How to set MTU during installation?

UCS - Univention Corporate Server
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Hello,

I am trying to install UCS on a KVM VM, but got stuck with this problem: the network interface must have MTU set to a fixed value 1400 (it’s on a Hetzner vSwitch). I searched this forum and found instructions how to set MTU on a running system. But the installation cannot finish without proper networking, so I need to set the MTU during the installation. Can it be done?

Regards,
Tony

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get into the network config.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
for each “virtual” ethernetport there is a config file.
set a line in the config file:
MTU=“1400”
or
MTU=1400
having the wrong “MTU” on a vm (becasue of the additional tcp/ip wrapping) normally just slows the network down due to almost every packet, being split.
only a real problem for traffic & if you routers don’t allow re-assembly…

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I solved this as follows:

  • import UCS KVM disk: UCS-KVM-Image.qcow2
  • boot the VM with a live CD (I used gparted live cd)
  • mount the ucs root fs under /mnt/rootfs
  • edit the following files:
 vi /mnt/rootfs/etc/network/interfaces # add:
      auto eth0
      iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.30.103
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.30.1
        mtu 1400

    vi /mnt/rootfs/univention/templates/files/etc/network/interfaces.d/00-base
    # same block as above

    vi /mnt/rootfs/univention/templates/files/etc/network/interfaces.d/10-default
    # search for mtu, fix it as follows:
    # delete 2 orig. lines, then add
    print('\tmtu 1400')
  • reboot VM

Then the setup process finished successfully.