First cut fix for issue #29 - config for eth1

recipes/default.rb

@@ -38,9 +38,19 @@
   include_recipe 'setup::set_hostname'
 end
 
-# Workaround for issue #13 ... until I can get the offending recipe fixed.
-if platform_family?('rhel', 'debian') then
-  include_recipe 'locale'
+if platform_family?('rhel', 'fedora') then
+  # Various NeCTAR images don't drop a config file for eth1 into 
+  # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/.  If your virtual has an eth1 NIC, and
+  # you install certain versions of NetworkManager (e.g. as part of an X11
+  # installation), it gets really confused and routes traffic to the wrong
+  # interface ... which effectively kills networking.
+  template '/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth1' do
+    source 'ifcfg-xxx.erb'
+    variables ({ :device => 'eth1', 
+                 :private => true
+                 })
+    action :create_if_missing
+  end
 end
 
 if node['setup']['accounts'] &&

templates/default/ifcfg-xxx.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Generated by Chef (setup::default)
+IPV6INIT=no
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+DEVICE=<%= @device %>
+TYPE=Ethernet
+<% if @private then %>
+DEFROUTE=no
+PEERDNS=no
+PEERROUTES=no
+<% else %>
+DEFROUTE=yes
+PEERDNS=yes
+PEERROUTES=yes
+<% end %>
+IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
+NAME="System <%= @device %>"