> I would like to assign interface aliases to the network devices > configured in /etc/network/interfaces, e.g. "external", "internal", > "main", etc. > > This would make it much easier to configure network monitoring via > Zabbix. The local network interface names different on each host could > be avoided. A common Zabbix trigger could watch just the interfaces > with the "external" alias, for example.
I don't think ifupdown is the right place to do this. Why not add an
udev rule to rename the interface in the kernel, so that all your
network tools see the desired name?
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <g...@debian.org>
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