[AlmaLinux Users] Qemu - enabling "bridge mode" for primary physical interface for VMs

I have a physical host with a single physical network adapter. I want to host several VMs on host. (guest1 - guest4) The guest systems are accessible via 192.168.122.* as is the default with qemu/virsh.

There are 4 IP addresses being routed to the primary interface on host. I can set up an alias for the NIC and "see" these ip addresses.

I understand that it's possible to allow the 4 VM guest systems to each have a "direct" fixed IP address and access the addresses \via the host network adapter, while the host retains its fixed IP.

I've been googling like crazy and there is a lot of stale and conflicting information.

Has anybody here done this successfully?

Host and all guests are running Alma 8.

Thanks.

Ben S