On 6/10/2014 9:51 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: > On 6/10/2014 3:38 PM, Zoltan Frombach wrote: >> On 6/10/2014 9:27 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>> On 6/10/2014 3:09 PM, Zoltan Frombach wrote: >>>> Steve, >>>> >>>> Try the following config. >>>> >>>> On your host: >>>> >>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 : >>>> >>>> DEVICE=eth0 >>>> BOOTPROTO=none >>>> ONBOOT=yes >>>> NM_CONTROLLED=no >>>> TYPE=Ethernet >>>> HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <- put your physical NIC's MAC address here >>>> BRIDGE=br0 >>>> USERCTL=no >>>> IPV6INIT=no >>>> IPV6_AUTOCONF=no >>>> >>>> >>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 : >>>> >>>> DEVICE=br0 >>>> BOOTPROTO=static >>>> ONBOOT=yes >>>> NM_CONTROLLED=no >>>> TYPE=Bridge >>>> IPADDR=10.0.5.16 >>>> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 <- you may need to adjust this to your network >>>> GATEWAY=10.0.5.1 >>>> DNS1=8.8.8.8 >>>> DNS2=8.8.4.4 >>>> PEERDNS=yes >>>> DELAY=0 >>>> STP=off >>>> USERCTL=no >>>> IPV6INIT=no >>>> IPV6_AUTOCONF=no >>>> >>>> >>>> Restart networking on the host. >>>> >>>> Then inside you VM: >>>> >>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 : >>>> >>>> DEVICE=eth0 >>>> BOOTPROTO=static >>>> ONBOOT=yes >>>> NM_CONTROLLED=no >>>> TYPE=Ethernet >>>> HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <- it must be a unique MAC address for >>>> your VM >>>> IPADDR=10.0.5.17 >>>> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 <- you may need to adjust this to your >>>> network >>>> GATEWAY=10.0.5.1 >>>> DNS1=8.8.8.8 >>>> DNS2=8.8.4.4 >>>> PEERDNS=yes >>>> USERCTL=no >>>> IPV6INIT=no >>>> IPV6_AUTOCONF=no >>>> >>>> >>>> Then in Virtual Machine Manager make sure that your VM's NIC is >>>> connected to the br0 bridge, like this: >>>> >>>> Network Source: Specify shared device name >>>> Bridge Name: br0 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/10/2014 8:16 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>>>> On 6/10/2014 12:43 PM, Digimer wrote: >>>>>> On 10/06/14 12:38 PM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>>>>>> On 6/10/2014 12:05 PM, Digimer wrote: >>>>>>>> On 10/06/14 11:46 AM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 6/10/2014 10:46 AM, Digimer wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 10/06/14 10:03 AM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> I had so much trouble putting Centos 6 guest VMs on a Centos 5 >>>>>>>>>>> host >>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>> I finally switched to a Centos 6 host. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I've not needed more that test VMs, so I've used Virtual Machine >>>>>>>>>>> Manager >>>>>>>>>>> on the old system, which worked pretty well, so I decided to >>>>>>>>>>> create my >>>>>>>>>>> first KVM guest machine. I noticed when I created it, I only >>>>>>>>>>> had the >>>>>>>>>>> options of NAT for my network interface, so I used that >>>>>>>>>>> (obvious). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Well, after starting the VM, I find I don't have connectivity >>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>> interface. Reading, I find examples where I need to create >>>>>>>>>>> bridges >>>>>>>>>>> perhaps. Xen did most of this for me, so it's a little new to >>>>>>>>>>> me. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone throw me a clue, please? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> steve campbell >>>>>>>>>> Setting up a bridge is not that hard, and it will give your VMs >>>>>>>>>> direct >>>>>>>>>> access to the outside world, and host <-> VM access just fine as >>>>>>>>>> well. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Here is a link showing how to setup a bridge connected to a bond >>>>>>>>>> device. Ignore the bond and pretend it is a straight ethX device: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://alteeve.ca/w/AN!Cluster_Tutorial_2#Configuring_our_Bridge.2C_Bonds_and_Interfaces >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The host has a device named virbr0 that is installed during system >>>>>>>>> installation. It also has a network device vnet0. There are no >>>>>>>>> files in >>>>>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts for these. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Shouldn't I be able to use the virbr0 virtual bridge for this? >>>>>>>>> I've >>>>>>>>> tried setting up the VM's device with all of the options that is >>>>>>>>> listed, >>>>>>>>> but to no avail. