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archuser38013

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[SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Default nat.

I was scratching my head thinking it was one of the vms at issue then I thought to check a different, unrelated one and that was down too.

I had done a full system update earlier in the day so must have borked it somehow.

Just using the default nat of libvirt.

How should I proceed to diagnose/fix the issue?

Routing stuff I am pretty clueless with. I began reading Network Warrior to try and help me out with that but not got far yet!

Last edited by archuser38013 (2024-06-17 11:15:52)

groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Using UFW firewall? See here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comm … etworking/
and
https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/644

In my case none of the proposed solutions worked, I had to rollback (with timeshift), perhaps I misconfigured something while trying to find a solution.

archuser38013

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Using UFW firewall? See here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comm … etworking/
and
https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/644

In my case none of the proposed solutions worked, I had to rollback (with timeshift), perhaps I misconfigured something while trying to find a solution.

Thanks. Yes I am also using ufw.

I thought, being a fairly recent install on this machine, I would first try out nftables however this has brought me a host of new issues as when I enabled it it deleted my previous routes and has somehow broken Network Manager. Have made a new post about that.

System updates ... usually 1 step forward 2 steps back .

EDIT: Hi, just for your information, or anyone else it might help. The replies about editing the default firewall backend in

/etc/libvirt/network.conf

from the reddit thread you posted worked for me.

So not sure why it didn't work for you but just a heads up that it worked for me and thanks for the link!

Last edited by archuser38013 (2024-06-09 14:46:30)

groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

EDIT: Hi, just for your information, or anyone else it might help. The replies about editing the default firewall backend in

/etc/libvirt/network.conf

from the reddit thread you posted worked for me.

So not sure why it didn't work for you but just a heads up that it worked for me and thanks for the link!

I'll try this again, when I have more time. At the moment I've simply blocked libvirt to the previous version. Thanks!

glenjo

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Registered: 2020-06-09

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf to use iptables worked for me!

Thanks!

groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

So, finally I can confirm, that editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf worked for me too. Thanks!

archuser38013

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

So, finally I can confirm, that editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf worked for me too. Thanks!

Editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf to use iptables worked for me!

Thanks!

Glad y'all found it of help.

dualfade

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Registered: 2024-06-21

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Confirmed working here as well ! Thanks for this thread.

Editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf to use iptables worked for me!

Thanks!

archuser38013

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Confirmed working here as well ! Thanks for this thread.

Editing /etc/libvirt/network.conf to use iptables worked for me!

Thanks!

Great. I noticed this is also in the libvirt archwiki.

For network connectivity, install:

    iptables-nft and dnsmasq for the default NAT/DHCP networking. Then set firewall_backend="iptables" option in /etc/libvirt/network.conf.

I did not look at the time of the issue and just happened across it on some related search a few days ago.

archuser38013

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Just a heads up to those it may concern that updating the system seems to delete the file so you have to redo or make it not overwrite it when updating.

groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Same here. How to "make it not overwrite it when updating"?

archuser38013

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Same here. How to "make it not overwrite it when updating"?

You can use 'sudo chattr + i /etc/libvirt/network.conf' to make it immutable. I can't attest if that will not break something down the line though if an update required some change in that file not present in the old one. Probably not I guess since things were all commented out from what I remember but just something to be aware of.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Or you re-check the wiki and notice

If the default network cannot be started, make sure iptables-nft and dnsmasq are installed.

By switching to iptables-nft you should not need to force libvirt to use the deprecated iptables anymore .

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groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

Thanks archuser38013 and Lone_Wolf. I'll leave it that way, with manual intervention when needed. chattr is not an option for me, iptables-nft and dnsmasq are installed, there must be an issue with my "special" libvirt network config, which I migrated from an older Debian, together with a couple of VMs (I still need them for the moment), that refuses to accept the new default nftables setting. At some point a new clean setup ...

Thanks

tekstryder

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

See:

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … -/issues/3

-and-

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … fb1f79c0b3

/etc/libvirt/network.conf is now preserved during package upgrades.

Last edited by tekstryder (2024-07-24 17:18:22)

groll-ay

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Re: [SOLVED] No network connections on libvirt vms after system update

[...]
/etc/libvirt/network.conf is now preserved during package upgrades.

Thats what I was hoping for Works - thanks!