Prerequisites
Follow the instructions at the IVS Installation Guide to get IVS installed and running.
Installation
Install the packages required for kvm
sudo apt-get install kvm libvirt-bin virtinst
Remove the bridge created by libvirt
(Do this step only if you are exclusively using xenon for your virtual network topology on this host.)
sudo virsh net-destroy default; sudo virsh net-autostart \--disable default
Create the following script (call it "/etc/ivs-ifup") which adds the TAP interface to the xenon switch when machines are started
#!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 up /usr/sbin/xenon-ctl add-port indigo $1
Make the configuration scripts executable
sudo chmod+x /etc/ivs-ifup
Add the following configuration snippet to the bottom of "/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-qemu" to configure apparmor to allow the necessary network configuration changes when virtual machines are started/stopped.
/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-qemu
# needed to make network changes capability net_admin, #network configuration scripts/binaries /usr/sbin/ivs-ctl rmix, /sbin/ifconfig rmix, /etc/ivs-ifup rmix,
Reload apparmor to apply the configuration changes.
sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor reload
Add the following configuration snippet to the bottom of /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf to allow libvirt to make networking changes.
user = "root"
group = "root"
cgroup_device_acl = [
"/dev/null", "/dev/full", "/dev/zero",
"/dev/random", "/dev/urandom",
"/dev/ptmx", "/dev/kvm", "/dev/kqemu",
"/dev/rtc", "/dev/hpet","/dev/net/tun",
]
Restart libvirt-bin to apply the changes
sudo /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin restart
Configure any virtual machines with the following interface statement under <devices> to attach them to the xenon switch.
sudo virsh edit <vmname>
<interface type='ethernet'> <script path='/etc/xenon-ifup'/> </interface>
Here is a full sample of an XML configuration for a VM running on a xenon switch.
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>newvm2</name>
<uuid>cd4e4b03-487d-6583-0b95-d4a41cc2503b</uuid>
<memory>262144</memory>
<currentMemory>262144</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.0'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
</features>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source file='/home/administrator/newvm2/tmpRVK6eg.qcow2'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<interface type='ethernet'>
<mac address='52:54:00:d6:48:b1'/>
<script path='/etc/xenon-ifup'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
<listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>
After starting your virtual machines, you should be able to see the tap interfaces connected to the switch with xenon-ctl show.
~$ xenon-ctl show
indigo:
kernel lookups: hit=0 missed=390 lost=12
kernel flows=0
ports:
0 indigo (internal)
rx: packets=12 bytes=720 errors=0 dropped=0
tx: packets=0 bytes=0 errors=0 dropped=0
1 tap0
rx: packets=35 bytes=4213 errors=0 dropped=0
tx: packets=35 bytes=4402 errors=0 dropped=0
2 tap1
rx: packets=35 bytes=4402 errors=0 dropped=0
tx: packets=35 bytes=4213 errors=0 dropped=0
1023 gre (gre)
rx: packets=0 bytes=0 errors=0 dropped=0
tx: packets=0 bytes=0 errors=0 dropped=362