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=/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd=
=/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd=
The configuration file of the [[Linux_Virtualization_Concepts#libvirtd|libvirtd]] service.


=/etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests=
=/etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests=


The configuration file of the libvirt-guests service.
The configuration file of the [[Linux_Virtualization_Concepts#libvirt-guests|libvirt-guests]] service. Note that the service is not automatically enabled.
 
==Configure Guests to Gracefully Shut Down==
 
<pre>
ON_SHUTDOWN=shutdown
SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=300
</pre>
 
==Configure Guests to Start at Boot==
 
All guests that were running on shutdown can be configured to automatically start on boot, regardless of their autostart settings:
 
<pre>
ON_BOOT=start
</pre>


=Virtual Switch Configuration=
=Virtual Switch Configuration=

Latest revision as of 20:43, 27 June 2017

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/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd

The configuration file of the libvirtd service.

/etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests

The configuration file of the libvirt-guests service. Note that the service is not automatically enabled.

Configure Guests to Gracefully Shut Down

ON_SHUTDOWN=shutdown
SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=300

Configure Guests to Start at Boot

All guests that were running on shutdown can be configured to automatically start on boot, regardless of their autostart settings:

ON_BOOT=start

Virtual Switch Configuration

NAT IP Masquerading

Shut down the virtual switch before modifying the iptables configuration.

The public IP ranges for forward mode NAT, in order to create a port masquerading range can be set by running:

iptables -j SNAT --to-source [start-ip]-[end-ip]

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