[Libvir] [RFC] 0/3 Add Linux Container support to libvirt
The following set of patches add the first batch of linux container
support to libvirt. The work is not complete but I wanted to start
getting some of this out for comments. This set of patches supports the
following:
* new switch --with-lxc to enable linux container support (off by default)
* virConnectOpen
* virConnectClose
* virConnectListDomains (of course none are listed since we can't start
the containers yet)
* virConnectNumOfDomains
* virConnectListDefinedDomains
* virConnectNumOfDefinedDomains
* virDomainLookupByUUID
* virDomainLookupByName
* virDomainGetInfo
* virDomainGetXMLDesc
* virDomainDefineXML
* virDomainUndefine
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>
I've left out the network definition as I'll be tackling that a little
later on...
I'm currently working on starting a container.
Any and all questions and comments are welcome.
Thanks!
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Best Regards,
Dave Leskovec
IBM Linux Technology Center
Open Virtualization