[libvirt] Proposal: no dnsmasq (no dhcp and no dns) and no radvd option
Serge Hallyn
serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Tue Nov 20 21:55:47 UTC 2012
Quoting Gene Czarcinski (gene at czarc.net):
> Laine mentioned something yesterday that got me to thinking: being
> able to specify that dnsmasq is not to be started for an interface.
>
> Let me expand that by saying that libvirt would not start dnsmasq
> for either dns or dhcp and also would not start radvd. However, the
> IPv4 and IPv6 gateway addresses would be defined on the virtual
> network interface and the "usual" iptables and ip6tables rules would
> be in force.
>
> This would allow a user to configure dnsmasq to meet any user
> desires or use something completely different instead of dnsmasq.
>
> Questions: Useful? Worth the time and effort? And then there is
Useful, yes, it's been requested by Scott Moser before
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2012-September/msg00095.html)
> how should this be specified in the network xml file? ... some new
> parameter? ... A subperameter of <dns> such as <dns disable='yes'
> /> ? ... a subparameter of <bridge> such as <bridge name="virbr0"
> dns="disable" /> ?
>
> Comments? Suggestions?
No opinions from me, both seem doable. Don't know if anyone will
eventually want further dns(masq) customization.
-serge
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