Re: Set hostname of guest during installation time

On 5/5/20 11:25 AM, john doe wrote: > On 5/5/2020 10:41 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> On 5/5/20 9:26 AM, john doe wrote: >>> On 5/5/2020 8:29 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> >>> >>>> Is there a reason why you are using interface type='bridge' with the >>>> default network? >>>> >>> >>> I'm just starting with libvirt, so I could be missing something. >>> >>> Yes, I don't need libvirt touching iptables at all. >>> >>> In other words, is there a way to be able to use libvirt_guest without >>> having libvirt interacting with iptables. >> >> I'm not quite sure how to achieve NAT then - do you insert the NAT rules >> yourself? > > Yes, my frontent to iptables will do that. > > >> If it is so, then what you may do is to change the type of the >> default network to 'open' and then use interface type='network' from the >> domain. >>

> > Thank you, I'll need to look into that. > > Is there a way to do that with virt-install? Let me check the man page for you. --network network=my_libvirt_virtual_net

> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Also, from (1): >>>>> >>>>> "virsh net-dhcp-leases $network >>>>> where $network iterates through >>>>> all running network..." >>>>> >>>>> If I understand correctly, the below should list all running network: >>>>> >>>>> $ virsh net-dhcp-leases $network >>>>> error: command 'net-dhcp-leases' requires <network> option >>>> >>>> This lists DHCP leases for given network. To list all running networks >>>> you can use 'virsh net-list'. >>>> >>> >>> I would suggest rephrasing the above to something along the lines of: >>> >>> "virsh net-dhcp-leases $network, where '$network' is to be supstituted >>> by the desired network (E.G, 'default') or use virsh net-list to list >>> all available network." >> >> Actually, the whole statement (copied verbatim from the webpage) is: >> >>    The NSS module then merely consults the list trying to find the >> match. >>    Users can view the list themselves: >> >>    virsh net-dhcp-leases $network >> >>    where $network iterates through all running networks. >> > '$network iterates through all running networks.' I don't understand > what 'all networks' refers to? Just like there can be multiple domains running there can be multiple networks. > >> Maybe I'm assuming too much, but this doesn't say that net-dhcp-leases >> will print all running networks. The way I read this is: The NSS module >> then merely does equivalent of iterating over every running network and >> executing 'net-dhcp-leases' and trying to find the match. >> >> I thought that using shell variables in a documentation for an UNIX-like >> command is well understood, but maybe I am wrong. >> > > That is the first time that I see this syntax being used, simply adding > somewhere that when an example for a command is shown like so, this > should be substituted. Our docs are kept in a repository. In this specific example it is docs/nss.html.in: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/blob/master/docs/nss.html.in If you feel like our docs are misleading, please post a patch.