Support for IP address allocation mechanisms

[geekgao]

Most straightforward: BoxOptions supports static IPs (example assumes API)
If the API supports it, you can pass it like this:

box_opts = boxlite.BoxOptions( image="alpine:latest", ip="192.168.50.10", netmask="255.255.255.0", gateway="192.168.50.1" ) 
box = runtime.create(box_opts)

Pros: simple and straightforward, with the runtime taking care of getting the network interface configured.

[DorianZheng]

@geekgao Hi — good idea. Regarding the argument names, I think there’s some room for improvement: it might be cleaner to encapsulate the network-interface-related arguments into a list or dictionary (e.g., network={ip, netmask, gateway} or networks=[...]) instead of passing them as separate top-level options.

BTW, would you be interested in taking on this optimization?

[geekgao]

@geekgao Hi — good idea. Regarding the argument names, I think there’s some room for improvement: it might be cleaner to encapsulate the network-interface-related arguments into a list or dictionary (e.g., network={ip, netmask, gateway} or networks=[...]) instead of passing them as separate top-level options.

BTW, would you be interested in taking on this optimization?

I'm not familiar with Rust.😄

[DorianZheng]

@geekgao Totally fair 😄, no worries. I’ll take care of the implementation on the Rust side and open a PR.

If you’re willing, could you still help by reviewing the API shape/naming? I’m leaning toward encapsulating the NIC-related args into something like network: { ip, netmask, gateway } (or networks: [...] for future multi-NIC). I’ll tag you once the draft PR is up.