[Libguestfs] virt-customize network issue

[Richard W.M. Jones]

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On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 08:48:50PM -0600, Brendan Hoffmann wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I seem to be having some issue using virt-customize to update a virtual
> machine.  Im using CentOS 7 on the host and guest with the latest packages.

Which version exactly?

> When I run virt-customize with the update parameter, I get output from yum
> stating there are resolution issues.  My virbr0 network uses forwarding and
> another virtual machine handles the nat and dhcp for it.  This network is
> also set as the 'default' and it works fine when i boot the machine as
> normal.

We would need to see the exact error messages.  See:

  http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#debugging-libguestfs

But at a guess you might try setting this:

  http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#network_bridge

> Can you provide me some insight or at least point me in the right direction
> on how to set up the host machine to handle the networking for
> virt-customize and the other great utilities with it?  I have been able to
> find very little information on Google.

Rich.

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