Re: [libvirt-users] How to disable dnsmasq from starting automatically with libvirtd

On 2012年09月13日 14:55, Marwan Tanager wrote: >On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 01:04:58PM +0800, Osier Yang wrote: >>On 2012年09月13日 11:23, Marwan Tanager wrote: >> >>No, to disable the autostarting of dnsmasq, you need to disable the >>autostart of network which drives dnsmasq (named 'default' by default). >> >>% virsh net-autostart --disable default >> >>Then it won't be started automatically along with libvirtd service next >>time. > >Thanks for the response, but my question was whether it's possible to start >libvirtd (and hence, activate the virtual networks "automatically") on boot, but >without dnsmasq being started along the way. Your answer means that to disable >dnsmasq from starting automatically, I need to disable the network form starting >automatically too. > >Anyway, I destroyed the 'default' network, then killed the dnsmasq process for >that network, but when I started it again, dnsmasq started along with it. So, it >appears that the whole thing is hard coded. No, it depends on your previous network status, note that libvirt saves the object's state, so that things could be consistent before restarting/reloading. # virsh net-list --all Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- default active no # service libvirtd restart Restarting libvirtd (via systemctl): [ OK ] # virsh net-list --all Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- default active no # pidof libvirtd 6868 # pidof dnsmasq 6826 # virsh net-destroy default Network default destroyed # service libvirtd restart Restarting libvirtd (via systemctl): [ OK ] # virsh net-list --all Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- default inactive no # ps -ef | grep dnsmasq root 6762 20112 0 15:07 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto dnsmasq # pidof libvirtd 6689 Does this make sense to you? :-) Regards, Osier