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Can Libvirt Networking be Disabled?
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A hypervisor, without a DHCP role assigned, has a running dnsmasq process. Can it be disabled? Is it needed?
libvirt+ 1547 1 0 XXXYY ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelperEnvironment
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Yes, Libvirt networking, which spawns a dnsmasq process on the hypervisors, may be disabled and is not needed by OpenStack. Refer to the OpenStack documentation for steps to disable it.
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