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Setting up a bridged network for KVM guests

This will work with either networkd or NetworkManager as a resolver. In fact, this is the only way to do bridged KVM (libvirtd) networking with NetworkManager.

If you're using NetworkManager (on a desktop or laptop, for example) on your KVM host, follow these instructions to set up a bridge interface.

Once you have the host bridge set up, proceed as follows:

1. Create a bridge network device inside KVM. Edit and save the below text as file host-bridge.xml:

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Generate keys:

KeyPairGenerator kpg = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("EC");
kpg.initialize(new ECGenParameterSpec("secp521r1"), new SecureRandom());
KeyPair keyPair = kpg.generateKeyPair();
ECPrivateKey privateKey = (ECPrivateKey) keyPair.getPrivate();
ECPublicKey publicKey = (ECPublicKey) keyPair.getPublic();
byte[] privateKeyS = privateKey.getS().toByteArray();
byte[] publicKeyX = publicKey.getW().getAffineX().toByteArray();

byte[] publicKeyY = publicKey.getW().getAffineY().toByteArray();