Brand new WHM 11.44.1 VPS, additional IPs don't stay

Ark

• July 31, 2014 08:56

I set up 4 sites, 3 on the main IP, and a 4th on a second dedicated IP because it needs SSL. Later, I noticed that the 4th site was not reachable. "/etc/init.d/ipaliases restart" does not help. "ifconfig" shows that the IP is not bound anymore. The IP is still listed in /etc/ips. Only if I remove the line from /etc/ips can I use IP Functions " Add a New IP Address to add it back in WHM, but it does not stay for long. Rebooting, or doing something like "/etc/init.d/ipaliases restart" actually causes it to be *removed* and it says "UnRouting x.x.x.x [ OK ] / Shutting down eth0:cp1 [ OK ]" What can I do to get the extra IP to stay? I'm certainly not going to SSH in after each reboot, delete /etc/ips, and then go to WHM and re-add the IP to set it up, every time.

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  kernow

  • July 31, 2014 15:10

  This might work, from a shell, find out which eth the IP is bound to then run ( example) ip link set eth1 up

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  Ark

  • July 31, 2014 15:20

  [quote="kernow, post: 1698872">This might work, from a shell, find out which eth the IP is bound to then run ( example) ip link set eth1 up
  That command does nothing. I know 'ifconfig' will show the current devices and virtual devices, and the extra IPs should be on eth0:cpX but ifconfig only shows eth0 (main shared IP) and "lo" for localhost IPs. I've Googled around and people having similar issues are all told in other thread that "/etc/init.d/ipaliases restart" will help, and for other people, it seems to. But for me, "/etc/init.d/ipaliases restart" actually will specifically *remove* the extra IPs.

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  Ark

  • July 31, 2014 16:31

  A little bit of digging shows that /var/cpanel/mainip is 0 bytes and last modified March 26 (long before this VPS even was started) -- this causes /etc/init.d/ipaliases to grep against "\b\b" in the start) section, thus basically ignoring everything in /etc/ips ... How is mainip supposed to be populated?

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 31, 2014 18:32

  Hello :) What method did you use to add the IP address? Did you modify files within /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts or did you simply use Web Host Manager? Thank you.

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  Ark

  • July 31, 2014 18:47

  [quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1699231">Hello :) What method did you use to add the IP address? Did you modify files within /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts or did you simply use Web Host Manager? Thank you.
  It was added via WHM at IP Functions " Add a New IP Address with a 255.255.255.255 subnet. In fact, nobody SSHed into the VPS with any account, root or otherwise, until I noticed the 4th site dropped off the Internet. As a work-around, I did find that /var/cpanel/mainip would be regenerated by /scripts/mainipcheck but *only* if I deleted it first. /scripts/mainipcheck wouldn't do anything to fix the 0-byte file that came out of the box from GoDaddy's setup. The VPS was purchased yesterday, and although I'm the guy with root putting everything in place, I didn't pick GoDaddy as the hosting choice, so don't laugh at me for that..

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  cPanelMichael

  • July 31, 2014 19:13

  I suggest consulting with GoDaddy's support team to have them check why their VPS templates are not populating the /var/cpanel/mainip file. Thank you.

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