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Installing FRRouting (FRR) on your CentOS KVM/Libvirt host and setting up BGP

Introduction So I had this idea when looking at FRRouting. As it's a Linux package, you can install it on a box running KVM/Libvirt, then you can enable BGP and redistribute the connected networks. This makes spinning up new virtual networks on the hypervisor very easy as you do

Building a Networking Virtual Lab part 3: Install Vagrant on CentOS 7

Introduction This is part three of Building a Networking Virtual Lab. Vagrant can be used to build a virtual lab on top of KVM/Libvirt. Step 1 Vagrant CentOS packages to install Install the latest Vagrant rpm from https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/. yum install -y https://releases.hashicorp.com/

Building a Networking Virtual Lab part 2: Install VNC with XFCE on CentOS 7

Introduction This is part two of Building a Networking Virtual Lab. VNC can be used to manage your Hypervisor via the Virtual Machine Manager GUI. Step 1 Install VNC/XFCE CentOS packages yum install epel-release –y yum groupinstall xfce -y yum install tigervnc-server -y yum -y groupinstall X11 -y Step

Building a Networking Virtual Lab part 1: Install KVM/Libvirt on CentOS 7

Introduction I have split this guide into three parts. Part one deals with installing KVM/Libvirt. Part two installs VNC to connect to your remote host to use Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), Useful if you are accessing the hypervisor via a Windows or Mac computer, Linux has an installable version