# Exposing Services on Harvester

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463>\
**Category:** SUSE Virtualization\
**Created:** [June 3, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463 "2021-06-03T06:20:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![remigius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/remigius/32/3922_2.png) [@remigius](https://forums.suse.com/u/remigius)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463/1 "2021-06-03T06:20:13Z")

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Hi,

We have a Harvester setup, which we would like to use for development infrastructure services (e.g. repositories) and test/experimental environments (being rancher managed k8s clusters). For this purpose it is necessary to be able to route incoming connections to nodes on Harvester. However, so far I haven’t found a comprehensive description on how to setup a node that has an IP on the outer interface of the Harvester node, which would imo be necessary for that purpose. I understand that the involved networking components (linux bridging, multus, KubeVirt etc.) support this, but they are all somewhat hidden unter Harvester’s surface. As I would like to continue with Harvester instead of using our new server as yet another ESXi node, I would be very glad about some hints on how to achieve this - even if it’s just a set of links and a rough sketch on how to proceed.

Best regards, Remi.

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**Author:** ![FernandoT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/fernandot/32/7874_2.png) [@FernandoT](https://forums.suse.com/u/FernandoT)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463/2 "2021-08-12T16:41:11Z")

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Any update on this topic? Where can I get a tutorial on Harvester networking so I can access my VMs from outside the host?

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**Author:** ![inmanturbo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/inmanturbo/32/7247_2.png) [@inmanturbo](https://forums.suse.com/u/inmanturbo)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463/3 "2021-09-07T20:43:27Z")

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You can easily access VM’s from outside the host by enabling VLANs and setting up VLAN with an id of one.

> - Users can use VLAN with `PVID` (default 1) to communicate with any normal untagged traffic.

Taken from the final bullet point under the diagram found here:

[https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v0.2/harvester-network/#vlan](https://docs.harvesterhci.io/v0.2/harvester-network/#vlan)

First go to advanced\>settings\>vlan and toggle to enable and assign a nic (you can find an interface name for a nic by running `ip a` or `ifconfig` in the terminal on the host).

 ![Screenshot from 2021-09-07 16-34-40](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/a/a20332bca48ecad4225f3dcd5f1a0d65ae53072d.png)

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**Author:** ![FernandoT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/fernandot/32/7874_2.png) [@FernandoT](https://forums.suse.com/u/FernandoT)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exposing-services-on-harvester/20463/4 "2021-11-29T17:27:18Z")

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Thank you very much for the hint. All works well now.