Use dummy100 instead of lo:100 on Linux

Dummies are better than loopbacks for routing packets to/from.

roles/common/handlers/main.yml

@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 - name: flush routing cache
   shell: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush
 
-- name: restart loopback
-  shell: ifdown lo:100 && ifup lo:100
-
 - name: restart loopback bsd
   shell: >
     ifconfig lo100 destroy || true &&
     ifconfig lo100 create &&
     ifconfig lo100 inet {{ local_service_ip }} netmask 255.255.255.255 &&
     ifconfig lo100 inet6 FCAA::1/64; echo $?
+
+- name: load dummy
+  shell: modprobe dummy
+
+- name: add dummy
+  shell: ip link add dummy100 type dummy
+
+- name: restart dummy
+  shell: ifdown --force dummy100 && ifup dummy100

roles/common/tasks/ubuntu.yml

@@ -44,17 +44,21 @@
   tags:
     - cloud
 
-- name: Loopback for services configured
+- name: Dummy interface for services configured
-  template: src=10-loopback-services.cfg.j2 dest=/etc/network/interfaces.d/10-loopback-services.cfg
+  template: src=10-dummy-services.cfg.j2 dest=/etc/network/interfaces.d/10-dummy-services.cfg
   notify:
-    - restart loopback
+    - load dummy
+    - add dummy
+    - restart dummy
   tags:
     - always
 
-- name: Loopback included into the network config
+- name: Dummy interface included into the network config
-  lineinfile: dest=/etc/network/interfaces line='source /etc/network/interfaces.d/10-loopback-services.cfg' state=present
+  lineinfile: dest=/etc/network/interfaces line='source /etc/network/interfaces.d/10-dummy-services.cfg' state=present
   notify:
-    - restart loopback
+    - load dummy
+    - add dummy
+    - restart dummy
   tags:
     - always
 

roles/common/templates/10-dummy-services.cfg.j2

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-auto lo:100
+auto dummy100
-iface lo:100 inet static
+iface dummy100 inet static
 	address {{ local_service_ip }}
 	netmask 255.255.255.255
 
-iface lo:100 inet6 static
+iface dummy100 inet6 static
         address FCAA::1
         netmask 64
         autoconf 0