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Goal of this project is to create fully functional OSPF lab solely using Linux virtualization. It is going to use KVM to host the router VMs and the OVS to switch traffic between them. Also i want each of the router VMs to have separate management IP address connected to my home LAN so i can connect to them from my laptop. The LAN connectivity will use existing Linux Bridge and the lab traffic will be contained in OVS. This hybrid solution is used for couple reasons... First i need to use OVS for lab because i don't want to be wasting time on creating new Linux bridge for each of the lab vlans i want to use for OSPF. With OVS i can just create single switch and plug trunk port from each router inyo it. Why not to use OVS for home LAN connectivity as well then ? Well... technically i could, but i have already existing Linux bridge configuration that i have been using to share my LAN with regular VMs. On top of that (and this is the main reason) setting up OVS with Netplan is somewhat challenging and i simply have no time for it at the moment. This project is intended to be OSPF lab not OVS/Netplan lab after all :)