[CentOS] NetworkManager substitute??

[Akemi Yagi]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:
> On 28.10.2013 17:52, Fred Smith wrote:
>> I'm investigating how to setup KVM so I can run VMs without having to
>> use
>> VirtualBox or VMware, or etc.
>>
>> All the HOWTOs I see tell you to disable NM.
>>
>> I use NM to manage VPN clients that I use for remote access to my
>> office,
>> among other places.
>>
>> How would I manage those VPN clients if I didn't use NM? I haven't
>> found
>> any commands that appear to be suited to that purpose.
>>
>> thanks!
>
> Hi,
>
> KVM/libvirt works just fine with NM enabled here. Never had a problem.
> Just "yum install qemu-kvm libvirt virt-manager", start libvirtd and
> fire-up virt-manager, you're set!

If you are going to use bridged network, please see:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-Beta/html-single/Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide/index.html#sect-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Network_Configuration-Network_Configuration-Bridged_networking_with_libvirt

Akemi