Linux Bridge

The Linux Bridge plugin, vif_plug_linux_bridge, is an os-vif VIF plugin for the Linux Bridge network backend. It is one of two plugins provided as part of os-vif itself, the other being Open vSwitch.

Supported VIF Types

The Linux Bridge plugin provides support for the following VIF types:

VIFBridge

Configuration where a guest is connected to a Linux bridge via a TAP device. This is the only supported configuration for this plugin.

Refer to VIFBridge for more information.

For information on the VIF type objects, refer to VIF Types. Note that only the above VIF types are supported by this plugin.