[libvirt-users] grep ip address from KVM DHCP log

Hi, I plan to use KVM internal network 'default' and grep dhcp log to figure out the IP address that assigned to my VM. I know I can configure static ip but I like to assign ip dynamically to avoid mgmt cost. Does anyone know where the dhcp log is? My KVM host is running Ubuntu Raring (13.04). It does not have file /var/log/daemon.log as some online doc mentioned. Thanks, ~Jianfeng

On 12.09.2014 17:46, Jianfeng Tang wrote:
Hi,
I plan to use KVM internal network 'default' and grep dhcp log to figure out the IP address that assigned to my VM.
I know I can configure static ip but I like to assign ip dynamically to avoid mgmt cost.
Does anyone know where the dhcp log is? My KVM host is running Ubuntu Raring (13.04). It does not have file /var/log/daemon.log as some online doc mentioned.
Thanks, ~Jianfeng
Hi, this is the area that is somewhat actively worked on. The leases file is located under /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases, however I'd strongly recommend using libvirt API for that: virsh net-dhcp-leases default BTW: it's not KVM's default network. The network is created and managed by libvirt ;-) Michal

Thank you Michal! I found the file. Do you mean there is a libvirt API for this? I did not find `virsh net-dhcp-leases default` on my KVM host. On 9/15/14 4:02 AM, "Michal Privoznik" <mprivozn@redhat.com> wrote:
On 12.09.2014 17:46, Jianfeng Tang wrote:
Hi,
I plan to use KVM internal network 'default' and grep dhcp log to figure out the IP address that assigned to my VM.
I know I can configure static ip but I like to assign ip dynamically to avoid mgmt cost.
Does anyone know where the dhcp log is? My KVM host is running Ubuntu Raring (13.04). It does not have file /var/log/daemon.log as some online doc mentioned.
Thanks, ~Jianfeng
Hi,
this is the area that is somewhat actively worked on.
The leases file is located under /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.leases, however I'd strongly recommend using libvirt API for that:
virsh net-dhcp-leases default
BTW: it's not KVM's default network. The network is created and managed by libvirt ;-)
Michal
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