From 8a8bf886b5df5520de8ccf9e745df3f8a0a855c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elseym <elseym@me.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:50:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/containers: explicitly set link up on host for
 extraVeths

---
 nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix | 2 ++
 nixos/tests/containers-extra_veth.nix       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
index 3dd36f9b12e18a..c2e6e9f6a1362e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ let
           ''
         else
           ''
+            echo "Bring ${name} up"
+            ip link set dev ${name} up
             # Set IPs and routes for ${name}
             ${optionalString (cfg.hostAddress != null) ''
               ip addr add ${cfg.hostAddress} dev ${name}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/containers-extra_veth.nix b/nixos/tests/containers-extra_veth.nix
index b4c48afe48bab4..b3d3bce87579c2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/containers-extra_veth.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/containers-extra_veth.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
       virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
       virtualisation.vlans = [];
 
+      networking.useDHCP = false;
       networking.bridges = {
         br0 = {
           interfaces = [];