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Should I need to set up another bridge for this? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And thanks for the link. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> steve >>>>>>>> virbr0 is created and managed by libvirtd. If you open Virtual >>>>>>>> Machine >>>>>>>> Manager, connect to localhost and then double-click on 'localhost', >>>>>>>> you will see a tab for creating/managing bridges (NAT'ed, >>>>>>>> generally). >>>>>>>> I disable 'virbr0' as NAT'ing is generally not what I want. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The 'vnetX' devices are dynamically created to link a VM's >>>>>>>> interface >>>>>>>> to a bridge. Think of them as virtual network cables. They get >>>>>>>> created >>>>>>>> and destroyed as needed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry, but I'm confused: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My host server has a real NIC and IP address with a real gateway to >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> outside: >>>>>>> virtbr0 IP: 192.168.122.1 >>>>>>> Host IP: 10.0.5.16 >>>>>>> Gateway IP: 10.0.5.1 >>>>>>> on eth0 and this works >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My VM server has all fake stuff currently: >>>>>>> Host IP: 10.0.5.17 >>>>>>> Gateway IP: 10.0.5.1 >>>>>>> on eth0 and this is like NIC without a cable. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So I need to create a bridge device on both the host and VM (lets >>>>>>> say I >>>>>>> name it br1). I change the eth0 config file on both host and VM to >>>>>>> point >>>>>>> to br1 and give the br1 config file on both host and VM the correct >>>>>>> IP. >>>>>>> But won't this just let the two talk to each other. How will the VM >>>>>>> server get outside? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> steve >>>>>> The bridge is created only on the host. Think of the bridge as being >>>>>> like a virtual switch. When a VM is created, you tell it to >>>>>> connect to >>>>>> the bridge, similar to how you would plug a physical wire into a real >>>>>> switch. That provides the link to the network, and then you configure >>>>>> the virtual server's network just as if it was a real network. >>>>>> >>>>>> On the host, you don't set the IP on the ethX device, instead you >>>>>> tell >>>>>> ethX to connect to the bridge (look at 'bond2' in the link above for >>>>>> the 'BRIDGE="..."' line). Then you move the host's IP address/config >>>>>> to the bridge itself (look at the 'vbr2' in the link above). >>>>>> >>>>>> If you're still stuck, tell me the IP addresses you want to set in >>>>>> the >>>>>> host and VM and I'll see if I can bang out a couple sample 'ifcfg-X' >>>>>> files. >>>>>> >>>>> I'm running into some problems with my config files where I get a >>>>> message that says the network can't determine my interface names. I'll >>>>> look further, but the IPs above are what I need. 10.0.5.1 is a >>>>> firewall >>>>> that NATs the 10.0.5.0/24 network to another outside public firewall. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> steve >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS-virt mailing list >>>>> CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >>>>> >>> Stuck in a rut now. Restarting the network indicates : >>> >>> Device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. >>> >>> I thought it might be due to the fact I didn't have the "TYPE" in the >>> ifcfg-eth0 file, but after adding that, I still get the error. >> NM_CONTROLLED=no might help with that. > I turned off and stopped NetworkManager and had already specified this. >>> I'm using the same hardware address that was in the original eth0 file. >> That is fine. >> >>> My bridge device starts fine, but I'll tailor it to your specs. >> Also, you might want to check the contents of your >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file. Is the MAC address for >> eth0 the same as in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file? >> > They are the same except the udev file has lower case letters in it. You mean the hexadecimal numbers are lower case? That shouldn't matter. Try to delete the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and reboot your host machine. ( See http://www.andrewklau.com/device-eth0-does-not-seem-to-be-present-delaying-initialization/ ) _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt