Bug 1325687
| Summary: | RFE: lxc: support interface type="ethernet" | ||||||
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| Product: | [Community] Virtualization Tools | Reporter: | Abhishek Jain <ashujain9727> | ||||
| Component: | libvirt | Assignee: | Laine Stump <laine> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED UPSTREAM | QA Contact: | |||||
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | ashujain9727, crobinso, libvirt-maint, rbalakri, soniaverma9727, topradeepyaduvanshi, yalzhang | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Reopened | ||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2016-08-10 14:52:59 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
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ethernet support was actually enabled for lxc via this commit:
commit 22cff52a2b8e06c913b1f97767e5d390fb17fc3b
Author: Anirban Chakraborty <abchak>
Date: Tue Nov 18 15:55:48 2014 -0800
network: Add network bandwidth support to ethernet interfaces
Which looks like libvirt v1.2.10 or v1.2.11
(In reply to Cole Robinson from comment #1) > ethernet support was actually enabled for lxc via this commit: > > commit 22cff52a2b8e06c913b1f97767e5d390fb17fc3b > Author: Anirban Chakraborty <abchak> > Date: Tue Nov 18 15:55:48 2014 -0800 > > network: Add network bandwidth support to ethernet interfaces > > > Which looks like libvirt v1.2.10 or v1.2.11 I'm trying to launch LXC VM with libvirt 1.2.12 having commit 22cff52a2b8e06c913b1f97767e5d390fb17fc3b with below XML configuration.. <domain type="lxc"> <uuid>64c48da2-e318-4085-8b88-c980aab4de34</uuid> <name>test</name> <memory>524288</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type machine="virt">exe</type> <cmdline>root=/dev/ram0 rw console=ttyAMA0 rootwait earlyprintk</cmdline> <init>/bin/sh</init> </os> <clock offset="utc"/> <devices> <file/> <interface type='ethernet'> <mac address='02:74:ff:9d:52:f5'/> <script path=''/> <target dev='tap74f2-f5'/> </interface> <console type="pty"/> </devices> </domain> I'm getting following errors while launching LXC VM using above XML file.. virsh -c lxc: define lxc.xml virsh -c lxc: start test error: Failed to start domain test error: internal error: guest failed to start: /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc: option '--veth' requires an argument syntax: /usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc [OPTIONS] Options -b, --background -n NAME, --name NAME -c FD, --console FD -v VETH, --veth VETH -s FD, --handshakefd FD -S NAME, --security NAME -h, --help Unknown failure in libvirt_lxc startup To clarify, this was discussed on list here: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2016-April/msg00031.html The above commit I referenced doesn't actually add working type=ethernet support, so I sent a patch to make the error explicit again: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg00505.html So the RFC for proper type=ethernet support is still relevant (In reply to Cole Robinson from comment #3) > To clarify, this was discussed on list here: > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2016-April/msg00031.html > > The above commit I referenced doesn't actually add working type=ethernet > support, so I sent a patch to make the error explicit again: > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg00505.html > > So the RFC for proper type=ethernet support is still relevant Hi Cole I tested the LXC VM with libvirt 1.2.12 after applying the patch http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg00505.html I'm now getting errors.. virsh -c lxc: start test error: Failed to start domain test error: internal error: Unsupported network type ethernet I'm using the below XML file for launching LXC VM.. <domain type="lxc"> <uuid>64c48da2-e318-4085-8b88-c980aab4de34</uuid> <name>test</name> <memory>524288</memory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type machine="virt">exe</type> <cmdline>root=/dev/ram0 rw console=ttyAMA0 rootwait earlyprintk</cmdline> <init>/bin/sh</init> </os> <clock offset="utc"/> <devices> <file/> <interface type='ethernet'> <mac address='02:74:ff:9d:52:f5'/> <script path=''/> <target dev='tap74f2-f5'/> </interface> <console type="pty"/> </devices> </domain> Thanks Abhishek Jain Thanks *** Bug 1326819 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Hi Team, Do LXC hypervisor support interface_type="Ethernet" now, if yes Please let me know as i am facing the same issue from last few days. No, libvirt does not support type=ethernet for LXC, and I don't think anyone is currently working on it Patch posted upstream: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-May/msg01172.html Patch is upstream nowadays:
commit 002b7704ff757f4bb30741b6fa78a469f6e543d0
Author: Laine Stump <laine>
Date: Fri May 13 13:20:54 2016 -0400
lxc: support <interface type='ethernet'>
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Created attachment 1145692 [details] attached is the xml file witj network type=ethernet Description of problem: I need to launch LXC VM using ethernet network type using libvirt.While trying the same, I'm getting below errors .. error: internal error: Unsupported network type ethernet However using KVM I'm able to launch the VM using ethernet network type. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.2.2 How reproducible: Please fine the attached XML file with network type="ethernet" Steps to Reproduce: 1.virsh -c lxc: define lxc.xmk 2.virsh -c lxc: start test Actual results: Unsupported network type ethernet Expected results: Instance should be running Additional info: