Generate /etc/network/interfaces for your OVH virtual machines

ovh_network_configuration.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
        echo "Usage: $0 <dedicated-server-ip> <virtual-machine-ip>"
        exit 1
fi

GATEWAY=`echo $1 | awk -F . '{print $1"."$2"."$3".254"}'`
IP="$2"

echo "auto lo"
echo "iface lo inet loopback"
echo
echo "auto eth0"
echo "iface eth0 inet static"
echo "   address $IP"
echo "   netmask 255.255.255.255"
echo "   broadcast $IP"
echo "   post-up route add $GATEWAY dev eth0"
echo "   post-up route add default gw $GATEWAY"
echo "   pre-down route del $GATEWAY dev eth0"
echo "   pre-down route del default gw $GATEWAY"