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Openvz architecture in Centos 6.5 has an issue

If you are facing issues where ifconfig shows no ip address or below error

root@server [/]# ifconfig
root@server [/]# /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported
Failed to bring up lo.
[FAILED]
Bringing up interface venet0: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported
Failed to bring up venet0.
[FAILED]
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RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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Below is the solution for this issue

Its due to package iproute which is causing this issue

Use below method to fix it

Login to main node of the server

[root@hostonine ~]# wget http://repo.smartservermanagement.com/misc/iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
–2014-06-03 08:21:42– http://repo.smartservermanagement.com/misc/iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
Resolving repo.smartservermanagement.com… 95.154.203.53
Connecting to repo.smartservermanagement.com|95.154.203.53|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 351552 (343K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm’

100%[====================================================================================================================>] 351,552 421K/s in 0.8s

2014-06-03 08:21:44 (421 KB/s) – `iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm’ saved [351552/351552]

#Copy the package to vps using below command where 180 is VPS ID

[root@hostonline ~]# scp -r iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm /vz/private/180/var/

#Now login to VPS

[root@hostonline ~]# vzctl enter 180
entered into CT 180
root@server [/]# cd /var/

Check for the rpm iproute

root@server [/var]# rpm -q iproute
iproute-2.6.32-31.el6.x86_64

#Remove the old rpm

root@server [/var]# rpm -e iproute-2.6.32-31.el6.x86_64 –nodeps

#Install the new RPM

root@server [/var]# rpm -Uvh iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
warning: iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 192a7d7d: NOKEY
Preparing… ########################################### [100%] 1:iproute ########################################### [100%]

#Now restart networking and check

root@server [/var]# service network restart
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface venet0: Determining if ip address 127.0.0.1 is already in use for device venet0…
[ OK ]
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RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
RTNETLINK answers: File exists