Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

On 05/04/2014 05:54 AM, John Smith wrote: >Hi, > > >Im very new to virtualization on Linux, wanting to kick the tires >some, and am wondering where best to go next. > >Right now, ive done the 'all in one install' of ovirt 3.4 on a single >fedora 19 machine. Its a desktop with a wifi network interface, and im >trying to set up the kvm hypervisor in combination with macvtap. Any >pointers to docs on what best to do next is appreciated. Im currently >trying to make sense of this: >http://www.ovirt.org/Quick_Start_Guide > >Also, as far as I can tell, there seems to be an issue with the >detection of my wireless wifi network interface 'wlp2s0' as it doesnt >seem to show up anywhere in the interface. I can attach the >'ovirtmgmt' network to my standard wired ethernet interface 'p2p2', >but that device is not in use on the machine and it is disconnected >from the network. > >Reading about linux virt and issues with bridging with wifi NIC's on >the web made me, perhaps incorrectly here, assume that a wifi nic >might be an issue, so thats where the idea to use macvtap came from. > >Manual setup of macvtap seems to work, as i can do this without issues >on a root prompt on the same machine: > >ip link add link wlp2s0 name macvtap0 type macvtap >ip link set macvtap0 address 1a:46:0b:ca:bc:7b up >ip link show macvtap0 > >But the wifi interface 'wlp2s0' does not seem to show up in the ovirt >web gui interface. > >Im sorry if I sound confusing here, but that may be just because im >really still confused about ovirt. >;) > >So any pointers on what to read up on or do next is appreciated, > > >Thanks, > > >Regards, > > >John Smith. >_______________________________________________ >Users mailing list >Users(a)ovirt.org >http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > ovirt is meant to manage your datacenter, so not the best match for running with a wireless nic i guess. vdsm may even be filtering it (danken?)