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== Networking ==
== Networking ==
By default, you'll end up with a new <code>virbr0</code> interface, on which all virtual machines will be deployed to.  These will not be accessible to the outside world, which is sometimes fine for a private lab environment, but otherwise fairly useless.  In order to all your VMs to be accessible, you need to create a new bridge interface, and move your server's IP address onto that.  Once done, VMs can also be provisioned onto the same interface, and will be as accessible as your KVM server.
=== Ubuntu 18.04 ===
Network config is achieved via Netplan, for an existing config such as show...
<pre>
root@kvm-svr:~# cat /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml.orig
# This file is generated from information provided by the datasource.  Changes
# to it will not persist across an instance reboot.  To disable cloud-init's
# network configuration capabilities, write a file
# /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following:
# network: {config: disabled}
network:
    ethernets:
        eno1:
            addresses:
            - 192.168.1.50/24
            gateway4: 192.168.10.1
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                - 192.168.1.1
                - 8.8.8.8
                - 8.8.4.4
                search:
                - vwiki.co.uk
    version: 2
</pre>
...add a new bridge network and move most of the config over...
<pre>
root@media-svr:~# cat /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml
# This file is generated from information provided by the datasource.  Changes
# to it will not persist across an instance reboot.  To disable cloud-init's
# network configuration capabilities, write a file
# /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following:
# network: {config: disabled}
network:
    version: 2
    ethernets:
        eno1:
            dhcp4: no
            dhcp6: no
    bridges:
        br0:
            interfaces:
            - eno1
            dhcp4: no
            addresses:
            - 192.168.1.50/24
            gateway4: 192.168.1.1
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                - 192.168.1.1
                - 8.8.8.8
                - 8.8.4.4
                search:
                - vwiki.co.uk
</pre>
...and apply using...
netplan apply


== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==

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