Re: [libvirt-users] public IP for VM

Hi Chandler, since host and guest are in the same network they can't have the same IP. On the host, try to create a virtual network (using virsh or config files) attached to the bridge, then set up eth0 with the primary IP and add it to the bridge. After that set up the guest VM with an interface attached to the virtual network using the secondary IP. At this moment you should have access to both machines using their own IP. If you want to use multiple IPs on the same NIC, you have to use aliases to setup eth0 without IP, and eth0:0 and eth0:1 with the primary and secondary IPs, but I don't see where this can help to your use case. Supposing you want to have two web servers (I don't understand what you want to achieve exactly), for load balancing or failover, you should set up a different environment like: - 1 main server in charge of virtualization (host), connected to the public network (lets use eth0 for that), but not necesarily with a public IP, with a virtual network connected to the public network (virtual network attached to a bridge that contains eth0), and a private virtual network. - 1 VM for the primary web server connected to the private virtual network - 1 VM for the secondary web server connected to the private virtual network - 1 VM running a load balancer connected to the private and public virtual networks. This VM accept requests on the public interface and then forward it to primary or secondary server following your rules. (this role could also be played by primary web server, but I like to keep it apart) this way you can have a single web server (for users it will look like this) with a single IP that forward requests to one or multiple webservers that are only visible in the private network, so also is a little more secure. hope it helps. Atte. Daniel Romero P. On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:36 AM, Chandler <admin(a)genome.arizona.edu&gt; wrote: