Bridge mode with access to local network in Incus

After the problems with LXD from Canonical, I was left with no choice but to switch to Incus (the new LXD). My problems began when I couldn’t make a container accessible from the local network with a bridge interface, as indicated by hundreds of tutorials on the internet. The only way I was able to achieve access was by creating a network bridge using Open vSwitch.

Installing and Configuring Open vSwitch

In my case, I used Arch Linux, so I followed the official guide for installation and creation of a bridge.

Creating a Profile in Incus

Now that we have the bridge interface, let’s say br0, we need to create a profile to use it in our containers:

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config: {}
description: Bridged networking LXD profile
devices:
  eth0:
    name: eth0
    nictype: bridged
    parent: br0 # here we put the name of the bridge interface
    type: nic
name: bridge-prof

We can add the profile through the command line or using the Incus web interface.

And from now on, the containers are accessible from the network.

Sources:

• https://blog.simos.info/how-to-make-your-lxd-containers-get-ip-addresses-from-your-lan-using-a-bridge/
• https://thomas-leister.de/en/lxd-use-public-interface/