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[Caitlin Bestler <Caitlin.Bestler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin Santa Barbara wrote >


> Yes, I do have a non-nova DHCP server.  However, even if I didn't, and even if iptables allowed talking to 169.254 with the magic link-local, cloud-init still couldn't configure the IP address... :-(

If Linux assigned a 169.254 address to an Ethernet port then iptables should be set up for 169.254. But you can't use the link local "network" for unicast messages unless you have a link local address. I don't believe Linux will assign an 169.254 address by default if another IP address has been assigned manually or by DHCP.