OpenWrt Proxmox script

KOA · February 7, 2025, 10:48am

I am trying to install openwrt on proxmox using proxmox scripts but it fails to download

 ✓ https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0
23.05.5/targets/x86/64/openwrt-24.10.0
23.05.5-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined.img.gz
24.10.0                                       [ <=>                                                                               ]   2.45K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

[ERROR] in line 440: exit code 4: while executing command wget -q --show-progress $URL

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 10:55am

The script searches the front page of https://openwrt.org for the text "Current stable release - OpenWrt" and extracts the version information from there.

Unfortunately, as of now, the front page contains two hits: 23.05.5 and 24.10.0. Either the front page needs to be "fixed" or the script needs to be updated to use the first hit.

Reference:

github.com

community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/blob/7dcc71701713efd184ef0c4146e0a16bb40e863c/vm/openwrt.sh#L435


      
                "Which storage pool you would like to use for the OpenWrt VM?\n\n" \
                16 $(($MSG_MAX_LENGTH + 23)) 6 \
                "${STORAGE_MENU[@]}" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3) || exit
            done
          fi
          msg_ok "Using ${CL}${BL}$STORAGE${CL} ${GN}for Storage Location."
          msg_ok "Virtual Machine ID is ${CL}${BL}$VMID${CL}."
          msg_info "Getting URL for OpenWrt Disk Image"
          
          response=$(curl -s https://openwrt.org)
          stableversion=$(echo "$response" | sed -n 's/.*Current stable release - OpenWrt \([0-9.]\+\).*/\1/p')
          URL="https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/$stableversion/targets/x86/64/openwrt-$stableversion-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined.img.gz"
          
          sleep 2
          msg_ok "${CL}${BL}${URL}${CL}"
          wget -q --show-progress $URL
          echo -en "\e[1A\e[0K"
          FILE=$(basename $URL)
          msg_ok "Downloaded ${CL}${BL}$FILE${CL}"
          gunzip -f $FILE >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
          NEWFILE="${FILE%.*}"

frollic · February 7, 2025, 10:57am

or just hardcode the stableversion variable, I guess ...

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 11:00am

Sure... or just install it manually. It's no big deal to set up an OpenWrt VM without the script, it took me a few minutes to do so on my Proxmox host. This is one of the howtos I used.

KOA · February 7, 2025, 11:01am

any guide for that?

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 11:04am

The one I used as a starting point is linked in my previous post.

KOA · February 7, 2025, 11:40am

for storage ID

KOA · February 7, 2025, 12:06pm

Can't find the ip.

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 2:37pm

Press ENTER as instructed and type ip addr to show the addresses. But LAN is always at 192.168.1.1.

Looks like you configured only one Ethernet interface. IIRC that becomes WAN, so you need to reconfigure on the console - or add a second Ethernet interface to your VM.

KOA · February 7, 2025, 5:36pm

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 5:51pm

LGTM - 192.168.1.1 is attached to eth0 which should be attached to vmbr0 (the log indicates eth0, that one has a MAC address ending in 3C and that is your net0).

KOA · February 7, 2025, 5:52pm

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 6:05pm

Then you need to swap the net attachments so that net0 is attached to vmbr1 (instead of vmbr0).

KOA · February 7, 2025, 6:07pm

like this?

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 6:09pm

Yes. You should now be able to reach 192.168.1.1 from the host.

KOA · February 7, 2025, 6:11pm

Yes I can ping from proxmox, but how do I access luci from PC?

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 6:12pm

We don't know your network setup. What is attached to vmbr1?

KOA · February 7, 2025, 6:50pm

My current network.

192.168.18.70 = VMBR0
Should I connect my laptop to VMBR1?

andyboeh · February 7, 2025, 6:55pm

If you do this, your notebook should receive an IP address from the OpenWrt VM and you should be able to access LuCI at 192.168.1.1.

KOA · February 7, 2025, 6:57pm

how do I access it in its current configuration? I think I am on the WAN side of the OpenWRT VM right now?