is working with gateway 10.10.10.1 (eth0) to use a different gateway (100.100.100.254) in eth1 . this is my config:

interfaces_ether_interfaces:
  - device: eth0
    bootproto: dhcp
    dnsnameservers: 10.10.10.1
  - device: eth1
    bootproto: static
    address: 100.100.100.66
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    gateway: 100.100.100.254

When I run the role I get this error:

RUNNING HANDLER [MichaelRigart.interfaces : Check active Ethernet interface state] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [sosci-devel.scicore-dmz.lan] => (item={u'device': u'eth0', u'dnsnameservers': u'10.10.10.1', u'bootproto': u'dhcp', u'dnssearch': u'scicore-dmz.lan scicore.unibas.ch unibas.ch'})  => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": {
        "bootproto": "dhcp",
        "device": "eth0",
        "dnsnameservers": "10.10.10.1",
       },
    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"
}
failed: [sosci-devel.scicore-dmz.lan] (item={u'device': u'eth1', u'netmask': u'255.255.255.0', u'bootproto': u'static', u'gateway': u'100.100.100.254', u'address': u'100.100.100.66'}) => {
    "changed": false,
    "item": {
        "address": "100.100.100.66",
        "bootproto": "static",
        "device": "eth1",
        "gateway": "100.100.100.254",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0"
    },
    "msg": "Default IPv4 gateway is incorrect"
}

If I rerun the role it works fine at the second try.

I could also workaround the issue by commenting out these lines

any suggestion about how to do a proper fix that could be merged upstream? I can test it and send a PR

[markgoddard]

Hi Pablo, can you check what the default route is after the first and second runs? Has the network config been applied successfully or not?

[pescobar]

ups, I missed this...sorry for the late reply. I will do the requested tests tomorrow and I will reply here again

[pescobar]

this is the network config with a clean installation of the machine (no ansible execution yet)

$> ip a
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 3e:ae:97:38:7d:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.10.17/25 brd 10.10.10.127 scope global noprefixroute dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 42695sec preferred_lft 42695sec
    inet6 fe80::3cae:97ff:fe38:7dc9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 06:a5:b3:8f:34:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

$> ip r
default via 10.10.10.1 dev eth0 proto dhcp metric 100
10.10.10.0/25 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.10.17 metric 100

after the first run I get the error in RUNNING HANDLER [MichaelRigart.interfaces : Check active Ethernet interface state] and this the network status after the error:

$> ip a
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 3e:ae:97:38:7d:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.10.17/25 brd 10.10.10.127 scope global dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 43120sec preferred_lft 43120sec
    inet6 fe80::3cae:97ff:fe38:7dc9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 06:a5:b3:8f:34:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 100.100.100.66/24 brd 100.100.100.255 scope global eth1
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::4a5:b3ff:fe8f:34fd/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

$> ip r
default via 10.10.10.1 dev eth0
10.10.10.0/25 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.10.17
100.100.100.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 100.100.100.66
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1002
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1003

and after second execution it works fine and this is the final network status:

$> ip a
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 3e:ae:97:38:7d:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.10.17/25 brd 10.10.10.127 scope global dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 42953sec preferred_lft 42953sec
    inet6 fe80::3cae:97ff:fe38:7dc9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 06:a5:b3:8f:34:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 100.100.100.66/24 brd 100.100.100.255 scope global eth1
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::4a5:b3ff:fe8f:34fd/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

$> ip r
default via 100.100.100.254 dev eth1
10.10.10.0/25 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.10.17
100.100.100.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 100.100.100.66
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1002
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1003

thanks for looking into this issue