OpenVNet, OVS and LXC...
By default LXC utilizes the lxcbr0 bridge. You can always define your own bridge if/when you want to work on more advanced networking. Rather than using a bridge though many people today are working with OpenVirtualSwitch (OVS).
They are doing so because of many reasons, some include the advantages of a "switch" versus a "bridge" but also because of SDN (software defined networking) where a new networking paradigm is becoming increasingly important.
In SDN the OpenFlow (OF) protocol is utilized along with an SDN controller such as OpenDayLight (ODL), OpenContrail, etc. to implement a programmable network using OVS switches.
OVS is also heavily utilized with OpenStack in DataCenter (DC) environments.
This OpenVNet Installation Guide: https://github.com/axsh/openvnet/blo...nstallation.md provides a very good explanation of how to configure your LXC containers to use OVS.
By default LXC utilizes the lxcbr0 bridge. You can always define your own bridge if/when you want to work on more advanced networking. Rather than using a bridge though many people today are working with OpenVirtualSwitch (OVS).
They are doing so because of many reasons, some include the advantages of a "switch" versus a "bridge" but also because of SDN (software defined networking) where a new networking paradigm is becoming increasingly important.
In SDN the OpenFlow (OF) protocol is utilized along with an SDN controller such as OpenDayLight (ODL), OpenContrail, etc. to implement a programmable network using OVS switches.
OVS is also heavily utilized with OpenStack in DataCenter (DC) environments.
This OpenVNet Installation Guide: https://github.com/axsh/openvnet/blo...nstallation.md provides a very good explanation of how to configure your LXC containers to use OVS.