Installation guide
Chapter 30. Managing guests with virsh
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# virsh net-list
This command generates output similar to:
# virsh net-list
Name State Autostart
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default active yes
vnet1 active yes
vnet2 active yes
To view network information for a specific virtual network:
# virsh net-dumpxml NetworkName
This displays information about a specified virtual network in XML format:
# virsh net-dumpxml vnet1
<network>
<name>vnet1</name>
<uuid>98361b46-1581-acb7-1643-85a412626e70</uuid>
<forward dev='eth0'/>
<bridge name='vnet0' stp='on' forwardDelay='0' />
<ip address='192.168.100.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
<dhcp>
<range start='192.168.100.128' end='192.168.100.254' />
</dhcp>
</ip>
</network>
Other virsh commands used in managing virtual networks are:
• virsh net-autostart network-name — Autostart a network specified as network-name.
• virsh net-create XMLfile — generates and starts a new network using an existing XML file.
• virsh net-define XMLfile — generates a new network device from an existing XML file
without starting it.
• virsh net-destroy network-name — destroy a network specified as network-name.
• virsh net-name networkUUID — convert a specified networkUUID to a network name.
• virsh net-uuid network-name — convert a specified network-name to a network UUID.
• virsh net-start nameOfInactiveNetwork — starts an inactive network.
• virsh net-undefine nameOfInactiveNetwork — removes the definition of an inactive
network.