dnsmasq and kvm question

dnsmasq and kvm question

[jack snodgrass]

First of all... is there a 'newbie' list? I don't want to send stupid
questions to the wrong list....

is there a way to customize dnsmasq using a dnsmasq.conf file?

This may be more Fedora 8 / libvirt / kvm related than kvm specific....
when libvirt and my kvm guest are started, dnsmasq is started automatically.
It's does not use the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file and dnsmasq is not started from
the /etc/rc.d/init.d/dnsmasq instance.

I'd like to be able to make some dnsmasq.conf changes so that I can only
use specific interfaces and use mac-address -> ip address mapping. I can
do that if I use the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file and start dnsmasq using the
init.d startup scripts... but when kvm / libvirt does dnsmasq... it doesn't
use the default config file.

Thanks - jack

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Re: dnsmasq and kvm question

[Avi Kivity]

jack snodgrass wrote:
> First of all... is there a 'newbie' list? I don't want to send stupid
> questions to the wrong list....
>
>   

It's quite okay to send newbie questions here...

> is there a way to customize dnsmasq using a dnsmasq.conf file?
>
> This may be more Fedora 8 / libvirt / kvm related than kvm specific....
> when libvirt and my kvm guest are started, dnsmasq is started automatically.
> It's does not use the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file and dnsmasq is not started from
> the /etc/rc.d/init.d/dnsmasq instance.
>
> I'd like to be able to make some dnsmasq.conf changes so that I can only
> use specific interfaces and use mac-address -> ip address mapping. I can
> do that if I use the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file and start dnsmasq using the
> init.d startup scripts... but when kvm / libvirt does dnsmasq... it doesn't
> use the default config file.
>
>   


... but I'm not sure there are many people knowledgeable about dnsmasq
here.  I certainly know nothing about it.  You might try on the libvirt
lists.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.


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