[Libguestfs] virt-builder fail with "bridge ‘virbr0’ not found" (fixed by LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct ?!)

[Pino Toscano]

On Tuesday, 9 October 2018 20:16:04 CEST Nir Soffer wrote:
> I'm trying to build fedora-27 image for testing uploads:
> 
> $ virt-builder fedora-27 -o /var/tmp/fedora-27.img
> ...
> [  25.2] Opening the new disk
> virt-builder: error: libguestfs error: bridge ‘virbr0’ not found.  Try
> running:
> 
>   brctl show
> 
> to get a list of bridges on the host, and then selecting the
> bridge you wish the appliance network to connect to using:
> 
>   export _SETTINGS=network_bridge=<bridge name>

The libvirt backend uses a network bridge on the host to setup the
networking in the guest, which is enabled by default in virt-builder.

> I don't want to add bridges to my new fresh oVirt test host, and
> remember that this used to work previously without the bridge.

"used to work" which version with? And which version are you using now?

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Pino Toscano
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