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[libvirt-users] libvirt and Bridging
by Face 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hello all, Basically my problem is how can i access a virtual machine from local network. I am able to do so from the host PC put not from other PC's on the same network. here is my what i did so far (http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#NAT_forwarding_.28aka_.22virtual_ne…) cat '/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml' <network> <name>default</name> <uuid>1bad08f7-0bc3-bfde-f87d-f323ab1c95eb</uuid> <forward mode='nat'/> <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0' /> <ip address='10.0.2.1' netmask='255.255.255.240'> <dhcp> <range start='10.0.2.2' end='10.0.2.14' /> </dhcp> </ip> </network> cat '/etc/sysctl.conf' # Disable packet forwarding #net.ipv4.ip_forward=0 net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 # disable netfilter on the bridge: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0 ifconfig -a br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:C0:38:AF:BA inet addr:10.0.1.5 Bcast:10.0.1.15 Mask:255.255.255.240 inet6 addr: fe80::21c:c0ff:fe38:afba/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:580 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:29435 (28.7 Kb) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:DF:13:AF:87 inet addr:10.0.1.4 Bcast:10.0.1.15 Mask:255.255.255.240 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:dfff:fe13:af87/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:476362 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:684752 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:57147388 (54.4 Mb) TX bytes:707797829 (675.0 Mb) Interrupt:22 Base address:0x800 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:C0:38:AF:BA inet6 addr: fe80::21c:c0ff:fe38:afba/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1142 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:90530 (88.4 Kb) TX bytes:2632 (2.5 Kb) Memory:e3200000-e3220000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:118356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:118356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:14239239 (13.5 Mb) TX bytes:14239239 (13.5 Mb) virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:54:00:45:A7:31 inet addr:10.0.2.1 Bcast:10.0.2.15 Mask:255.255.255.240 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:16657 (16.2 Kb) TX bytes:50599 (49.4 Kb) vnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:54:00:45:A7:31 inet6 addr: fe80::fc54:ff:fe45:a731/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:1404 (1.3 Kb) TX bytes:19248 (18.7 Kb) brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br0 8000.001cc038afba no eth1 virbr0 8000.fe540045a731 yes vnet0 route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 eth0 10.0.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 br0 10.0.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 0 0 0 virbr0 0.0.0.0 10.0.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootps ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:bootps Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere 10.0.2.0/28 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT all -- 10.0.2.0/28 anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere PHYSDEV match --physdev-is-bridged ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere 10.0.2.5 tcp dpt:smakynet ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere 10.0.2.5 tcp dpt:smakynet ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere 10.0.2.5 tcp dpt:smakynet Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination the IP Address for the virtual machine i am trying to access is 10.0.2.5 (vnet0). I am able only to access it from the host PC only, therefore, how i can i access it from other PC's on the network ? Any help would be much appreciated. -- Sincerely,

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[libvirt-users] how to load different bios into qemu
by Martin Kraus 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hello. I'm using debian squeeze with libvirt and kvm and I need to load a newer version of seabios into qemu. I'd like to do it without overwriting seabios in the debian package because that might be overwritten on the next update. I hopend that the <loader> directive in the config would work but it doesn't. thanks for any ideas. mk

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[libvirt-users] building libvirt-0.8.3 for windows ( with dlls )
by Gal Gafni 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to compile the latest libvirt (0.8.3 ) on windows and the configure fails to find XDR lib. I installed the xdr-4.0-mingw2 and configure complains the XDR library doesn't exist. Should I get another XDR lib? The command I run: $ ./configure --with-esx --without-sasl --without-avahi --without-polkit --without-python --without-xen --without-qemu --without-lxc --without-o penvz --without-libvirtd the last 10 lines of configure: checking for mntent.h... no checking net/ethernet.h usability... no checking net/ethernet.h presence... no checking for net/ethernet.h... no checking linux/magic.h usability... no checking linux/magic.h presence... no checking for linux/magic.h... no checking for xdrmem_create in -lportablexdr... no checking for library containing xdrmem_create... no configure: error: Cannot find a XDR library is there a a guide somewhere in the list for compiling the windows version on mingw? Thanks, Gal Gafni Chen CSL-WAVE Developer

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[libvirt-users] F13-x86_64 - New version of qemu in raw virt repo breaks virsh and virt-manager?
by Mike Hinz 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Without actually thoroughly thinking about it, I updated my system yesterday with the latest qemu-kvm. rpm -qa shows qemu-kvm-0.13.0-0.5.20100809git25fdf4a.fc13.x86_64 See also: virsh # version Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.2 Using library: libvir 0.8.2 Using API: QEMU 0.8.2 Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.50 Now when I attempt to start a domain that was working perfectly well prior to this update, I get the following: virsh # start winxp1 error: Failed to start domain winxp1 error: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: Supported machines are: pc Standard PC (alias of pc-0.13) pc-0.13 Standard PC (default) pc-0.12 Standard PC pc-0.11 Standard PC, qemu 0.11 pc-0.10 Standard PC, qemu 0.10 isapc ISA-only PC Virt-Manager throws the same error when attempt to start an existing domain. I'm assuming that there's now some sort of compatibility issue between the current versions of libvirt/virt-manager and qemu-kvm? Is there a way to get around this and somehow use my existing domains with this updated version of qemu-kvm? Interestingly, just out of curiosity, I've started a new installation of a WinXP vm. This seems to be going perfectly well so far, so I assume that the issue is only with domains previously created with the older version of qemu?? Any assistance in being able to run my existing domains would be greatly appreciated! -- Regards, Mike Hinz President YR20 1718 Fry Road Suite 440 Houston, TX 77084 mike.hinz(a)yr20.com 832-225-1293 (o) 713-594-3095 (m) 832-550-2657 (f)

