Bug 960981

Summary:	RFE: network: support starting virtual network on demand with first VM usage
Product:	[Community] Virtualization Tools	Reporter:	Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo>
Component:	libvirt	Assignee:	Libvirt Maintainers <libvirt-maint>
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Description Christoph Anton Mitterer 2013-05-08 12:53:19 UTC

Hi.

(Hope this doesn't belong to virt-manager,... if so please reassign.)


There's already support to mark a virtual network interface to "auto-start", which is however AFAIU, "start/stop it during system boot/shutdown".

What I'd like to see is a "start/stop on demand"... in the sense of, when I star a VM that needs the iface, start it before,... when I stop a VM (and not other VM needs that iface) stop it as well.

Thanks,
Chris.

Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2016-04-09 23:01:59 UTC

Seems like a reasonable request... infact adding some kind of mode like this and using it for the default virtual network would possibly solve some of the IP collisions when libvirt is running in a VM

Comment 2 Daniel Berrangé 2020-11-03 16:38:32 UTC

Thank you for reporting this issue to the libvirt project. Unfortunately we have been unable to resolve this issue due to insufficient maintainer capacity and it will now be closed. This is not a reflection on the possible validity of the issue, merely the lack of resources to investigate and address it, for which we apologise. If you none the less feel the issue is still important, you may choose to report it again at the new project issue tracker https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues The project also welcomes contribution from anyone who believes they can provide a solution.