Installation guide

Installing guests with PXE

# service iptables restart

Disable iptables on bridges

Alternatively, prevent bridged traffic from being processed by iptables rules. In /etc/

sysctl.conf append the following lines:

net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0

net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0

net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0

Reload the kernel parameters configured with sysctl.

# sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf

4. Restart libvirt before the installation

Restart the libvirt daemon.

# service libvirtd reload

The bridge is configured, you can now begin an installation.

PXE installation with virt-install

For virt-install append the --network=bridge:installation installation parameter where

installation is the name of your bridge. For PXE installations use the --pxe parameter.

Example 6.2. PXE installation with virt-install

# virt-install --hvm --connect qemu:///system \

--network=bridge:installation --pxe\

--name EL10 --ram=756 \

--vcpus=4

--os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel5

--file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/EL10.img \

PXE installation with virt-manager

The steps below are the steps that vary from the standard virt-manager installation procedures.

1. Select PXE

Select PXE as the installation method.