Looks like juju detects correct settings from the machine (look for 192.168.33 subnet): 2017-11-21 00:51:24 DEBUG juju.worker.machiner machiner.go:172 observed network config updated for "machine-16" to [{1 127.0.0.0/8 65536 0 lo loopback false false loopback 127.0.0.1 [] [] []} {1 ::1/128 65536 0 lo loopback false false loopback ::1 [] [] []} {2 14:02:ec:42:38:dc 1500 0 eno1 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {3 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:88 10.245.208.0/20 1500 0 eth4 ethernet false false static 10.245.209.20 [] [] []} {3 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:88 1500 0 eth4 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {4 14:02:ec:42:38:dd 1500 0 eno2 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {5 14:02:ec:42:38:de 1500 0 eno3 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {6 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:89 9000 0 eth1 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {7 14:02:ec:42:38:df 1500 0 eno4 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {8 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 9000 0 eth6 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {9 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 9000 0 eth7 ethernet false false manual [] [] []} {10 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 9000 0 bond0 bond false false manual [] [] []} {11 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 192.168.35.0/24 9000 0 bond0.2735 802.1q false false static 192.168.35.8 [] [] []} {11 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 9000 0 bond0.2735 802.1q false false manual [] [] []} {12 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 192.168.36.0/24 9000 0 bond0.2736 802.1q false false static 192.168.36.8 [] [] []} {12 00:11:0a:66:2c:b4 9000 0 bond0.2736 802.1q false false manual [] [] []} {13 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:89 192.168.33.0/24 9000 0 eth1.2733 802.1q false false static 192.168.33.127 [] [] []} {13 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:89 9000 0 eth1.2733 802.1q false false manual [] [] []} {14 5c:b9:01:9a:3c:89 1500 0 eth1.2734 802.1q false false manual [] [] []} {15 6a:43:a8:e2:cb:49 1500 0 lxdbr0 bridge false false manual [] [] []} {15 6a:43:a8:e2:cb:49 1500 0 lxdbr0 bridge false false manual [] [] []}] 2017-11-21 00:55:14 DEBUG juju.provisioner.lxd host_preparer.go:111 updating observed network config for "machine-16" to []params.NetworkConfig{... params.NetworkConfig{DeviceIndex:22, MACAddress:"5c:b9:01:9a:3c:89", CIDR:"192.168.33.0/24", MTU:9000, ProviderId:"", ProviderSubnetId:"", ProviderSpaceId:"", ProviderAddressId:"", ProviderVLANId:"", VLANTag:0, InterfaceName:"br-eth1.2733", ParentInterfaceName:"", InterfaceType:"bridge", Disabled:false, NoAutoStart:false, ConfigType:"static", Address:"192.168.33.127", DNSServers:[]string(nil), DNSSearchDomains:[]string(nil), GatewayAddress:"", Routes:[]params.NetworkRoute(nil)}... But however, creates a container with wrong MTU: 2017-11-21 00:56:32 DEBUG juju.cloudconfig.containerinit container_userdata.go:73 generating network config from container.NetworkConfig{NetworkType:"bridge", Device:"lxdbr0", MTU:0, Interfaces:[]network.Interfa ceInfo{network.InterfaceInfo{DeviceIndex:0, MACAddress:"00:16:3e:4d:a2:ff", CIDR:"192.168.33.0/24", ProviderId:"227", ProviderSubnetId:"4", ProviderNetworkId:"", ProviderSpaceId:"", ProviderVLANId:"5037", Provid erAddressId:"409", AvailabilityZones:[]string(nil), VLANTag:2733, InterfaceName:"eth0", ParentInterfaceName:"br-eth1.2733", InterfaceType:"ethernet", Disabled:false, NoAutoStart:false, ConfigType:"static", Addre ss:local-cloud:192.168.33.141, DNSServers:[]network.Address{local-cloud:10.245.208.33, local-cloud:10.245.208.31, local-cloud:10.245.208.32}, MTU:1500, DNSSearchDomains:[]string{"maas"}, GatewayAddress:, Routes: []network.Route{}}, network.InterfaceInfo{DeviceIndex:1, MACAddress:"00:16:3e:40:fe:1e", CIDR:"10.245.208.0/20", ProviderId:"228", ProviderSubnetId:"2", ProviderNetworkId:"", ProviderSpaceId:"", ProviderVLANId:" 5035", ProviderAddressId:"411", AvailabilityZones:[]string(nil), VLANTag:0, InterfaceName:"eth1", ParentInterfaceName:"br-eth4", InterfaceType:"ethernet", Disabled:false, NoAutoStart:false, ConfigType:"static", Address:local-cloud:10.245.209.36, DNSServers:[]network.Address{}, MTU:1500, DNSSearchDomains:[]string(nil), GatewayAddress:local-cloud:10.245.208.1, Routes:[]network.Route{}}}} 2017-11-21 00:56:32 DEBUG juju.cloudconfig.containerinit container_userdata.go:258 prepared network config for rendering: &{InterfaceNames:[lo {eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff} {eth00_16_3e_40_fe_1e}] AutoStarted:[lo {eth0 0_16_3e_40_fe_1e} {eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff}] DNSServers:[10.245.208.31 10.245.208.32 10.245.208.33] DNSSearchDomains:[maas] NameToAddress:map[{eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff}:192.168.33.141/24 {eth00_16_3e_40_fe_1e}:10.245.2 09.36/20] NameToRoutes:map[{eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff}:[] {eth00_16_3e_40_fe_1e}:[]] NameToMTU:map[] Gateway4Address:10.245.208.1 Gateway6Address:} 2017-11-21 00:56:32 DEBUG juju.cloudconfig.containerinit container_userdata.go:163 generated network config: auto lo {eth00_16_3e_40_fe_1e} {eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff} iface lo inet loopback dns-nameservers 10.245.208.31 10.245.208.32 10.245.208.33 dns-search maas iface {eth00_16_3e_4d_a2_ff} inet static address 192.168.33.141/24 iface {eth00_16_3e_40_fe_1e} inet static address 10.245.209.36/20 gateway 10.245.208.1 2017-11-21 00:56:32 DEBUG juju.service discovery.go:63 discovered init system "systemd" from series "xenial" 2017-11-21 00:56:32 INFO juju.cloudconfig userdatacfg_unix.go:410 Fetching agent: curl -sSfw 'tools from %{url_effective} downloaded: HTTP %{http_code}; time %{time_total}s; size %{size_download} bytes; speed %{ speed_download} bytes/s ' --connect-timeout 20 --noproxy "*" --insecure -o $bin/tools.tar.gz <[https://10.245.208.202:17070/model/533c394c-7413-4d6f-8357-e9e8f2e65005/tools/2.2.6-xenial-amd64]> 2017-11-21 00:56:32 INFO juju.container.lxd lxd.go:176 instance "juju-e65005-16-lxd-6" configured with map[eth0:map[type:nic nictype:bridged name:eth0 parent:br-eth1.2733 hwaddr:00:16:3e:4d:a2:ff mtu:1500] eth1: map[nictype:bridged name:eth1 parent:br-eth4 hwaddr:00:16:3e:40:fe:1e mtu:1500 type:nic]] network devices 2017-11-21 00:56:32 INFO juju.container.lxd lxd.go:187 starting instance "juju-e65005-16-lxd-6" (image "juju/xenial/amd64")... 2017-11-21 00:56:43 INFO juju.provisioner provisioner_task.go:790 started machine 16/lxd/6 as instance juju-e65005-16-lxd-6 with hardware "availability-zone=default", network config [{DeviceIndex:0 MACAddress:00:16:3e:4d:a2:ff CIDR:192.168.33.0/24 MTU:1500 ProviderId:227 ProviderSubnetId:4 ProviderSpaceId: ProviderAddressId:409 ProviderVLANId:5037 VLANTag:2733 InterfaceName:eth0 ParentInterfaceName:br-eth1.2733 InterfaceType:ethernet Disabled:false NoAutoStart:false ConfigType:static Address:192.168.33.141 DNSServers:[10.245.208.33 10.245.208.31 10.245.208.32] DNSSearchDomains:[maas] GatewayAddress: Routes:[]} {DeviceIndex:1 MACAddress:00:16:3e:40:fe:1e CIDR:10.245.208.0/20 MTU:1500 ProviderId:228 ProviderSubnetId:2 ProviderSpaceId: ProviderAddressId:411 ProviderVLANId:5035 VLANTag:0 InterfaceName:eth1 ParentInterfaceName:br-eth4 InterfaceType:ethernet Disabled:false NoAutoStart:false ConfigType:static Address:10.245.209.36 DNSServers:[] DNSSearchDomains:[] GatewayAddress:10.245.208.1 Routes:[]}], volumes [], volume attachments map[], subnets to zones map[]