On 03/07/2011 04:32 PM, Jake Xu wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently, I have been using libvirt to create virtual machines on ESX > servers. It has been very well until to the point where I couldn't find any > way to disable/remove the virbr0 interface properly. > > We use static configuration for VMs on ESX so we do not need to use virbr0 > interface and we do not want libvirt to configure iptables as a result of > the newly created virbr0 interface. > > I have tried to remove/rename the /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart.xml > file, and that prevents virbr0 being installed. > Here is how to properly remove steps virbr0 (the default virtual network): http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/FAQ#How_can_I_make_libvirt_stop_using_iptables.3F > However, that also seems to prevent the second interface eth1 being > configured properly. After libvirt defines a VM, eth0 and eht1 are both > installed, but only eth0 is configured properly. > > The eth1 does not appear in the /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-xxx > file. It seems to me that the 'autostart.xml' file interrupts the > configuration of the eth1 interface. > Not sure why autostarting a virtual network would also bring up eth1, so no ideas there. - Cole -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list