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macvlan: --ip-range single IP address /32

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Description

Creating macvlan network with single IP address range works, but attaching container fails.

Create network:

$ docker network create -d macvlan \
--subnet 192.168.34.0/24 \
-o parent=eth0 \
--ip-range 192.168.34.54/32 \
eth0-test
3b413e03b6de671c20c48cdeb07562c42a220b983d464a467a6be8492ff5eb8c

Create container:

$ docker run -it --detach=false --network eth0-test ubuntu:latest
docker: Error response from daemon: no available IPv4 addresses on this network's address pools: eth0-test (3b413e03b6de671c20c48cdeb07562c42a220b983d464a467a6be8492ff5eb8c).

Ultimate goal, to have predefined IP address assigned to container like above and further more to service, like below:

Host1:

$ docker network create --config-only \
--subnet 192.168.34.0/24 \
-o parent=eth0 \
--ip-range 192.168.34.2/32 \
eth0-net

Host2:

$ docker network create --config-only \
--subnet 192.168.34.0/24 \
-o parent=eth0 \
--ip-range 192.168.34.3/32 \
eth0-net

Host-any:

$ docker network create -d macvlan \
--scope swarm --config-from eth0-net eth0-swarm-net
$ docker service create --mode global --name test-service \
--network eth0-swarm-net ubuntu:latest sleep infinity

Such service container will acquire IP 192.168.34.2 when started on host1, and 192.168.34.3 when started on host2.
Service not necessarily should be global, it could be replicated with sticky docker host configuration, guaranteeing only one instance attaching to network eth0-swarm-net per docker host.
Thus achieving static IP address assignment on per host / container basis in swarm mode.

Docker version:

$ docker version
Client:
 Version:           18.06.0-ce
 API version:       1.38
 Go version:        go1.10.3
 Git commit:        0ffa825
 Built:             Wed Jul 18 19:11:02 2018
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Experimental:      false

Server:
 Engine:
  Version:          18.06.0-ce
  API version:      1.38 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.10.3
  Git commit:       0ffa825
  Built:            Wed Jul 18 19:09:05 2018
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the macvlan network and container commands in the issue with the reported Docker version, then trace how the address pool handles a /32 range. Verify the behavior for both a standalone container and the described config-only Swarm networks; done means a valid single-address range can be attached without the no-available-addresses error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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