[CentOS] NetworkManager substitute??

Mon Oct 28 18:23:05 UTC 2013
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:16:18AM -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> 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

thanks, I'll go take a look.  As far as I can tell from all the 
aforementioned HOWTOs, bridged is the way to do it?? none of 'em
says anything about doing it any other way. what am I overlooking
in my ignorance?


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