To assign a static IP you need to edit /etc/network/interfaces
The current entry will look something like
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
You will need you need to change this to:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.253.0.50
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.253.0.0
gateway 10.253.0.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8
Then restart networking sudo service networking restart
Set your IP address changes in /etc/network/interfaces. Example:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.128
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1
Don’t give your DNS configurations in /etc/resolv.conf because while we restart the server sometimes the configuration get erased.
So use vim /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base (while updating configs in this it doesn’t get removed)
example:
search (domain name)
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
Save and then restart your server, this fixed my static issue!
