[Qemu-devel] guest MAC-address isolation

[Qemu-devel] guest MAC-address isolation

[Robert Rebstock]

Hello all,

can anyone recommend a better way to achive (guest agnostic) MAC-address
isolation in qemu/kvm, then with user-mode networking?

I have multiple guests requiring the same MAC-address, and user-mode/slirp
networking is quite slow.

best regards,

Robert

PS. Please BCC me, as I am not on the list.

Re: [Qemu-devel] guest MAC-address isolation

[Mulyadi Santosa]

Hi...

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 22:10, Robert Rebstock <rebstock@scienceworks.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> can anyone recommend a better way to achive (guest agnostic) MAC-address
> isolation in qemu/kvm, then with user-mode networking?
>
> I have multiple guests requiring the same MAC-address, and user-mode/slirp
> networking is quite slow.

Never tried thing like this, but IMHO as long as your guest isn't
meant to be connected to "real world" ...meaning something like
brigdged to your real eth0, i think duplicate MAC is doable.

Oh ..and...maybe make sure your guests are on different VLANs....IIRC,
they are all hooked to VLAN 0 by default.


-- 
regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com

Re: [Qemu-devel] guest MAC-address isolation

[Robert Rebstock]

Hi,

thanks for your answer.

I need "real world" connectivity. My current (debian) setup is as follows:

/etc/network/interfaces:
auto natbr0
iface natbr0 inet static
        address 10.0.2.2
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        metric 1

        bridge_ports dummy0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0
        bridge_maxwait 0

        pre-up modprobe ip_conntrack_tftp
        pre-up modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
        pre-up modprobe ip_nat_tftp
        pre-up modprobe ip_nat_ftp

        up echo "`route -n | sed -n 's/^0\.0\.0\.0 .* \(.*\)$/\1/p'`" > /var/run/${IFACE}_route
        up /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --interface=${IFACE}  --except-interface=lo --bind-interfaces --user=nobody \
        --dhcp-range=natbr0,10.0.2.15,10.0.2.15,255.255.255.0,10.0.2.255,72h \
        --domain=localnet --pid-file=/var/run/${IFACE}_dnsmasq.pid --conf-file
        up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
        up iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.0.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
        up iptables -A FORWARD -d 10.0.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
        post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o natbr0 -j MASQUERADE
        post-up echo 600 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time
        post-up echo 50 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes
        post-up echo 10 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl
        down iptables -D FORWARD -s 10.0.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
        down iptables -D FORWARD -d 10.0.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
        down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o natbr0 -j MASQUERADE
        post-down kill -s TERM `cat /var/run/${IFACE}_dnsmasq.pid` && rm -f /var/run/${IFACE}_dnsmasq.pid
        post-down rm -f /var/run/${IFACE}_route

where my "server boxes" are connected as:

/etc/qemu-kvm/qemu-ifup-br:
#!/bin/sh
BRIDGE=br0
/sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 up
/usr/sbin/brctl addif $BRIDGE $1

if they need full connectivity,

or as:

/etc/qemu-kvm/qemu-ifup-natbr:

#!/bin/sh
BRIDGE=natbr0
/sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 up
/usr/sbin/brctl addif $BRIDGE $1
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o "`route -n | sed -n 's/^0\.0\.0\.0 .* \(.*\)$/\1/p'`" -j MASQUERADE || :

"hidden" behind NAT.

Only my "client boxes" (multiple virtual client boxes on the same server - currently setup using usermode networking) need identical MACs.
They don't need to "talk" to one another, but they do need to be able to talk to the servers and the "outside world".
 
I'm hoping that maybe someone that's a little more "network savvy" can give me a tip in the right direction.

vlans, ebtables, iptables, ppp, funky NAT setups, etc...

Thanks, and best regards,

Robert


> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Sent: Saturday, August 7, 2010 7:23:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] guest MAC-address isolation
>
> Hi...
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 22:10, Robert Rebstock <rebstock@scienceworks.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > can anyone recommend a better way to achive (guest agnostic) MAC-address
> > isolation in qemu/kvm than with user-mode networking?
> >
> > I have multiple guests requiring the same MAC-address, and user-mode/slirp
> > networking is quite slow.
>
> Never tried thing like this, but IMHO as long as your guest isn't
> meant to be connected to "real world" ...meaning something like
> brigdged to your real eth0, i think duplicate MAC is doable.
>
> Oh ..and...maybe make sure your guests are on different VLANs....IIRC,
> they are all hooked to VLAN 0 by default.
>
>
>-- 
> regards,
>
> Mulyadi Santosa
> Freelance Linux trainer and consultant
>
> blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
> training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com