How do I set or reset the IP address from the CLI?

If your Lighthouse version is 19.Q2.0 or later please use the link below which is easier to set the IP address.

How do I use the Lighthouse IP setup script in the CLI?

After networking has been activated, Lighthouse is configured with two default network connections on its primary network interface:

Name	Config Location	Interface	IP Address
default-conn-1	system.net.conns[0]	net1:static	192.168.0.1/24
default-conn-2	system.net.conns[1]	net1:dhcp	Auto assigned, DHCP client

In the case where there is no DHCP server and/or you are unable to access these addresses, you may set an initial IP address from the VGA console:

• Using your virtualization tools, open a VGA console to Lighthouse
• Login to the Lighthouse CLI as the root user
• Start the configuration REPL with:

ogconfig-cli

• Run these commands to set the static IP address, replacing the example addresses with your own:
• Hint: use the up/down arrow to retrieve previous command instead of retyping the entire syntax.

set system.net.conns[0].static.address '192.168.123.100'
set system.net.conns[0].static.netmask '255.255.255.0'
set system.net.conns[0].static.gateway '192.168.123.1'
set system.net.conns[0].static.dns1 '8.8.8.8'
set system.net.conns[0].enabled true

• Optionally disable the default DHCP client with:

set system.net.conns[1].enabled false

• Apply configuration and exit with:

push
exit

If you are running Lighthouse 5.3.0 or above which supports multi instance, the syntax has changed slightly.

It is now prefixed with the primary lighthouse configuration "lighthouse_configurations[0]"

set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[0].static.address '192.168.123.100'
set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[0].static.netmask '255.255.255.0'
set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[0].static.gateway '192.168.123.1'
set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[0].static.dns1 '8.8.8.8'
set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[0].enabled true
set lighthouse_configurations[0].system.net.conns[1].enabled false

• Apply configuration and exit with:

push
exit

Troubleshooting

If Lighthouse is still unreachable, run:

ifconfig net1

If this command returns a Device not found error, the virtual NIC has not been detected – please check your VM settings.

To view assigned addresses, run:

ifconfig

Low level interface names are listed in the Interface column in the table above.

Check Lighthouse has a route to network you are trying to reach it from, by examining the output of:

route -n