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[libvirt-users] cpuTimes and qemu-kvm on F13
by Matthew Farrellee 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virDomainInfo http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virVcpuInfo Both virDomainInfo and virVcpuInfo have a nanosecond cpuTime field. How do the two related to one another? With some experiementing, it appears the virDomainInfo::cpuTime is equal to the host CPU time used by the qemu-kvm process for the domain. It also appears that the sum(virVcpuInfo::cpuTime) for a domain is not equal to the virDomainInfo::cpuTime. Is the virVcpuInfo::cpuTime how much host CPU time was spent simulating the vCPU? Making the difference between the sum and the virDomainInfo::cpuTime the overhead of qemu-kvm? Does the relationship hold for other hypervisors? Best, matt

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[libvirt-users] virtio and encryption
by Mike Ponomarenko 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Greetings, I am trying to use virtio and encryption. My setup is: host and guest: ubuntu 10.04 server (libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27, qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.2) I have secret defined and disk in domain xml referencing that secret. When I start using "<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>" in HDD config, it works. When I start using "<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>" I get following in syslog: qemuMonitorCommandWithHandler:240 : cannot send monitor command 'cont': Unknown error 8446744073709551594 running with "<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>" works fine if format is raw and there is no encryption. Is storing raw images on encrypted loop device the only way to have both virtio and ecryption?

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[libvirt-users] how to make consisten backups of guests without stopping them?
by Martin Kraus 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hello. I'd like to backup kvm guests running from lvm partitions on the host without as little downtime as possible, preferably without stopping them. Could libvirt help me with this? Could anybody point me to some documentation? The question is what happens to the filesystem if I snapshot it from the host. LVM is supposed to tell the filesystem to make itself consistent but I don't know how that works if the filesystem is mounted inside the guest. thanks mk

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[libvirt-users] RHEL 6 does not support bonded and vlan tagged interfaces for KVM guests?
by David Knierim 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I just wrote a bugzilla report against RHEL 6 beta2 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623199) In it I documented that I cannot get my guests to be able to use our standard network configuration, which is active-standby bonded interface with tagged vlans. The response I got was this: RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-08-11 11:39:02 EDT This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. ** If you would still like this issue considered for the current release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. ** While I am working with Red Hat to get this included in the official release of RHEL 6, I was hoping that I could get this working somehow. It appears to me that the problem is in the libvert-controlled network connection to the guest. Can someone give me a clue on how to get this working? Thanks, David

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[libvirt-users] libvirt 0.8.3 cannot connect to remote libvirtd 0.6.3
by Haidong Zhu 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

It seems virsh 0.8.3 cannot connect to libvirtd 0.6.3. Machine 1: iibvirtd is 0.6.3 Machine 2: virsh 0.6.1 virsh -c xen+ssh://root@192.168.1.78 list Connecting to uri: qemu:///session Id Name State ---------------------------------- 0 Domain-0 running 1 shanxi idle Machine 3: virsh 0.8.3 virsh -c xen+ssh://root@192.168.1.78 list error: server closed connection: error: failed to connect to the hypervisor

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[libvirt-users] TCP reset (RST) networking issue (maybe was 'Sporadic network issues")
by Brian Fallik 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi, I'm seeing a very similar problem to the thread "Sporadic networking issues" [1]. In our setup, some TCP operations receive unexpected RST packets when executed on the guest. I can see these RST packets via wireshark but can't explain their source. We originally uncovered this when some 'git clone' operations failed with "Broken Pipe" in the guests. I've been able to reproduce the same failures using scp and 'svn checkout'. The failure occurs 80-90% of the time and 'svn checkout' seems to be the quickest to fail. The same operations on the host are always successful. My setup is a Lucid amd64 host with two guests (Lucid and Hardy, both i386, using kvm). Networking is configured as described in "Routed network config". One anomoly I notice is that our configuration is missing the 'mode' and 'dev' attributes of the 'forward' node. Not sure if that makes a difference, especially since networking seems to mostly work. I've tried this with both virtio and e1000 drivers with no difference. I tried Jeremy's suggestion to limit the host to start a single guest but that did not seem to have an impact. One thing I wonder is if I'm resetting the libvirt correctly to make this change. I did not reboot the host, but I did shutdown the guests, shutdown the default network, verified that no kvm was running and no tap/bridge devices existed, undefined the Hardy domain, then restarted the default network and started the Lucid kvm. Does that sound correct? Anyone have suggestions for further debugging or pointer(s) to existing related bugs? My search didn't turn up anything obvious. I'm very eager to resolve this issue since it's blocking our ability to use the VMs. Thanks, brian 1 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2010-August/msg00012.html

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