Re: [libvirt] PATCH: Support container XML enhancements

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 04:20:14PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > This is something I previously submitted as part of one of the LXC > patches, but I figure it makes sense on its own, since OpenVZ needs > this now too. > > This adds two new XML elements to the domain XML format: Yep this was discussed at the time when the old OpenVZ format was on the table. Looks fine to me > - An <init> block within <os> allowing specification of the path for > a binary to run when starting the container - aka 'init' by any other [...] > - An <filesystem> element for specifying how the container's filesystem > is to be provided. This can actually be useful for full-machine virt [...] > eg to use a template called 'fedora9web' as the root filesystem for > a container > > <filesystem type='template'> > <source name='fedora9web'/> > <target dir='/'/> > </filesystem> I think the template type is the only concept which is really OpenVZ specific (so far) everything else makes sense on a more general basis as long a the hypervisor expose a notion of filesystem and not just block devices.