Virtual networking using libvirt
In the previous chapter, we introduced you to some of the available options of virtual networking in libvirt. In this chapter, we will revisit them again in detail.
The types of virtual networking available are as follows:
- Isolated virtual network
- Routed virtual network
- NATed virtual network
- Bridged network using a physical NIC, VLAN interface, bond interface, and bonded VLAN interface
- MacVTap
- PCI passthrough NPIV
- OVS
Additionally, we will cover the details of enabling DHCP and DNS for your virtual network and the Default virtual network that comes preconfigured with libvirt.
Before starting, let's go back to Chapter 3, Setting Up Standalone KVM Virtualization, and create one more Linux virtual machine. This is required ...
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