Re: [libvirt] OpenVZ capabilites in LibVIRT

Hi! > > I faced with several difficulties / misunderstandings and I hope someone > could clarify me (at the moment I use 'virsh' for testing). > > 1) after creating network via 'virsh # net-create network.xml' i get vzbr0 > bridge in down state and have to make ip up manually. Is there any way to > automatically make it up? > You can specify an IP address and a netmask like this: http://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html#elementsAddress Such bridge will be automatically set up. > 2) there is a default network "Default" with enabled 'Autostart'. Is > there any way to remove this network completely? > Yes, # virsh net-destroy defaul

> 3) after creating domain via 'virsh # create ovz.xml' i get a new > container, but it doesn't work as it should do: > - at first, it has 'vzbr0' veth interface inside and its pair on a HW node > is added into default bridge vmbr0. I believed tag <source bridge='vzbr0'/> > should point to a bridge name on a HW node, but instead it created veth > interface with such name. In openvz config file for created domain i see > this: > [root@alt-03 ~]# cat /etc/vz/conf/3005.conf | grep NETIF > > NETIF="ifname=vzbr0,mac=52:54:00:35:10:6D,host_ifname=veth3005.0,host_mac=52:54:00:35:10:6D" > Short answer: it doesn't work now. Wait for nex libvirt release (libvirt-4.6-alt2). I will try to make it as soon as possible. For details see http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00323.html > 4) Is there any way to specify config file for created domain like it can > be done via 'vzctl create <ID> --oostemplate <templname> --config > <confname>'? > No > 5) Is there any way to destroy domain completely like it can be done via > 'vzctl destroy <ID>'? > Yes, # virsh destroy <domain-name>

> 6) Where does libvirt store info about already created domains? I can't > create a new domain with ID 3005 after I completely destroy previous one via > 'vzctl destroy 3005'. > And what does it saying? 7) Is there any way to publish domain's console on a host system so that > I can connect via telnet to HW node on some TCP/4567 and get into domain's > console? > vzctl enter <domain ID> > 8) Does libvirt use some OpenVZ bindings or simply executes vzctl and > other stuff? > simply executes vzctl and reading/writing <veid>.conf P.S. You can ask ALT-specific questions to me directly.