Re: [libvirt] Xen config files again
On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 08:59:55AM -0400, Thomas Moyer wrote:
You told me earlier that I can pass the name of the VM (which has a
corresponding .cfg file in /etc/xen) to lookupByName() and then use
getXMLDesc() to get information in XML format about the VM, but it
would appear that at least the first function is only useful for
running VM's not for VM's that are not running.
This depends on the version of Xen. For 3.0.3 or earlier the we look
for inactive VMs in /etc/xen. For 3.0.4 or newer, then we simply ask
XenD for them - it manages inactive domains directly instead of using
the /etc/xen directory.
Example to clarify my goals:
I use xen-create-image to create the VM. It puts a config file
called host1.cfg in /etc/xen.
I would like to have a python script to automatically convert
this .cfg file to something libvirt can use to start the VM.
If you have 3.0.4 or newer then just do 'xm new CONFIG' and this will
load it into XenD and allow it to be seen by libvirt
Or another option would be some automated method of creating the VM
in a similar fashion as xen-create-image.
I've not used xen-create-image, but guessing from its name I'd say
you want to try virt-install
Daniel
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