REDHAT 7: Network Bridging

In this blog post, I will explain how to perform network bridging in RHEL 7 using nmcli.

STEP 1:
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Add a new software bridge named "br1", in such a way that, the interface name will be "br1".

The snapshot below summarizes the scenario, I have eth0 as an interface in my server, I added bridge interface br1.

             
STEP 2: Now, assign IP address to the interface "br1",  the inputs that need to be given is highlighted in the snapshot below:

STEP 3:  Now, the details of the bridge can be viewed as below:

STEP 4:  Details of bridge interface can be viewed by using "brctl" command.

STEP 5: To delete the bridge interface, follow the procedure below:

Kool :)