Public bug reported: After created network with non-root user, virsh can find those networks by same user, but virt-install can not. Anyway, virt-manager can create VM with network 'management'.
$ sudo dpkg -l | grep virtinst ii virtinst 0.600.1-1ubuntu3.2 Programs to create and clone virtual machines $ sudo dpkg -l | grep libvirt-bin ii libvirt-bin 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.8 programs for the libvirt library $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise $virsh net-list Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- api active yes data active yes external active yes management active yes $virsh net-dumpxml management <network> <name>management</name> <uuid>48ca41b6-86b0-677b-80f2-155e67dd280a</uuid> <forward mode='nat'/> <bridge name='virbr1' stp='on' delay='0' /> <mac address='52:54:00:AF:AD:E3'/> <ip address='192.168.124.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'> </ip> </network> $/usr/bin/virt-install -n bootstrap -r 2000 --vcpus=1 --disk /vms/bootstrap.img,size=20,bus=virtio,cache=writeback --cdrom /iso /ubuntu-server-12.04.iso --vnc --noautoconsole --os-type linux --accelerate --network=network=management,model=virtio -d [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (cli:220) Launched with command line: /usr/bin/virt-install -n bootstrap -r 2000 --vcpus=1 --disk /vms/bootstrap.img,size=20,bus=virtio,cache=writeback --cdrom /iso/ubuntu-server-12.04.iso --vnc --noautoconsole --os-type linux --accelerate --network=network=management,model=virtio -d [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (cli:326) Requesting libvirt URI default [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (cli:328) Received libvirt URI qemu:///session [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (virt-install:259) Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'. [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (virt-install:469) Received virt method 'hvm' [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:20 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (virt-install:470) Hypervisor name is 'kvm' [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:21 virt-install 12408] ERROR (cli:439) Error in network device parameters: Virtual network 'management' does not exist: Network not found: no network with matching name 'management' [Tue, 07 May 2013 15:24:21 virt-install 12408] DEBUG (cli:440) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line 884, in get_networks dev = parse_network(guest, netstr, mac=mac) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/cli.py", line 1642, in parse_network bridge=opts.get("bridge")) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py", line 153, in __init__ self.network = network File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py", line 309, in new_setter fset(self, val, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtinst/VirtualNetworkInterface.py", line 254, in set_network % (newnet, str(e))) ValueError: Virtual network 'management' does not exist: Network not found: no network with matching name 'management' ** Affects: virtinst (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1177261 Title: virt-install can't find existing network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtinst/+bug/1177261/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs