Libguestfs - Jul 2016 - Help: Can I access network inside libguestfs?

Hi All,

I mounted virtual disks of CentOS 6.4 using libguestfs. After mounting, I
tried to install some software using yum command. The yum command failed
because of DNS failure, I think I correctly configured DNS(/etc/resolv.conf
in the CentOS virtual disk).

I wonder is it possible to access network inside libguestfs?

Thanks,
Allen

Hi,

On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:30:17 CEST Baochuan Wu
wrote:
> I mounted virtual disks of CentOS 6.4 using libguestfs. After mounting, I
> tried to install some software using yum command. The yum command failed
> because of DNS failure, I think I correctly configured DNS(/etc/resolv.conf
> in the CentOS virtual disk).
> 
> I wonder is it possible to access network inside libguestfs?
By "mounting", do you mean with guestfish?  If so, it has a --network
parameter to enable networking for the guest.  Other tools have similar
options to enable and disable the networking, and few of them
(virt-customize, virt-builder, and virt-dib) have networking enabled
by default.

-- 
Pino Toscano

Thanks Pino for quick response.
Actually I use the libguestfs APIs in C++ program. Following your idea, I
think I should try guestfs_set_network for this.
Please correct me if I have any misunderstanding.

Thanks,
Allen

2016-07-12 16:38 GMT+08:00 Pino Toscano <ptoscano@redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 16:30:17 CEST Baochuan Wu wrote:
> > I mounted virtual disks of CentOS 6.4 using libguestfs. After
mounting, I
> > tried to install some software using yum command. The yum command
failed
> > because of DNS failure, I think I correctly configured
> DNS(/etc/resolv.conf
> > in the CentOS virtual disk).
> >
> > I wonder is it possible to access network inside libguestfs?
>
> By "mounting", do you mean with guestfish?  If so, it has a
--network
> parameter to enable networking for the guest.  Other tools have similar
> options to enable and disable the networking, and few of them
> (virt-customize, virt-builder, and virt-dib) have networking enabled
> by default.
>
> --
> Pino Toscano