Re: [Libvir] [RFC] 0/3 Add Linux Container support to libvirt

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:24:18PM -0800, Dave Leskovec wrote: > A sample XML format that can be used to define a linux container domain: > <domain type='linuxcontainer'> > <name>TestContainer3</name> > <container> > <filesystem type='mount'> > <source dir='/home/user/lxc_files/etc/'/> > <target dir='/etc/'/> > </filesystem> > <filesystem type='mount'> > <source dir='/home/user/lxc_files/var/'/> > <target dir='/var/'/> > </filesystem> > <init>/usr/sbin/container_init</init> > </container> > <memory>65536</memory> > <devices> > <console tty='/dev/pts/4'/> > </devices> > </domain> > Having thought about this all since our previous round of discussions on the matter I'm of the opinion we should /not/ use the <container> block for filesystem setup - it should be part of the <devices> block. This will simplify impl for apps which already have support for dealing with devices and hot add/remove (virDomainAttachDevice/virDomainDetachDevice). The <init> element can stay in <container> or perhap go inside an <os> block since that's where we describe booting for non-container virt.