[SOLVED]setting up a static ip

[waldekflipper]

Hello,
i want to set up a static ip for my server because i am trying to run openvpn but i walked into an issue.
When i google how to setup an static ip all the tutorials tell me to add something like this

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allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.202
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.0.1.1

underneath "# The primary network interface" in /etc/network/interfaces.
But my problem is there is no ""# The primary network interface" in my /etc/network/interfaces.
To clarify: acording to the tutorials my /etc/network/interfaces is supposed to look like

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source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

and to make my ip static i need to add this.
so when its static it looks like

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# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.202
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.0.1.1

this.
But my /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:

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source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

So how do i tell my primary interface to be static if there is no primary interface in /etc/network/interfaces?

[kedaha]

Hi,
What happens if you set up the static IP as advised in the tutorials? Doesn't it work?

[TonyT]

Your interface is probably not eth0.
See this:
https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfigur ... face_Names
then use your adapter name in place of eth0.

[waldekflipper]

Thanks for the reply's but i just solved my problem.
Because i was using network manager i had to setup a static ip trough network manager.