[libvirt-users] point-to-point connection between vm and host

[Jorge Somavilla]

Hello, we have been looking for other options to do this, and found
that we can add qemu lines to the vm's xml for libvirt.

What we want libvirt to do can be done with a qemu line like this:

    qemu -boot c -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=02:fd:00:04:01:00,name=eth0
-net tap,vlan=0,ifname=ubuntu-e0,script=no ubuntu.img

Which means that inside the host we connect a new tap device to the
interface ubuntu-e0, and then connect the tap device of the host with
the guest's nic, eth0. This provides connectivity between host and
guest.

The way to do this with libvirt seems with the tag <qemu:commandline>,
which allows us to append some qemu lines. So now the definition file
of the vm for libvirt looks like this:

</domain>
...
    <interface type="network" name="eth0" onboot="yes">
      <source network="default"/>
      <mac address="02:fd:00:04:01:00"/>
    </interface>
...
  <qemu:commandline>
    <qemu:arg value="-net"/>
    <qemu:arg value="nic,macaddr=02:fd:00:04:01:00"/>
    <qemu:arg value="-net"/>
    <qemu:arg value="tap,ifname=ubuntu-e0,script=no"/>
  </qemu:commandline>
</domain>

With this, the guest shows the eth0 interface correctly configured.
However there is no connectivity with the host. If we look at the log
file, we find that some of the qemu options of the xml are missing,
like the name oh the host's interface to be associated with the tap
device ("ifname=ubuntu-e0"):

# tail -f /var/log/libvirt/qemu/ubuntu.log
LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin
QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-0.12 -cpu qemu32 -enable-kvm
-m 256 -smp 1 -name ubuntu -uuid fb6e6954-53c6-7982-7b55-04edd406b871
-chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ubuntu.monitor,server,nowait
-monitor chardev:monitor -boot cd -drive
file=/root/.vnx/scenarios/simple_ubuntu/vms/ubuntu/fs/root_cow_fs,if=ide,index=0,boot=on,format=qcow2
-drive file=/root/.vnx/scenarios/simple_ubuntu/vms/ubuntu/fs/opt_fs.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=1
-net nic,macaddr=02:fd:00:04:01:00,vlan=0,name=nic.0 -net
tap,fd=16,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -net
nic,macaddr=02:fd:00:04:01:01,vlan=1,name=nic.1 -net
tap,fd=17,vlan=1,name=tap.1 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -serial
chardev:serial0 -chardev
socket,id=serial1,path=/root/.vnx/scenarios/simple_ubuntu/vms/ubuntu/ubuntu_socket,server,nowait
-serial chardev:serial1 -parallel none -usb -vnc :1 -vga cirrus
char device redirected to /dev/pts/8


What am i doing wrong? How can i specify the name of the host's interface?

regards,
Jorge





On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 14:29, Jorge Somavilla <somavilla at dit.upm.es> wrote:
>
> Hi! hopefully someone can give me a hint with this:
>
>
> I need to create a vm with a point-to-point connection to the host
> using a /30 subnet. Right now i have this in the vm's xml for libvirt:
>
> <interface type="network" name="eth0" onboot="yes">
>   <source network="default"/>
>   <mac address="02:fd:00:00:01:00"/>
> </interface>
>
>
> Which brings up an interface in the vm that is configured later by a a
> daemon, getting to this:
>
> vnx at r2:~$ ifconfig eth0
> eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:fd:00:00:01:00
>          inet addr:10.250.0.2  Bcast:10.250.0.3  Mask:255.255.255.252
>
>
> While in the host the other interface is created:
>
> root at tau:/home/jorge/workspace/vnx# ifconfig r2-e0
> r2-e0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0a:81:b6:3c:24:15
>          inet addr:10.250.0.1  Bcast:10.250.0.3  Mask:255.255.255.252
>
>
> However there is no connectivity between them, probably because of
> some mistake in the <interface> tag, perhaps a wrong 'type' attribute,
> but i haven't found out yet. I wouldn't want to create a bridge and
> connect both interfaces (vm's and host's) to the bridge, but to have
> this ptp, if possible. How would i go about doing that?
>
> thanks!
> Jorge