1:55 a.m.
On 07/06/2011 06:02 AM, mailinglists(a)florian-kaiser.net wrote:
Hello list,
We have KVM setup using libvirt (0.9.0) as configuration device on a Debian
Squeeze Host. Networking is done in routed bridge mode and we have two
different subnets, as well as one main ip. Subnets get routed to the main ip
(this is done by our provider).
Network on hosts are done like this:
<network>
<name>subnet_1</name>
<uuid>7c60990d-ab31-c4a5-cd2b-5ce4c7c61d38</uuid>
<forward dev='eth0' mode='route'/>
<bridge name='virtbridge1' stp='off' delay='0' />
<mac address='52:54:00:4D:83:2A'/>
<ip address='xx.xx.240.121' netmask='255.255.255.248'>
</ip>
</network>
<network>
<name>subnet_2</name>
<uuid>7c60990d-ab31-c4a5-cd2b-5ce4c7c61d38</uuid>
<forward dev='eth0' mode='route'/>
<bridge name='virtbridge1' stp='off' delay='0' />
<mac address='52:54:00:4D:83:2A'/>
<ip address='xx.xx.240.200' netmask='255.255.255.248'>
</ip>
</network>
Routing on host
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
xx.xx.122.33 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
xx.xx.240.120 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0
virtbridge1
xx.xx.239.200 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0
virtbridge2
0.0.0.0 xx.xx.122.33 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
Guests get this:
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='de:ad:b6:83:85:5b'/>
<source network='subnet_1'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
slot='0x03'
function='0x0'/>
</interface>
Guests put this into interfaces:
iface eth0 inet static
address xx.xx.239.202
netmask 255.255.255.248
gateway xx.xx.239.201
Guest routing
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
xx.xx.239.200 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 xx.xx.239.201 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Everything seemed to work just fine, that is: Guests could connect
- to host,
- to internet
- to other virtual maschines in the same subnet - all vice-versa.
Internet can connect to any guest and our host can connect to any guest,
too.
Then, we needed one guest to connect to a guest from the other subnet. And
this does not work, what I get follows:
PING xx.xx.240.122 (xx.xx.240.122) 56(84) bytes of data.
> From xx.xx.239.201 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable
> From xx.xx.239.201 icmp_seq=2 Destination Port Unreachable
Note, that I can ping the other subnets gateway just fine! But I cannot
connect to any of the other subnet IPs.
I believe this is just a routing problem, but I cannot figure out what route
to add where. Please ask if you need any more information.
(I think you are the same person who asked about this on IRC later in
the day. Still, for archival purposes, here is an answer):
By design, libvirt's virtual networks can only be reached from the host
itself. The only other connections allowed are outgoing connections frmo
the virtual network. This applies to communications between two virtual
networks on the same host - the network with the initiating guest will
allow an outbound connection, but the the network with the receiving
host will not allow this (from its point of view) inbound connection.
If you want the guests on two subnets to be able to talk to each other,
there are two possible solutions:
1) create host bridges yourself, outside of libvirt. You'll want to
assign an IP address to each bridge, but not bind any physical interface
to it - let the host's IP stack handle the forwarding of the traffic.
You'll also need to add some iptables rules.
2) define multiple IP addresses (each address on a different subnet) on
a single libvirt virtual network. The examples in the domain XML
document section of the website give examples of this. The only caveat
is that only the 1st IP address can have a dhcp server associated with
it, so guests that will be on the other subnets connected to this same
bridge will need to have their IP addresses statically configured.