[Nix-dev] NixOps, managing virtual hardware and network

[Wout Mertens]

Looks good! I added two comments.

I think you should open a PR for further discussion with the nixOps devs.

Wout.

On Mon Dec 08 2014 at 11:34:57 AM Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2014-12-01 16:30 GMT+04:00 Wout Mertens <wout.mertens at gmail.com>:
> > You'll have to create bridged networks in Virtualbox, one for each
> > interface. Then you assign them to each VM.
> >
> > I'd just make an extra interface configurable and give your VMs a third
> > interface. The other two are used for internet access and connecting from
> > the host.
> >
> > To connect to a virtualbox host with nixops, just do "nixops ssh <system
> > name>"
> >
> > Wout.
> >
>
> Hi Wout! I've finished the minimal setup I need using the design you
> have suggested. The modifications allow virtual machines to
> effectively 'monopolize' certain Host's adapters. I don't see any
> notable interference between Host's and Guest's networking stacks.
>
> The branch located at
>
>   https://github.com/grwlf/nixops/tree/vb-bridged-interface
>
> contains the following modifications:
> 1) deployment.virtualbox.hostBridgedInterface  - accepts host's
> interface name to be bridged with interface #3 of a particular virtual
> machine
> 2) deployment.virtualbox.guestBridgedMac - accepts MAC address of the
> guest's adapter #3.
>
> I think I should test the setup more closely before merge. For now I
> will be glad to receive any comments (choice of names for parameters,
> etc).
>
> Thanks,
> Sergey
>
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