Re: [libvirt] [question]Is there a good way to get the mac of guest interface after I attached it to a guest
----- Original Message -----
Now I working on a new KVM management tool base on html5 and libvirt
we will support a REST API for detach and attach guest interface.
we want to use mac as the identifier of the network interface.
That meas we should get the mac after the user create a interface.
also other people may be doing the exact same thing at the exact same
time to create a interface.
Here are the demo codes:
dom = self._get_vm(vm)
xml = """
<interface type='network'>
<source network='default'/>
</interface>
"""
This interface xml is partial, and it is not recommended according to 'man
virsh':
"
Note: using of partial device definition XML files may lead to
unexpected results as some fields may be autogenerated and thus
match devices other than expected.
"
And there is a way to find out the mac address specified by libvirt,
we can check /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases, newer one is on top
# cat /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases
1390549166 52:54:00:ea:9f:58 192.168.122.106 * *
1390547957 52:54:00:9d:43:38 192.168.122.134 * *
1390547828 52:54:00:0b:2f:ec 192.168.122.76 localhost *
But seems there is some latency, :(
dom.attachDeviceFlags(xml, libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CURRENT)
# now I want to get the mac, how to get it?
I have check libvirt use this code to generate a mac address.
does libvirt can gurantee that the MAC address generated is unique?
yes, I also have this question.
void virMacAddrGenerate(const unsigned char prefix[VIR_MAC_PREFIX_BUFLEN],
virMacAddrPtr addr)
{
addr->addr[0] = prefix[0];
addr->addr[1] = prefix[1];
addr->addr[2] = prefix[2];
addr->addr[3] = virRandomBits(8);
addr->addr[4] = virRandomBits(8);
addr->addr[5] = virRandomBits(8);
}
libvirt also use the KVM prefix as default as it's in the privately
administered range:
52:54:00:XX:XX:XX
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Thanks and best regards!
Sheldon Feng(冯少合)<shaohef(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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