[libvirt-users] Adding a public static IP address to the guest

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The easiest way that I found to do this is to configure a bridge on your 
physical host's NIC, and then configure the KVM guest to use the shared 
device.

I used the following general howto to originally get this set up:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-linux-kvm-virtualization-bridged-networking-with-libvirt/

-Kevin

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The host runs on CentOS 6. I have installed a guest, CentOS 5.7, using 
> libvirt.
>
> I am having difficulty understanding how to assign a public static IP address 
> to the guest. From what I understand by reading the Wiki, I think I require 
> routed mode.
>
> The ISP has provided a 'portable' IP routed to the VLAN of our servers. I 
> want to assign this IP address to the guest.  From the virtual machine 
> hardware details window, I see that "Virtual network 'default' : NAT" is 
> selected for the source device field.
>
> Can someone offer a helping hand and instruct and educate me on how to 
> proceed from here?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> -- 
>
> With warm regards,
> Sudheer. S
>
>
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