[nmglug] and dhcp leases for virt-manager! [was Re: local repo copies, and dinner?]

[Mark Galassi]

    js> I'm a big fan of bridging the hosts interface so that the 
    guest
    js> kvm can access the LAN directly

I agree that it is the best way to do set up VMs for many 
purposes.

But I'm talking about another use for virt-managed KVM VMs: I like 
to
simulate setups that are independent of the local network, and 
setups
that are shut off from most of the world.  (Also sometimes for 
quick
"create, run release engineering/qa scripts, destroy" purposes.)

I then like to have a rapid procedure that stands-up these
configurations.

For such a simulation the default NAT works well, and I'm trying 
to give
it a transportable configuration with less volatile ip addresses 
and
some repos.