INSYS routers with icom OS provide an integrated Linux environment that is able to virtualise own, independent systems using Linux containers (LXC).

The description in this Configuration Guide follows a configuration in the new user interface (web interface) available from icom OS 5.5. Update your router to the latest version of icom OS for the required functionality of the new user interface. The description of this configuration in the classic web interface is available in this Configuration Guide.

Situation

A new container is to be created and assigned to the LAN. The container can be considered as an independent computer with own IP address. The container is to be accessed and the connection to the LAN is to be tested.

cg create container

Solution

Router configuration

It is recommended to commission the router as suggested in the Quick Installation Guide. Different settings of the router may result in necessary adjustments of the settings described in the following.

It is prerequisite that you have access to the user interface of the router.

  1. Open the user interface of the router in a browser: https://insys.icom [1]

  2. Click in the package variant closed Container → Container menu on package variant closed cog and create a new container:

    • User group for CLI without authentication: Read/Write (for access to the CLI of the router from the container)

    • Bridge to IP Network: net2 [2]

    • IPv4 address: 192.168.2.3/24 [3]
      cg en m3 create container from scratch v2 01

  3. Click on   SUBMIT  .

  4. Click on   ACTIVATE PROFILE  cog white  .

You have crated the new container with this.

Container configuration

For the configuration of the container, it is necessary to change to a computer that is in the same local network as the container (not in the configuration network any more). The container is active and accessible directly after configuration and activation of the profile.

A terminal program like PuTTY for example is necessary for access to the container.

  1. Establish an SSH connection to the container using a terminal program.

    • IP address: 192.168.2.3

    • Port: 22

    • Login: root

    • Password: root

login as: root
Linux container1 4.4.41 #2 Thu Jan 12 11:18:38 CET 2017 armv7l
#######################################################
#                                                     #
#            Welcome to the container!                #
#            -------------------------                #
#                                                     #
#    Please change the root password now:             #
#        # passwd                                     #
#                                                     #
#    Read the introduction for the next steps:        #
#        # cat readme.txt                             #
#                                                     #
#######################################################
root@192.168.2.3's password:

root@container_25629ab1 ~  $

  1. Change the root password to protect access to the container:
    root@container_25629ab1 ~ $ passwd

  2. Read the readme.txt file in the container to find out how to continue;
    root@container_25629ab1 ~ $ cat readme.txt

Back to the Configuration Guides for containers

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1. Standard IP address: 192.168.1.1; authentication depending on configuration; default for past firmware versions: User name: insys, Password: icom
2. The IP net needs to be active.
3. The address used here has been selected as an example for a free address in the network of above selected IP net and can be changed accordingly. It must be observed that no addresses from the DHCP address pool of the router are used if this acts as DHCP server.