[libvirt-users] Network without forward mode

[Martin Kletzander]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 08:49:23AM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> ❦ 25 juillet 2016 08:44 CEST, Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com> :
>
>>>> "Just a vnet interface, no bridge" means you want no network.  Where
>>>> should the vnet be connected?
>>>
>>>The host is able to handle the routing. It seems I could just declare an
>>>interface of type "ethernet" instead of "network" to get the effect I
>>>want.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I have no idea what is the end result you are trying to
>> achieve.  Could you describe what are your trying to set up without
>> libvirt technicalities?
>
>I have a process watching libvirt event to add a route like "ip route
>add 192.0.2.147/32 dev vnet18" once the VM is spawned. The host is then
>responsible for any routing to/from the VM. I don't want the VM to be
>part of a bridge.

OK, yes, then you want just <interface type='X'> where X is one of
'macvtap', 'ethernet', etc., feel free to find the right one here:

https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsNICS

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