Tag Archives: qemu

QEMU Network Problem When Run With Docker

Posted by on 2019/10/16 No comments

如果 Docker 和 QEMU 同時執行時，QEMU 內部透過 tap interface bridge 到 host network 的網路會出不去

這個問題的原因是 Docker 起來之後，會將 iptables 的 packet forward 預設變成 DROP

這時可以在 Docker 起來的時候將 bridge interface 加到 iptables 規則內即可，首先編輯 systemd docker service

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Ubuntu 18.04 Change Mac Address on QEMU via Netplan

Posted by on 2019/09/09 No comments

This is a quick note about how to modify mac address for qemu image with ubuntu 18.04 cloud image.

but I have not found a working way only change mac address in system

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QEMU Run x86_64/AMD64 VM on ARM64/AARCH64

Posted by on 2019/08/02 No comments

This is a work note for run x86_64/AM64 on ARM64/AARCH64 server .
Because they are different archeticture, so, run x86_64 on ARM server would be very slow.

and some functions might be different when run on different platform

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Kdump in ubuntu 18.04 ARM64

Posted by on 2019/07/16 No comments


kdump is very good tool to debug complex system like cloud data center, it can easy to save kernel status when crash.
Running kdump in ARM64 just like running in x86, but I met a strange problem on ARM64 platform.

The kernel version is HWE kernel, current version is 4.18.0-25, mihbt be encounter those problems

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QEMU change default nat address configure file

Posted by on 2018/04/26 No comments

In ubuntu, if install libvirt, it will bring up bridge interface virbr0 and configure the ip address 192.168.122.1

modify /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml can change that

QEMU Share Directory with Host Without Networking

Posted by on 2017/09/25 No comments

If Guest Support 9P and virtio.

Add this line to QEMU command

-virtfs local,path=/path/to/share,mount_tag=host0,security_model=passthrough,id=host0

and in guest os, edit /etc/fstab and add

host0   /wherever    9p      trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L   0 0

ref.
https://superuser.com/questions/628169/how-to-share-a-directory-with-the-host-without-networking-in-qemu

aarch64/ARM64 virt-install 啟動方法

Posted by on 2017/01/05 No comments

雖然 ubuntu 有好用的 uvttool-libvirt 可以管理 cloud image , 但是似乎在 aarch64/ARM64 的平台上會有問題,
參數傳進去的時候似乎都會叫起來 VGA (cirrus), 但是 QEMU aarch64 上不支援 VGA (至少我用的不支援)
替代方案就是用 Virt Manager
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