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We can use '<tt>-redir tcp:&lt;host_port&gt;::&lt;guest_port&gt;</tt>' option with qemu so that when connection is established to host port it gets forwarded to guest. During this guest and host are connected on a private network and guest can get DHCP IP. Guest and host can establish normal TCP/IP connections over this shared private network. It is very similar to host-only network without NAT that we can create  when we use libvirt for virtualization.
Qemu supports four types of networking.  Details are available in wikibook at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Networking 
 
==User mode==
This is default and automatically chosen if nothing else is selected.  Main points about this are:
* Host has IP 10.0.2.2.  Guest can SSH to host at this IP.
* Host to guest connections will not work
* Guest can only ping to host as protocols apart from UDP, TCP do not work.  Hence ICMP protocols will not work.
* Guest can access outside network.  Thus nslookup (via DNS at 10.0.2.3) and net-browsing in guest will work.
 
 
 
===Redirecting ports===
   
To connect from host to guest in user mode, one can use tcp port forwarding.  For example adding '<tt>-redir tcp:5555::22</tt>' will allow SSHing to guest from host using '<tt>ssh -p 5555 root@localhost</tt>'. 
 
Note -redir option is not documented in latest docs or man pages, but it seems to work properly.  If use of documented features is necessary then same can be achieved using '<tt>-net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22</tt>' as '<tt>hostfwd</tt>' option of '<tt>-net user</tt>' is exactly same as -redir option.
 
 
 
==Tap interfaces==
For full networking using bridges tap interfaces can be used. Before using tap interfaces set up local machine to use bridged networking so that br0 is present and has IP, etc. Then create following two scripts:
*/etc/qemu-ifup
<pre>
#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/openvpn --mktun --dev $1 --user `id -un`
/sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 promisc up
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 $1
</pre>
*/etc/qemu-ifdown
<pre>
#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 $1
/sbin/ifconfig $1 down
/usr/sbin/openvpn --rmtun --dev $1
</pre>
 
Do '<tt>chmod +x</tt>' on both scripts. Now to use bridged networking on a VM use:
<pre>
sudo /etc/qemu-ifup tap0
qemu <Other options> -net nic -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no
sudo /etc/qemu-ifdown tap0
</pre>
 
Note that thus if tap0, tap1, etc. are already connected then qemu guests will be able to use bridged networking without requiring root privileges.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 11:31, 31 March 2013

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Qemu networking

Qemu supports four types of networking. Details are available in wikibook at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Networking

User mode

This is default and automatically chosen if nothing else is selected. Main points about this are:

  • Host has IP 10.0.2.2. Guest can SSH to host at this IP.
  • Host to guest connections will not work
  • Guest can only ping to host as protocols apart from UDP, TCP do not work. Hence ICMP protocols will not work.
  • Guest can access outside network. Thus nslookup (via DNS at 10.0.2.3) and net-browsing in guest will work.


Redirecting ports

To connect from host to guest in user mode, one can use tcp port forwarding. For example adding '-redir tcp:5555::22' will allow SSHing to guest from host using 'ssh -p 5555 root@localhost'.

Note -redir option is not documented in latest docs or man pages, but it seems to work properly. If use of documented features is necessary then same can be achieved using '-net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22' as 'hostfwd' option of '-net user' is exactly same as -redir option.


Tap interfaces

For full networking using bridges tap interfaces can be used. Before using tap interfaces set up local machine to use bridged networking so that br0 is present and has IP, etc. Then create following two scripts:

  • /etc/qemu-ifup
#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/openvpn --mktun --dev $1 --user `id -un`
/sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 promisc up
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 $1
  • /etc/qemu-ifdown
#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 $1
/sbin/ifconfig $1 down
/usr/sbin/openvpn --rmtun --dev $1

Do 'chmod +x' on both scripts. Now to use bridged networking on a VM use: 

sudo /etc/qemu-ifup tap0
qemu <Other options> -net nic -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no
sudo /etc/qemu-ifdown tap0

Note that thus if tap0, tap1, etc. are already connected then qemu guests will be able to use bridged networking without requiring root privileges.


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