Create CARP interface in state INIT?

[Daniel Hartmeier]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 01:11:58PM +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote:

> Is there any way from rc.conf of creating a carp interface in the
> 'down' state - i.e. INIT?

I think any interface configured with ifconfig_* in rc.conf will cause
an explicit additional "ifconfig up" call from /etc/network.subr.

Furthermore, ifconfig itself will add "up" when setting the IP address.

So, don't configure the carp interface in rc.conf, but do it in
/etc/rc.local, and be careful to add the address while the vhid is not
yet configured, as in:

  ifconfig carp0 create
  ifconfig carp0 inet 192.168.107.21
  ifconfig carp0 down
  ifconfig carp0 vhid 21 pass secret advskew 100

HTH,
Daniel