How to use different VLANs for VPS

This is the documentation for the deprecated product VMmanager 5. It is no longer updated and may be irrelevant. Documentation for the current version of VMmanager can be found in the VMmanager 6 section.

This article describes how to configure VMmanager provided that:

the network interface connected to the switch with configured trunk-port and VLAN is called "eth0";
you have added VLAN with ID2 for virtual machines.

Step 1. Add VLAN to every cluster node

To add a VLAN to the cluster node:

Create the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vlan2:

ONBOOT=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

VLAN=yes

VLAN_NAME_TYPE=VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD

DEVICE=vlan2

PHYSDEV=eth0

VLAN_ID=2

BOOTPROTO=static

NM_CONTROLLED=no

Restart the network service:
```
systemctl restart network
```
Check that "vlan2" has been added to the list of network interfaces:
```
ip address
```

Step 2. Configure network and template in VMmanager

Network configuration

Go to Cluster settings → Networks → Add.
Enter any Name in VMmanager. Eg. "vmbr_vlan2".
Check that you have selected "Network bridge" in Network type.
Enter the name of the Bridged networking in the operating system. We recommend using the same name for Name and Bridged networking.
Enable the option Connect interface.
Specify "vlan2" in External interface.

Template configuration

To make virtual machines run in a separate VLAN, create a template associated with the required bridge:

Go to Cluster settings → VM templates → Add.
Select the Network (bridged networking) where virtual machines will run. Eg. "vmbr_vlan2".
Enter any other parameters and click on Ok.

Step 3. Create a virtual machine

Create a new virtual machine based on the new template:

Go to Management → Virtual machines → Add.
Select a VM template associated with the required network. Eg. "VM in VLAN2" uses the network vmbr_vlan2. To make the virtual machine use this network, select "VM in VLAN2" in VM template.
Enter any other parameters and click on Ok.