> > The qemu instance needs to boot from the auth+fs server.
Note that qemu instance loads from an elf file, so it doesn't need to PXE boot, which might make it a little simpler. "Boot from" here means "root from ...". On 12 June 2014 08:29, Nick Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > yan, > > you need to set up some kind of bridge. there's a few options. in my > setup, i use libvirt. with libvirt, i configured one vm with two NICs, > one for the 'internet' and one for a private network between my > cpu/auth/fs and a pxe booted vm for testing. i put ether0 on /net > (private lan) and ether1 on /net.alt. in this way, i can pxe boot a vm > from the first one, and it has internet access by importing /net.alt. > > in this way, i can change code, recompile on vm 1, and then boot vm 2 > over pxe to test, so i don't lose any state in vm 1 through reboots or > crashes. > > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Networking describes various ways to > configure networking in kvm. > libvirt removes some of the manual work here required for configuring > the bridges and interfaces of the vms. > > it's not very coherent but http://9.offblast.org/9front/guide/PXE_boot > talks a little bit about my setup, except in the doc i say that i used > /net for the NAT side and /net.alt for the private side. now i use the > opposite. > > good luck. > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:52:33AM -0400, yan cui wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I run into a situation that may need to setup the port forwarding > rule, > > but not quite sure. Hope you guys can provide some suggestions. Thanks in > > advance! > > > > Basically, I have a virtual machine (KVM) working as plan9's fs+auth > > server. > > The auth+fs server listens the port 564 and uses NAT (network address > > translation) to connect to the Internet. > > > > The virtual machine runs on a Linux box. On the same Linux machine, > > I use qemu to execute an enhanced plan9 cpu server (with new features > > included). The qemu instance needs to boot from the auth+fs server. > > My question is, to make the boot successful, do I need to set any port > > forwarding rules? If so, how to do that? > > > > > > -- > > Think big; Dream impossible; Make it happen. >
