[CentOS-virt] CentOS-5.4, KVM, QEMU, Virt-Manager and kvm-qemu-img

Tue Nov 10 10:34:02 UTC 2009
Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk>

2009/11/9 James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>:
> Further, do I need tun/tap to host VMs that themselves support
> virtual ips? The module for tun I found as part of the base install.
>  But I cannot locate the module for ethertap and yum does not tell
> me where it is found.

Yep, you do want tun/tap. But if you create a regular bridge and tells
virt-manager or libvirt to use this for your virtual machines,
virt-manager/libvirt will take care of the tun/tap setup.

>From your virtual machines point of view, tun/tap will get you the
same connectivity as if you plugged a ethernet cable from your network
into it, without any restrictions.

Best Regards
Kenni