Introduce ipflush_onchange
Change-Id: I4dc6d6db82dc4074ed247b7fc0c29bfdc867b0d6
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 31c4701..7d67889 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -847,6 +847,26 @@
use_interfaces:
- eth1
+Debian manual proto interfaces
+
+When you are changing interface proto from static in up state to manual, you
+may need to flush ip addresses. For example, if you want to use the interface
+and the ip on the bridge. This can be done by setting the ``ipflush_onchange``
+to true.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ linux:
+ network:
+ interface:
+ eth1:
+ enabled: true
+ type: eth
+ proto: manual
+ mtu: 9100
+ ipflush_onchange: true
+
+
Concatinating and removing interface files
Debian based distributions have `/etc/network/interfaces.d/` directory, where
diff --git a/linux/network/interface.sls b/linux/network/interface.sls
index e0bc67f..7d99ec2 100644
--- a/linux/network/interface.sls
+++ b/linux/network/interface.sls
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@
- mode: {{ interface.mode }}
{%- endif %}
+{%- if interface.get('ipflush_onchange', False) %}
+
+linux_interface_ipflush_onchange_{{ interface_name }}:
+ cmd.run:
+ - name: "/sbin/ip address flush dev {{ interface_name }}"
+ - onchanges:
+ - network: linux_interface_{{ interface_name }}
+
+{%- endif %}
+
{%- for network in interface.get('use_ovs_ports', []) %}
remove_interface_{{ network }}_line1: