From 83715c376c142646e6670d872f39e592936d4e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waleed Khalid Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:57:17 +0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc/reference/requirements: Mention LXD is accessed through the internal traffic address Signed-off-by: Waleed Khalid --- doc/reference/requirements.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/reference/requirements.md b/doc/reference/requirements.md index b429bd97c..c8299f57c 100644 --- a/doc/reference/requirements.md +++ b/doc/reference/requirements.md @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Network interface for intra-cluster traffic This network interface can be, for example, a dedicated physical network interface, a VLAN, or a virtual function on an {abbr}`SR-IOV (Single root I/O virtualization)`-capable network interface. It serves as the dedicated network interface for MicroCloud and is used for multicast discovery (during setup) and all internal traffic between the MicroCloud, OVN, and Ceph members. + The address selected for internal traffic is also advertised by LXD for each cluster member, so it should be reachable by users accessing LXD. (reference-requirements-network-interfaces-uplink)= Network interface to connect to the uplink network From 287f254ed4c012c019e4222afc0ea39fd15dcf04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waleed Khalid Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:57:18 +0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc/how-to/initialize: Mention LXD is accessed through the internal traffic address Signed-off-by: Waleed Khalid --- doc/how-to/initialize.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/how-to/initialize.md b/doc/how-to/initialize.md index 408a86870..e0200442b 100644 --- a/doc/how-to/initialize.md +++ b/doc/how-to/initialize.md @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Complete the following steps to initialize MicroCloud: MicroCloud automatically detects the available addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) on the existing network interfaces and displays them in a table. You must select exactly one address. + LXD advertises this address for each cluster member, so choose one that LXD users can reach. 1. On all the other machines, enter the following command and repeat the address selection: sudo microcloud join