Ubuntu Server 14.04 - Config static IP address

Ubuntu 14.04 no longer allows you to edit "/etc/resolv.conf directly". Instead, you have to modify "/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/" head or tail. But it will be easiest to set this along side your ethernet config, in my opinion.

You need to edit the file "/etc/network/interfaces":

1	sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

Then change to include the following:

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# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 #iface lo inet interface iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Finally, restart your ethernet

1	ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0