{"id":538,"date":"2022-05-20T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carminebufano.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/20\/how-to-rename-a-zerotier-one-interface-from-zt-to-eth0-or-eth1-or-anything-you-want\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:10:39","slug":"how-to-rename-a-zerotier-one-interface-from-zt-to-eth0-or-eth1-or-anything-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carminebufano.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/20\/how-to-rename-a-zerotier-one-interface-from-zt-to-eth0-or-eth1-or-anything-you-want\/","title":{"rendered":"How to rename a ZeroTier One interface from zt\u2026 to eth0 or eth1 or anything you want!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Below is the original post that walks you through the steps to rename ZeroTier interfaces. Shortly after I posted this, Grant Limberg from ZeroTier posted something that makes a lot of sense. Changing the name of the interface; more specifically removing the \u201czt\u201d from the interface will have some very negative effects. He eloquently explained it better than I could so before you do this please scroll down and read his reply. I am going to make a video showing the effect renaming the ZeroTier interface will have but I couldn\u2019t in good conscience leave this post up without<\/em> adding at least this disclaimer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to make your ZeroTier interface name match the network interface naming scheme currently used on your Linux server:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a file called devicemap in \/var\/lib\/zerotier-one\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can do this with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo touch \/var\/lib\/zerotier-one\/devicemap <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next we will add a line in the file we just created<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo nano \/var\/lib\/zerotier-one\/devicemap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The file will open to a blank page. Inside the file we will add two pieces of information. The network id of the ZeroTier network and what you want your interface name to be. For example I have a ZeroTier network that I created at my.zerotier.com named \u201cremotedesktops\u201d my network id is the long series of letters and numbers that appear next to the name. Also my Debian Linux server has a physical interface named \u201ceth0\u201d so I want my ZeroTier interface to be \u201ceth1\u201d instead of zt-247. So I will type the following line in the text editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27ef6g78ef=eth1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now press ctrl X and \u201cy\u201d to confirm to save the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is possible to make these changes take effect without a reboot with this command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

systemctl restart zerotier-cli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I prefer a reboot for completeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now reboot your machine and when you log back in and list your interfaces you should see eth1 as the ZeroTier interface (or whatever you named it). Hope this helps! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have problems or just want to reach out, you can now reach me! Drop a line to contact@carminebufano.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below is the original post that walks you through the steps to rename ZeroTier interfaces. Shortly after I posted this, Grant Limberg from ZeroTier posted something that makes a lot of sense. Changing the name of the interface; more specifically removing the \u201czt\u201d from the interface will have some very negative effects. 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