Questions tagged [openvswitch]
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Persistent Network Configuration using KVM and libvirt
Our environment will have a KVM host setup dynamically using kickstart (easy enough).
The hard part is dealing with network configuration and keeping VLAN configuration (and possibly bridge/host ...
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In virtual networking, how does a Virtual Switch differ from a linux kernel bridge?
I have seen that in virtual networking, guest VMs/containers can be connected with host and internet either by using kernel bridges(linux) or Virtual Switches.
Example - Bridges
docker uses linux ...
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How to make my linux vm attach to an openvswitch bridge?
I am following this tutorial: http://networkstatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/openvswitch.openflow.gre_.tutorial1.pdf
In brief: br0 is connected to the actual net, br1 is an isolated bridge to ...
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How do I block all access to machine except port 3389 using Open vSwitch
I can allow access to the machine and block everything else using:
ovs-ofctl add-flow xenbr0 "dl_src={mac-address} priority=39000 dl_type=0x0800 nw_dst={ip-address} idle_timeout=65000 action=normal"
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KVM Networking - assign IP to each VM by outside DHCP
I am new to KVM and am having a problem with setting up the networking. I want each VM to get its IPs assigned by the network's DHCP, not the internal DHCP that the KVM keeps trying to set up. In ...
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Why does my ethernet interface not get added to my openvswitch bridge on startup, with debian 10.5?
I am setting up a kvm/qemu/libvirt host (debian buster 10.5) with two ethernet interfaces: eno1 for the host traffic and eno2 for the VM traffic. eno2 is connected to a trunk switch port carrying the ...
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