Skip to Content
KVM Virtualization Cookbook
book

KVM Virtualization Cookbook

by Konstantin Ivanov
June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 22m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from KVM Virtualization Cookbook

How to do it...

To define a new bridged network and attach a guest to it, follow the steps:

  1. Take down the interface we are going to bridge:
root@kvm:~# ifdown eth1root@kvm:~#
  1. Edit the network configuration file on the host and replace the eth1 block with the following, if your host OS is Debian/Ubuntu:
root@kvm:~# vim /etc/network/interfaces... auto virbr2 iface virbr2 inet static     address 192.168.1.2     netmask 255.255.255.0     network 192.168.1.0     broadcast 192.168.1.255     gateway 192.168.1.1     bridge_ports eth1     bridge_stp on     bridge_maxwait 0...root@kvm:~#
  1. If using RedHat/CentOS distributions, edit the following two files instead:
root@kvm:~# cat /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth1DEVICE=eth1NAME=eth1NM_CONTROLLED=yesONBOOT=yesTYPE=EthernetBRIDGE=virbr2 ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Mastering KVM Virtualization

Mastering KVM Virtualization

Humble Devassy Chirammal, Prasad Mukhedkar, Anil Vettathu
Linux Security Cookbook

Linux Security Cookbook

Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
Kubernetes Cookbook

Kubernetes Cookbook

Sébastien Goasguen, Michael Hausenblas

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781788294676