Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Improve error message for disabled client-side drivers

Report that libvirt was built without that driver instead of trying to connect to a libvirtd, when we know that this is going to fail. --- I had this on my todo list for a while now, because multiple people on the mailing list and on IRC reported problems that can be summarized as: "I just built/installed libvirt and want to connect to an ESX server, but libvirt complains about missing certificates or wants to connect to a non-existing libvirtd on the ESX server. I don't get it..." The problem was always the same: libvirt built without the ESX driver. But people don't get that, because libvirt reported cryptic errors in that situation. I decided to fix this now because the problem was reported again on IRC today. src/libvirt.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c index 2754fd0..2487b82 100644 --- a/src/libvirt.c +++ b/src/libvirt.c @@ -1210,6 +1210,34 @@ do_open (const char *name, ret->flags = flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO; for (i = 0; i < virDriverTabCount; i++) { + /* We're going to probe the remote driver next. So we have already + * probed all other client-side-only driver before, but none of them + * accepted the URI. + * If the scheme corresponds to a known but disabled client-side-only + * driver then report a useful error, instead of a cryptic one about + * not being able to connect to libvirtd or not being able to find + * certificates. */ + if (virDriverTab[i]->no == VIR_DRV_REMOTE && + ret->uri != NULL && ret->uri->scheme != NULL && + ( +# ifndef WITH_PHYP + STRCASEEQ(ret->uri->scheme, "phyp") || +# endif +# ifndef WITH_ESX + STRCASEEQ(ret->uri->scheme, "esx") || + STRCASEEQ(ret->uri->scheme, "gsx") || +# endif +# ifndef WITH_XENAPI + STRCASEEQ(ret->uri->scheme, "xenapi") || +# endif + false)) { + virReportErrorHelper(NULL, VIR_FROM_NONE, VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, + __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, + _("libvirt was built without the '%s' driver"), + ret->uri->scheme); + goto failed; + } + DEBUG("trying driver %d (%s) ...", i, virDriverTab[i]->name); res = virDriverTab[i]->open (ret, auth, flags);