Network interface element not working

[Ian Pilcher]

On 4/4/22 21:10, Laine Stump wrote:
> That's not what the <interface> element in a <network> is used for. It's 
> actual use is (in my opinion) not all that useful, which has led to 
> people assuming other functionality for it that doesn't exist.

Ah.  Thanks for clarifying that.

> Anyway, if you want to have a bridge device that is directly attached to 
> a physical ethernet, then you should set up a bridge in the host OS 
> outside the scope of libvirt, with the physical ethernet attached to it, 
> and then configure your libvirt guests to use that bridge with, e.g.

That is how I normally do things.  In this case, I'm "piggy backing" on
a pre-existing automation setup that uses libvirt to set up the bridges.
I'm using a hook script to add the physical interface to the bridge when
the virtual network is started, which seems to be working.

Thanks!

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