Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-16 Thread John Smith
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:00 AM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: hacking it a bit... this will show you how/where: git clone git://gerrit.ovirt.org/ovirt-live grep -r wlan Which shows the following results : - add a 'etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0' interface script for the

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-15 Thread John Smith
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: to play with it, in an environment that works with wireless, the ovirt-live (usb boot) would work. but it will evaporate on power down... In what way(s) does the ovirt-live (usb boot) differ from the All-In-One install I

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-15 Thread Itamar Heim
On 05/15/2014 08:27 AM, John Smith wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: to play with it, in an environment that works with wireless, the ovirt-live (usb boot) would work. but it will evaporate on power down... In what way(s) does the ovirt-live (usb

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-15 Thread John Smith
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: On 05/15/2014 08:27 AM, John Smith wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: to play with it, in an environment that works with wireless, the ovirt-live (usb boot) would work. but it will

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-15 Thread Itamar Heim
On 05/15/2014 12:07 PM, John Smith wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: On 05/15/2014 08:27 AM, John Smith wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: to play with it, in an environment that works with wireless, the

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-14 Thread John Smith
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: On 05/13/2014 05:22 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: If you are planning to run only a couple of VMs on a single laptop, going to basics and using qemu/libvirt directly, or gnome-boxes,

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-14 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:43:40AM +0200, John Smith wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: On 05/13/2014 05:22 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: If you are planning to run only a couple of VMs on a single laptop,

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-14 Thread Itamar Heim
On 05/14/2014 05:45 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:43:40AM +0200, John Smith wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Itamar Heim ih...@redhat.com wrote: On 05/13/2014 05:22 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: If you are planning to run

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-13 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: If you are planning to run only a couple of VMs on a single laptop, going to basics and using qemu/libvirt directly, or gnome-boxes, would make sense. If you plan to manage a multitude of hosts, then the benefits of oVirt comes to play. In the

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-13 Thread Itamar Heim
On 05/13/2014 05:22 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: If you are planning to run only a couple of VMs on a single laptop, going to basics and using qemu/libvirt directly, or gnome-boxes, would make sense. If you plan to manage a multitude of hosts, then the

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 05:32:41PM -0400, Itamar Heim wrote: On 05/04/2014 05:54 AM, John Smith wrote: Hi, Im very new to virtualization on Linux, wanting to kick the tires some, and am wondering where best to go next. Right now, ive done the 'all in one install' of ovirt 3.4 on a

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread John Smith
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Dan Kenigsberg dan...@redhat.com wrote: oVirt only supports bridge-based VM networks, and Linux does not allow you to bridge a WiFi nic. Which is why I was looking at the option of using 'macvtap' instead, which does allow you to use a wifi nic:

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 05:12:14PM +0200, John Smith wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Dan Kenigsberg dan...@redhat.com wrote: oVirt only supports bridge-based VM networks, and Linux does not allow you to bridge a WiFi nic. Which is why I was looking at the option of using

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread John Smith
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Dan Kenigsberg dan...@redhat.com wrote: A big limitation of the macvtap approach is that it would let you connect only a single VM to your WiFi. Is that fine by you? I wasnt aware of that limitation. No, a single VM limitation would not be sufficient. I was

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 06:14:40PM +0200, John Smith wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Dan Kenigsberg dan...@redhat.com wrote: A big limitation of the macvtap approach is that it would let you connect only a single VM to your WiFi. Is that fine by you? I wasnt aware of that

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-12 Thread John Smith
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Dan Kenigsberg dan...@redhat.com wrote: or wait for someone in the know (such as mst) to explain. Guess ill do that, then. The thing is that afaik http://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html#examplesDirect creates the macvtap devices for you, and it creates one

Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

2014-05-11 Thread Itamar Heim
On 05/04/2014 05:54 AM, John Smith wrote: Hi, Im very new to virtualization on Linux, wanting to kick the tires some, and am wondering where best to go next. Right now, ive done the 'all in one install' of ovirt 3.4 on a single fedora 19 machine. Its a desktop with a wifi network interface,