Re: [libvirt] RFC: configuring host interfaces with libvirt
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 03:29 +0000, John Levon wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:59:17AM +0000, David Lutterkort wrote:
> I am not disagreeing with you, but either way, libvirt needs _some_ way
> to control host interfaces.
This is far from obvious to me. Could you explain more?
You're right to ask, IMHO.
The rationale will be better explained by others, I'm sure, but here
goes:
Any serious virtualization management tool needs to be able to
configure the networking interfaces on a remote host.
libvirt aims to be an all-encompassing API for such management
tools.
The obvious worry is how will we decide where to draw the line? If
someone is writing a virt management tool that e.g. needs to install
packages on hosts, will we add support for that?
Cheers,
Mark.