Network Configuration

Assigning a Static IP

Login to your MindTouch server via SSH and type out the following command:

nano /etc/network/interfaces

After you type in the above command hit Enter and you will be presented with the following screen:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Type out your network settings so that it matches the following format (Note: your network settings will vary then the example):

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.90
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

 *Note: address is the Static IP address that you want to assign the MindTouch

Tips:

• Make sure you ping the static IP before you assign it to MindTouch to ensure that it isn't being used by another device
• On XP the way to find out your network settings is go to Start->Run->type cmd and hit enter ->type ipconfig /all

Once you have verified that your settings are accurate then exit out of the editor by hitting CTRL X on your keyboard

You will be prompted to save the file to do so type Y

Hit Enter at the screen below and your changes will be applied to the file

After you have saved restart your networking by typing the following
 

/etc/init.d/networking restart

Once you have restarted networking type ifconfig and verify that your static IP has been assigned to one of the network connections

Assigning a Static IP

Login to your MindTouch server via SSH and run the following command:

nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

 This will load the file that contains the configuration options for eth0. You will see something similar to this:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet

In order to switch from DHCP to a static IP address, we need to change a few of these values. In the following example, you will need to change the values so they match your network:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.168.222
BROADCAST=192.168.168.255
NETWORK=192.168.168.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet

In this file, we changed the BOOTPROTO configuration option and we added the IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETWORK, and NETMASK options. Leave everything else as is. Once you have updated this file to reflect your network settings, save the file by hitting Ctrl-O and then exit nano by hitting Ctrl-X. Now we need to restart the network service by running the following command:

service network restart

Once the service has been restarted run ifconfig and make sure the IP address has been assigned to the adapter.

Assigning a Static IP

Login to your MindTouch server via SSH and run the following command:

nano /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0

This will load the file that contains the configuration options for eth0. You will see something similar to this:

BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='AMD PCnet - Fast 79C971'
NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='rBUF.weGuQ9ywYPF'
USERCONTROL='no'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:02:00.0'

In order to switch from DHCP to a static IP address, we need to change a few of these values. In the following example, you will need to change the values so they match your network:

BOOTPROTO='static'
BROADCAST='192.168.168.255'
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR='192.168.168.221'
MTU=''
NAME='AMD PCnet - Fast 79C971'
NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
NETWORK='192.168.168.0'
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
UNIQUE='rBUF.weGuQ9ywYPF'
USERCONTROL='no'
_nm_name='bus-pci-0000:02:00.0'

In this file, we changed the following configuration options: BOOTPROTO, BROADCAST, IPADDR, NETMASK (if applicable), NETWORK (if applicable). Leave everything else as is. Once you have updated this file to reflect your network settings, save the file by hitting Ctrl-O and then exit nano by hitting Ctrl-X. Now we need to restart the network service by running the following command:

service network restart

Once the service has been restarted run ifconfig and make sure the IP address has been assigned to the adapter.