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Virt Install to start a VM with macvtap interface
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virt-install
virt-install \
--name=centos-compute-$i \
--ram=32768 \
--vcpus=16 \
--cpu host-model-only \
--os-type linux \
--os-variant centos7.0 \
--import \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/centos74-compute-$i.qcow2,bus=virtio,cache=none,format=qcow2,bus=virtio \
--network type=direct,source=enp6s0f0,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio \
--vnc &
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IreshMM commented Aug 24, 2022

Why is source_mode=bridge ?

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@IreshMM Had used bridge mode so the VMs in the local host can communicated with each other.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/virtualization_administration_guide/sect-attch-nic-physdev

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