extremecoders-re

Setting up Qemu with a tap interface

There are two parts to networking within QEMU:

• The virtual network device that is provided to the guest (e.g. a PCI network card).
• The network backend that interacts with the emulated NIC (e.g. puts packets onto the host's network).

Example: User mode network

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# Set inotify watch limit high enough for IntelliJ IDEA (PhpStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, WebStorm).
# Create this file as /etc/sysctl.d/60-jetbrains.conf (Debian, Ubuntu), and
# run `sudo service procps start` or reboot.
# Source: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/Inotify+Watches+Limit
# 
# More information resources:
# -$ man inotify  # manpage
# -$ man sysctl.conf  # manpage
# -$ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches  # print current value in use