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Bug 468384 - RFE: use virt-manager to create network bridges
Summary: RFE: use virt-manager to create network bridges
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: virt-manager
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cole Robinson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: F13VirtTarget
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-24 14:10 UTC by Chris Snook
Modified: 2013-02-27 05:53 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2010-02-27 02:07:42 UTC
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Description Chris Snook 2008-10-24 14:10:43 UTC 
Description of problem:
virt-manager allows the administrator to select bridged network devices if they already exist, but has no capability to set them up, and gives no indication what the administrator must do to enable this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-manager-0.6.0-2.fc10.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start virt-manager
2. connect to a hypervisor, and open the details screen
3. attempt to create a new virtual network
  
Actual results:
NICs are marked "not bridged" and the bridged drop-down list is greyed out.

Expected results:
Ideally virt-manager should include a wizard to set up a network bridge.  At bare minimum, it should direct the user to documentation showing how to configure this manually.

Additional info:
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking might be a good place to start
Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2009-02-15 22:04:22 UTC 
There is work being done at the libvirt level for this, which would allow a regular user to perform this action (properly validated through PolicyKit), as well as create bridges on remote machines.

Until that work is completed, we can't do much.
Comment 2 bodhi.zazen 2009-06-13 05:11:57 UTC 
I hope it is working soon :)

In the interim here is how to set up a bridged network :

http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Bridged_networking_.28aka_.22shared_physical_device.22.29
Comment 3 Mark McLoughlin 2009-06-22 15:55:14 UTC 
Here's the F-12 feature for this:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Shared_Network_Interface
Comment 4 John Poelstra 2009-07-09 21:09:49 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Here's the F-12 feature for this:
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Shared_Network_Interface  

FWIW, feature page has not been submitted for acceptance.
Comment 5 Mark McLoughlin 2009-10-13 15:12:43 UTC 
Punting to F-13
Comment 6 Cole Robinson 2010-02-27 02:07:42 UTC 
This is now in rawhide, go to Edit->Host Details->Network Interfaces-> '+' to add various network device types.
Comment 7 Robin Green 2011-06-20 08:18:45 UTC 
Doesn't appear to be in F15 - what am I missing?
Comment 8 kxra 2013-02-27 05:53:48 UTC 
Still a problem in the latest Fedora. Dropdown list says "No networking" and all NICs are greyed out saying "(Not bridged)".
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