305-300 Exam Dumps : LPIC-3: Virtualization and Containerization - Exam 305, version 3.0

 LXD supports the following network interface types for containers: macvlan, bridged, physical, sriov, and ovn1. Macvlan creates a virtual interface on the host that is connected to the same network as the parent interface2. Bridged connects the container to a network bridge that acts as a virtual switch3. Physical attaches the container to a physical network interface on the host2. Ipsec and wifi are not valid network interface types for LXD containers. References:

1: Bridge network - Canonical LXD documentation

2: How to create a network - Canonical LXD documentation

4: LXD containers and networking with static IP - Super User

Libvirt supports creating and managing various types of virtual networks that can be used to connect virtual machines to each other or to the external network. One of the common types of virtual networks is the NAT-based network, which uses network address translation (NAT) to allow virtual machines to access the outside world through the host’s network interface. By default, libvirt creates a NAT-based network called ‘default’ when it is installed and started. This network appears as a standard Linux bridge device on the host system, named virbr0. The bridge device has an IP address of 192.168.122.1/24 and acts as a gateway and a DHCP server for the virtual machines connected to it. The bridge device also has iptables rules to forward and masquerade the traffic from and to the virtual machines. The virtual machines connected to the ‘default’ network have their own IP addresses in the 192.168.122.0/24 range and their own MAC addresses generated by libvirt. The virtual machines can communicate with each other, with the host, and with the external network through the bridge device and the NAT mechanism12.

The other statements in the question are false regarding networking with libvirt. Libvirt’s network functionality is not limited to connecting virtual machines to a physical network interface of the host system. Libvirt can also create isolated networks that do not have any connection to the outside world, or routed networks that use static routes to connect virtual machines to the external network without NAT3. Libvirt does not assign the same MAC address to all virtual machines and isolate their network interfaces at the link layer. Libvirt assigns a unique MAC address to each virtual machine and allows them to communicate with each other at the network layer4. Libvirt does not require a dedicated network interface that may not be used by the host system. Libvirt can share the host’s network interface with the virtual machines using NAT or bridging, or it can pass a physical network interface to a virtual machine exclusively using PCI passthrough5. Libvirt does not support exactly one virtual network and connect all virtual machines to it. Libvirt supports creating and managing multiple virtual networks with different names and configurations, and connecting virtual machines to different networks according to their needs6. References:

libvirt: Virtual Networking

libvirt: NAT forwarding (aka “virtual networks”)

libvirt: Routed network

libvirt: MAC address

libvirt: PCI passthrough of host network devices

[libvirt: Network XML format]

The WORKDIR instruction sets the working directory for any subsequent RUN, CMD, ENTRYPOINT, COPY and ADD instructions that follow it in the Dockerfile1. The RUN instruction executes commands in a new layer on top of the current image and commits the results2. The RUN cd command does not change the working directory for the next RUN instruction, because each RUN command runs in a new shell and a new environment3. Therefore, the file test is created in the root directory (/) of the container image, not in the /tmp directory. References:

Dockerfile reference: WORKDIR

Dockerfile reference: RUN

difference between RUN cd and WORKDIR in Dockerfile