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[FIX] Network 'default' is not active | Failed to initialize firewall backend

This post is about fixing following errors while creating virtual machine with Virt Manager:

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Unable to complete install: 'Requested operation is not valid: network 'default' is not active'
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Error starting network 'default': internal error: Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend
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FIX:

Install following packages:
  • iptables-nft dnsmasq nftables
  • libvirtd-openrc or libvirtd-runit or libvirtd-dinit or libvirtd-s6 or libvirtd-suite66
  • Start service libvirtd and virtlogd

If there is any mistake point out in comments :)
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