[libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/2] introduce libvirt-dbus binding
Pavel Hrdina (2): docs: fix a typo in docs.html page docs: introduce libvirt-dbus binding docs/bindings.html.in | 13 ++++++- docs/dbus.html.in | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/docs.html.in | 8 ++-- docs/downloads.html.in | 15 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/dbus.html.in -- 2.14.3
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> --- docs/docs.html.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs.html.in b/docs/docs.html.in index a8d544f83f..ee521c7460 100644 --- a/docs/docs.html.in +++ b/docs/docs.html.in @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ <a href="csharp.html">c#</a>, <a href="https://godoc.org/github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go">go</a>, <a href="java.html">java</a>, - <a href="https://libvirt.org/ocaml/">ocaml</a>. + <a href="https://libvirt.org/ocaml/">ocaml</a>, <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Virt/">perl</a>, <a href="python.html">python</a>, <a href="php.html">php</a>, -- 2.14.3
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:55:57PM +0100, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> --- docs/docs.html.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/docs.html.in b/docs/docs.html.in index a8d544f83f..ee521c7460 100644 --- a/docs/docs.html.in +++ b/docs/docs.html.in @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ <a href="csharp.html">c#</a>, <a href="https://godoc.org/github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go">go</a>, <a href="java.html">java</a>, - <a href="https://libvirt.org/ocaml/">ocaml</a>. + <a href="https://libvirt.org/ocaml/">ocaml</a>, <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Virt/">perl</a>, <a href="python.html">python</a>, <a href="php.html">php</a>,
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
libvirt-dbus is a new binding that wraps libvirt API into D-Bus calls. Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> --- docs/bindings.html.in | 13 ++++++- docs/dbus.html.in | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/docs.html.in | 6 ++- docs/downloads.html.in | 15 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/dbus.html.in diff --git a/docs/bindings.html.in b/docs/bindings.html.in index 733c89bc20..46930cd6f6 100644 --- a/docs/bindings.html.in +++ b/docs/bindings.html.in @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <body> - <h1 >Bindings for other languages</h1> + <h1 >Bindings for other languages and integration API modules</h1> <p> Libvirt supports C and C++ directly, and has bindings available @@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ </li> </ul> + <p> + Integration API modules: + </p> + + <ul> + <li> + <strong>D-Bus</strong>: Pavel Hrdina develops + <a href="dbus.html">D-Bus API</a>. + </li> + </ul> + <p> For information on using libvirt on <strong>Windows</strong> <a href="windows.html">please see the Windows support page</a>. diff --git a/docs/dbus.html.in b/docs/dbus.html.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6ff71d2770 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/dbus.html.in @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <body> + <h1>D-Bus API bindings</h1> + + <ul id="toc"></ul> + + <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> + + <p> + libvirt-dbus wraps libvirt API to provide a high-level object-oriented + API better suited for dbus-based applications. + </p> + + <h2><a name="git">GIT source repository</a></h2> + <p> + The D-Bus bindings source code is maintained in a + <a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a> repository available on + <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/">libvirt.org</a>: + </p> + +<pre> +git clone https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt-dbus.git +</pre> + + <p> + They can also be browsed online: + </p> + +<pre> +<a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-dbus.git">https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-dbus.git</a> +</pre> + + <h2><a name="usage">Usage</a></h2> + + <p> + libvirt-dbus exports libvirt API using D-Bus objects with methods and + properties described by interfaces. Currently only local connection + to libvirt is exported and the list of supported drivers depends + on the type of the bus connection (session or system). + </p> + + <p> + The name of the libvirt-dbus service is <code>org.libvirt</code>. + libvirt-dbus distributes an interface XML descriptions which can be + usually found at <code>/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/</code>. + </p> + + <p> + By default unprivileged user has access only to the session D-Bus + connection. In order to allow specific user "foo" to access the system + D-Bus connection you need to create a file + <code>/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.libvirt.conf</code> that contains: + </p> + +<pre> +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" + "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">; + +<busconfig> + + <policy user="foo"> + <allow send_destination="org.libvirt"/> + </policy> + +</busconfig> +</pre> + + <p> + To get a list of supported drivers for the specific bus connection + you can run these commands (not all drivers may be available on + the host): + </p> + +<pre> +gdbus introspect --xml --session --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt +gdbus introspect --xml --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt +</pre> + + <p> + Every object is introspectable so you can get a list of available + interfaces with methods, signals and properties running this command: + </p> + +<pre> +gdbus introspect --xml --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt/QEMU +</pre> + + <p> + To get a list of domains for specific connection driver you can run + this command: + </p> + +<pre> +gdbus call --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt/QEMU \ + --method org.libvirt.Connect.ListDomains 0 +</pre> + + </body> +</html> diff --git a/docs/docs.html.in b/docs/docs.html.in index ee521c7460..40e0e3b82e 100644 --- a/docs/docs.html.in +++ b/docs/docs.html.in @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <dt><a href="virshcmdref.html">Virsh Commands</a></dt> <dd>Command reference for virsh</dd> - <dt><a href="bindings.html">Language bindings</a></dt> + <dt><a href="bindings.html">Language bindings and API modules</a></dt> <dd>Bindings of the libvirt API for <a href="csharp.html">c#</a>, <a href="https://godoc.org/github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go">go</a>, @@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Virt/">perl</a>, <a href="python.html">python</a>, <a href="php.html">php</a>, - <a href="https://libvirt.org/ruby/">ruby</a></dd> + <a href="https://libvirt.org/ruby/">ruby</a> + and integration API modules for + <a href="dbus.html">D-Bus</a></dd> <dt><a href="format.html">XML schemas</a></dt> diff --git a/docs/downloads.html.in b/docs/downloads.html.in index 7c28e2ba9b..8cca203e54 100644 --- a/docs/downloads.html.in +++ b/docs/downloads.html.in @@ -220,6 +220,21 @@ <a href="https://godoc.org/github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go-xml">api ref</a> </td> </tr> + <tr> + <td>D-Bus</td> + <td> + <a href="ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/dbus/">ftp</a> + <a href="https://libvirt.org/sources/dbus/">https</a> + </td> + <td> + <a href="https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt-dbus.git;a=summary">libvirt</a> + </td> + <td> + <a href="https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-dbus">gitlab</a> + <a href="https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt-dbus">github</a> + </td> + <td></td> + </tr> <tr> <td>Console Proxy</td> <td> -- 2.14.3
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 12:55:58PM +0100, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
libvirt-dbus is a new binding that wraps libvirt API into D-Bus calls.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> --- docs/bindings.html.in | 13 ++++++- docs/dbus.html.in | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/docs.html.in | 6 ++- docs/downloads.html.in | 15 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/dbus.html.in
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
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