Re: [libvirt-users] Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver?

2011/7/14 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: > Hi Maththias, > Thanks for the help. I finally was able to compile/install libvirt on > xenserver. > > I tried compiling the libvirt 0.9.2 with xen api support. Was able to > install it successfully. When I tried giving the virsh command, I got an > ‘authentication failed’ error as shown below. > > # virsh -c xenapi://<my local ip> > Enter username for <mylocalip>: root Here you entered root > Enter intel123's password for <my local ip>: but here it asks for intel123's, that's unexpected. Did you edit this one before mailing it, or is there really this mismatch? > error: authentication failed: (null) Outputting (null) here is actually a bug. The only way this can happen is when the login attempt fails but the XenServer doesn't provide an error message. Maybe have a look at the XenServer logs to see if it says something about a failed login attempt. > I also tried connecting to the local machine as below, > > virsh -c "xenapi:///" > error: authentication failed: Server name not in URI > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor The XenAPI driver expects a server name. xenapi:/// _could_ be treated as xenapi://localhost, but it's not implemented that way. > Also I am trying to install ruby-libvirt on xenserver, which looks like > requires libvirt-devel package to be installed. How do I build it from the > libvirt 0.9.2 source package. Running 'make rpm' should build an libvirt-devel RPM package for you. > Thanks, > > Naresh > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Matthias Bolte > <matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: >> > Hi Maththias, >> > >> > Thanks a lot for your response!. >> > >> > Is there a specific version of libvirt from which xenserver support is >> > added? I am getting the below error >> > >> > "error: invalid argument in libvirt was built without the 'xenapi' >> > driver" >> >> The means that your libvirt version is new enough and contains the >> XenAPI driver but that it was disabled on configure time, probably >> because the build server didn't have libxenserver installed and >> libvirt's configure script automatically disabled the driver because >> of a missing dependency. >> >> > I have installed libvirt from citrix yum repo. >> >> Then Citrix build libvirt without XenAPI support. As a long term >> solution you could report to whom ever is responsible for that repo >> and request to enabled XenAPI support in that libvirt package. As a >> short term solution you could build libvirt from source yourself and >> make sure to get the XenAPI driver enabled. >> >> > I am using Xenserver 5.5 with libvirt 0.8.2 and it does not seem to be >> > working. >> >> According to http://libvirt.org/hvsupport.html and the error message >> 0.8.2 is new enough. >> >> Matthias >> >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Naresh >> > >> > On Jun 15, 2011 7:03 PM, "Matthias Bolte" >> > <matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com&gt; >> > wrote: >> >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: >> >>> Hi, >> >>> Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver. I have been searching for >> >>> the >> >>> same >> >>> with little/no luck. >> >>> If supported, can you point to some links/documents which can help me >> >>> try >> >>> out the same. >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> Naresh >> >> >> >> libvirt can use XenAPI via libxenserver [1]. That should allow you to >> >> use libvirt with a Citrix XenServer. You can use virsh like this >> >> assuming you have a libxenserver enabled libvirt: >> >> >> >> virsh -c xenapi://my-xen-server >> >> >> >> But it's true, there is no documentation about this on the libvirt >> >> website >> >> yet. >> >> >> >> [1] http://community.citrix.com/display/xs/Download+SDKs >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Matthias Bolte >> >> http://photron.blogspot.com >> > > -- > I was an atheist till I realized I am GOD > -- Matthias Bolte http://photron.blogspot.com