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solve the "no network with matching name 'default'" problem.
# virsh create rhel7.xml
error: Failed to create domain from rhel7.xml
error: Network not found: no network with matching name 'default'
# virsh net-list --all
Name State Autostart Persistent
----------------------------------------------------------
default active no yes
# virsh net-define /dev/stdin <<EOF
> <network connections='1'>
> <name>default</name>
> <uuid>18bb3790-11ee-41b1-8847-970590a06e4d</uuid>
> <forward mode='nat'/>
> <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0' />
> <mac address='52:54:00:F6:C8:DE'/>
> <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
> <dhcp>
> <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254' />
> </dhcp>
> </ip>
> </network>
> EOF
Network default defined from /dev/stdin
# virsh net-start default
Network default started
# virsh net-list --all
Name State Autostart Persistent
----------------------------------------------------------
default active no yes
# virsh create rhel7.xml
Domain rhel7 created from rhel7.xml
# virsh list
Id Name State
----------------------------------------------------
15 rhel7 running
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# ifconfig virbr0 down
# virsh net-start default
error: Failed to start network default
error: Unable to create bridge virbr0: File exists
# ifconfig virbr0 up
# virsh net-start default
error: Failed to start network default
error: internal error: Network is already in use by interface virbr0
# ifconfig virbr0 down
# brctl delbr virbr0
# virsh net-autostart default
Network default marked as autostarted
# virsh net-start default
Network default started
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igudo commented Aug 20, 2020

Damn thank you so much

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