Add support for predictable network interfaces names

plugins/guests/arch/cap/configure_networks.rb

@@ -10,8 +10,28 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         include Vagrant::Util
 
         def self.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+          interfaces = Array.new
+          machine.communicate.sudo("ip -o -0 addr | grep -v LOOPBACK | awk
+                                   '{print $2}' | sed 's/://'") do |_, result|
+            interfaces = result.split("\n")
+          end
+
+          # Cleaning of some dirty hacks documented here :
+          # (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/)
+          machine.communicate.sudo("rm -f
+                                   /etc/udev/rules.d/*-net-name-slot.rules")
+          machine.communicate.sudo("rm -f
+                                   /etc/udev/rules.d/*-persistent-net.rules")
+          machine.communicate.sudo("udevadm control --reload")
+
           networks.each do |network|
-            entry = TemplateRenderer.render("guests/arch/network_#{network[:type]}",
+            # We use :device in the template instead of
+            # eth#{network[:interface]} in order to support Predictable
+            # Network Interfaces
+            network[:device] = interfaces[network[:interface]]
+
+            entry =
+                TemplateRenderer.render("guests/arch/network_#{network[:type]}",
                                             options: network)
 
             temp = Tempfile.new("vagrant")
@@ -20,26 +40,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             temp.close
 
             machine.communicate.upload(temp.path, "/tmp/vagrant_network")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("ln -sf /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("udevadm control --reload")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("mv /tmp/vagrant_network /etc/netctl/eth#{network[:interface]}")
-
-            # Only consider nth line of sed's output below. There's always an
-            # offset of two lines in the below sed command given the current
-            # interface number -> 1: lo, 2: nat device,
-            snth = network[:interface] + 2
-
-            # A hack not to rely on udev rule 80-net-name-slot.rules masking
-            # (ln -sf /dev/null /etc/udev/80-net-name-slot.rules).
-            # I assume this to be the most portable solution because
-            # otherwise we would need to rely on the Virtual Machine implementation
-            # to provide details on the configured interfaces, e.g mac address
-            # to write a custom udev rule. Templating the netcfg files and
-            # replacing the correct interface name within ruby seems more
-            # complicted too (I'm far from being a ruby expert though).
-            machine.communicate.sudo("sed -i \"s/eth#{network[:interface]}/`ip link | sed -n 's/.*:\\s\\(.*\\): <.*/\\1/p' | sed -n #{snth}p`/g\" /etc/netctl/eth#{network[:interface]}")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("ip link set eth#{network[:interface]} down")
-            machine.communicate.sudo("netctl start eth#{network[:interface]}")
+            machine.communicate.sudo("mv /tmp/vagrant_network
+                                     /etc/netctl/#{network[:device]}")
+            machine.communicate.sudo("ip link set #{network[:device]} down &&
+                                     netctl start #{network[:device]}")
           end
         end
       end

templates/guests/arch/network_dhcp.erb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Description='A basic dhcp ethernet connection'
-Interface=eth<%= options[:interface] %>
+Interface=<%= options[:device] %>
 Connection=ethernet
 IP=dhcp

templates/guests/arch/network_static.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Connection=ethernet
 Description='A basic static ethernet connection'
-Interface=eth<%= options[:interface] %>
+Interface=<%= options[:device] %>
 IP=static
 Address=('<%= options[:ip]%>/24')