libvirt users - Apr 2017 - virt-manager, Network Manager and bridged networking

The wiki suggests that Network Manager doesn't support bridges[1] but I
think that is out-of-date.  Other documents like this[2] show how to set
up bridges in Network Manager.

For users wanting to run libvirt/KVM on their desktop system, can they
now configure a bridge through Network Manager and then use it in
virt-manager to create a guest without editing any of their
configuration files by hand?

Would it be possible for virsh or virt-manager to be enhanced to go one
step further and automatically create bridges in Network Manager (using
some API) on demand so the user doesn't have to do anything outside of
virt-manager?

Regards,

Daniel



1. https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Fedora.2FRHEL_Bridging
2. http://ask.xmodulo.com/configure-linux-bridge-network-manager-ubuntu.html

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 08:01:00AM +0200, Daniel Pocock
wrote:
> 
> The wiki suggests that Network Manager doesn't support bridges[1] but I
> think that is out-of-date.  Other documents like this[2] show how to set
> up bridges in Network Manager.
> 
> For users wanting to run libvirt/KVM on their desktop system, can they
> now configure a bridge through Network Manager and then use it in
> virt-manager to create a guest without editing any of their
> configuration files by hand?
Not that I know of.

However, here's the most through write-up I've seen on this matter (from
JUL 2014) 

   
https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/07/23/bridged-networking-for-libvirt-with-networkmanager-2014-fedora-21/
 
Yes, it requires about 13 steps...
> Would it be possible for virsh or virt-manager to be enhanced to go one
> step further and automatically create bridges in Network Manager (using
> some API) on demand so the user doesn't have to do anything outside of
> virt-manager?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> 1. https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Fedora.2FRHEL_Bridging
> 2.
http://ask.xmodulo.com/configure-linux-bridge-network-manager-ubuntu.html
> 
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