On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:46:46 -0600 Charles Duffy <Charles_Duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm pretty new to libvirt and I'd like to try to set up simple > > networking as described here: > > > > http://www.xaq.nl/kvm-tap-howto.txt > > > > Is it possible to set up networking through simple tap devices using > > the xml format? And if yes, can someone give me a hint how to set > > this up? > > I'd argue that that's considerably less "simple" than letting libvirt > do the work for you You're right of course, but I'd like to try to set up networking like this. Using virbr device and let libvirtd do the job is no problem of course. I'm just eager to know whether it's possible to use tap-only networking, and I had found the "ethernet" part of the howto. But I haven't succeeded yet. > -- but see > http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsNICSEthernet to have > libvirt avoid doing anything more complex than setting up a tap device > and then running a script of your choosing to do the remaining work. That's just the page that is still quite misty for me. I think I miss something crucial somewhere: $ cat vnet1.xml <network> <name>test1</name> <interface type='ethernet'> <ip address="10.1.253.129" netmask="255.255.255.248" /> <target dev='vnet1'/> <script path='/home/kvm/bin/vnet1.sh'/> </interface> </network> $ virsh net-define vnet1.xml Connecting to uri: qemu:///system Network test1 defined from vnet1.xml $ virsh net-define vnet1.xml Connecting to uri: qemu:///system Network test1 created from vnet1.xml But all I get is a "virbr4": $ /sbin/ifconfig virbr4 virbr4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7a:32:2d:d5:28:bb UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) As I said, I'm new to libvirt, and I certainly miss some very crucial link. R. -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | | Public key and email address: | | http://www.lucassen.org/mail-pubkey.html | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list