[virt-tools-list] Portgroups in Virt-Manager VM Setup

[Cole Robinson]

On 05/29/2014 05:10 PM, Jason Van Patten wrote:
> Hey folks -
> 
> Are there any plans to support the portgroup configuration in virt-manager when configuring a new VM?  Here’s why I ask:
> 
> I’m using openvswitch with KVM, and the vswitch I’ve created has two portgroups on it.  Those portgroups correspond to trunked VLANs from my upstream managed switch.  The network is defined like this:
> 
> <network>
>         <name>openvswitch</name>
>         <forward mode='bridge'/>
>         <bridge name='ovsbr1'/>
>         <virtualport type='openvswitch'/>
>         <portgroup name=‘vlan-100'>
>                 <vlan>
>                         <tag id=‘100'/>
>                 </vlan>
>         </portgroup>
>         <portgroup name=‘vlan-200'>
>                 <vlan>
>                         <tag id=‘200'/>
>                 </vlan>
>         </portgroup>
>         <portgroup name='all'>
>                 <vlan trunk='yes'>
>                         <tag id=‘100'/>
>                         <tag id=‘200'/>
>                 </vlan>
>         </portgroup>
> </network>
> 
> When I create a new VM in virt-manager, all it sees is the “openvswitch” network, which I can select.  But I have to go in after the VM’s XML is created, edit it, and add the portgroup= bit in the “source network” line.
> 
>     <interface type='network'>
>       <mac address='00:50:56:10:00:01'/>
>       <source network='openvswitch' portgroup=‘vlan-200'/>
>       <model type='e1000'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>     </interface>
> 
> This usually makes the VM’s first boot a failure since it has no proper networking.  If the installer tries to use networking during the first boot, it’ll also fail.
> 
> Is this something that could be considered?

Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't know about portgroups. I pushed some
patches now that add UI for this in virt-manager. Basically, when you select a
virtual network that has portgroups in its XML, we will show a little dropdown
where you can select which portgroup to use for the interface. I also added
virt-install --network portgroup= support.

You can test it with:

git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/virt-manager.git
cd virt-manager
./virt-manager --debug

Thanks,
Cole