April 2018 - Users - libvirt List Archives

[libvirt-users] Disable guest discovery in virt-manager
by Gionatan Danti 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

Hi all, on CentOS7 / RHEL7 launching virt-manager causes a "discovery process" of the various configured VMs. This discovery is executed by inspection and overlayed disk files and it create a very short lived guest-xxxzzzyyy virtual machine. The end result is a pretty icon to the left of the virtual machine entry (ie: CentOS icon for a CentOS VM) and the list of installad packages inside the virtual disk. That said, I would like to disable such behavior. How can I do that? Thanks. -- Danti Gionatan Supporto Tecnico Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it email: g.danti(a)assyoma.it - info(a)assyoma.it GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8

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[libvirt-users] start a domain, minimal memory request.
by llilulu 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

Hi: I use libvirt manage virtual guest, When I start many virtual domain(my host 128G physical memory）, example, I start 100 guest, 1G per guest。sometime I will encounter "cannot allocate memory", "cannot set up guest memory \'pc.ram\'： cannot allocate memory". sometime encounter qemu process killed by system(oom), I want to know what minimal memory need when start a domain ? and how many host free memory reserve can ensure vm running steady. Thanks

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[libvirt-users] unprivileged container has wrong owners inside in /proc/ and /sys
by mxs kolo 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

We run unprivileged lxc containers (libvirt based) with next config: ... <idmap> <uid start='0' target='65535' count='65535'/> <gid start='0' target='65535' count='65535'/> </idmap> ... <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/var/lib/libvirt/lxc/test1'/> <target dir='/'/> </filesystem> ... </devices> Before start we need mount container's LVM: mount /dev/data/test1 /var/lib/libvirt/lxc/test1 And shift uid/gid: ./uidmapshift -b /var/lib/libvirt/lxc/test1 0 65535 65535 (uidmapshift.c is simple utility, found in LXD community) As result, our FS permissions look from hardware node as: [root(a)ops-node01.infra]# ls -la /var/lib/libvirt/lxc/test1/ total 8 dr-xr-xr-x 19 65535 65535 275 Apr 9 18:55 . drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 26 Apr 9 19:32 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 65535 65535 0 Mar 30 18:20 .autorelabel lrwxrwxrwx 1 65535 65535 7 Mar 2 2017 bin -> usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 boot drwxr-xr-x 4 65535 65535 206 Mar 30 18:03 dev drwxr-xr-x 59 65535 65535 4096 Apr 9 18:57 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 65535 65535 7 Mar 2 2017 lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 65535 65535 9 Mar 2 2017 lib64 -> usr/lib64 drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 media drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Apr 9 18:55 .oldroot drwxr-xr-x 3 65535 65535 24 Mar 2 2017 opt dr-xr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 proc dr-xr-x--- 4 65535 65535 172 Apr 9 18:57 root drwxr-xr-x 13 65535 65535 178 Mar 30 18:03 run lrwxrwxrwx 1 65535 65535 8 Mar 2 2017 sbin -> usr/sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 21 Mar 30 18:03 selinux drwxr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 srv dr-xr-xr-x 2 65535 65535 6 Nov 5 2016 sys drwxrwxrwt 7 65535 65535 93 Apr 6 21:08 tmp drwxr-xr-x 13 65535 65535 155 Mar 2 2017 usr drwxr-xr-x 18 65535 65535 254 Mar 30 18:20 var Container running, but some FS objects inside get owner 65534.65534: [root@test1 ~]# find / -uid 65534 -ls | wc -l 40084 It's mostly /sys and /proc objects: [root@test1 ~]# ls -la / total 8 dr-xr-xr-x 19 root root 275 Apr 9 18:55 . dr-xr-xr-x 19 root root 275 Apr 9 18:55 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 30 18:20 .autorelabel drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Apr 9 18:55 .oldroot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 2 2017 bin -> usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Nov 5 2016 boot drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 440 Apr 9 20:40 dev drwxr-xr-x 59 root root 4096 Apr 9 18:57 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Nov 5 2016 home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 2 2017 lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 2 2017 lib64 -> usr/lib64 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Nov 5 2016 media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Nov 5 2016 mnt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 24 Mar 2 2017 opt dr-xr-xr-x 348 65534 65534 0 Apr 9 20:40 proc dr-xr-x--- 4 root root 172 Apr 9 18:57 root drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 360 Apr 9 20:40 run lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 2 2017 sbin -> usr/sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Mar 30 18:03 selinux drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Nov 5 2016 srv dr-xr-xr-x 13 65534 65534 0 Apr 9 20:40 sys drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 93 Apr 6 21:08 tmp drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 155 Mar 2 2017 usr drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 254 Mar 30 18:20 var [root@test1 ~]# find /sys/ -uid 65534 -ls | wc -l 36871 [root@t1 ~]# find /proc -uid 65534 -ls | wc -l 3200 [root@test1 ~]# find /dev -uid 65534 -ls 2121875 0 drwxrwxrwt 2 65534 65534 40 Apr 10 13:57 /dev/mqueue It's feature ? Look like libvirt make all this objects from real root with owner root.root You can't call virLXCControllerSetupUserns() before make this objects, right ? Because you need root permissions for some operations. After you set uid range for process 65535-131070, we can't show object with uid.gid 0 and then kernel use values from /proc/sys/kernel/overflowuid and /proc/sys/kernel/overflowgid. It's can probably affect some process in container ? As solution is shift uid/gid _after_ make all objects and _before_ enter userNS ? As workaround we can try set 0 for overflowuid and overflowgid p.s. We use type='mount' instead type='block' because in unprivileged container mount() call failed, more detailes in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328946 b.r. Maxim Kozin

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[libvirt-users] nm-bridge & nm-team and no connection.
by lejeczek 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

hi guys I have a kvm quest & two nodes. a kvm guest on nodeA and IPaddr2 on nodeB(at this time) nodeA & nodeB comprise a HA cluster now... - nodeA can ping IPaddr2 IP - nodeB can ping kvm guest IP - kvm guest can get to nodeB's IP but* Only a bit non-common bit in my setup is: - both nodeA & nodeB be interfaces which are relevant to the subnet on which it operates are NetworkManger bridges put on top of NM team devices, like: ifaceSlaveA + ifaceSlaveB = teamInt = bridgeInt But maybe it's common, maybe many do that(?) And it seems that that "bridge ontop of nm-team" is doing something not... well, not doing something(?) *but - If I do not nmcli c d & nmcli c u on that nm-bridge before I start kvm guest then all nodes, except for the host to the guest, cannot get to kvm-guest's IP which is on the hosts' bridge network. I did that and then... I reboot kvm guest and.. again cannot ping between kvm guest and other nodes. bit tricky, how would you trouble shoot it? Where to start? many thanks, L.

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[libvirt-users] Permissions and ownership on /dev/kvm keep reverting after starting a vm
by TomK 07 Apr '18

07 Apr '18

Hey guys, /dev/kvm permissions and ownership keeps reverting after starting a vm. The ownership and permissions keep going back to crw-rw—— root root .... After starting a vm. I have to revert the perms and ownership to: crw-crw-crw root kvm .... To start any vm but it goes back to the first set of permissions as soon as I start another vm. Wondering what could be doing this? Cheers, Tom Sent from my iPhone

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[libvirt-users] error : virHashForEach:597 : Hash operation not allowed during iteration
by Vincent Bernat 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hey! On many of our servers, we often have the following error: error : virHashForEach:597 : Hash operation not allowed during iteration When querying the list of domains, this means libvirt will silently return 0 domain (most uses of virHashForEach don't handle the return code). We are using a hook, but the hook doesn't query libvirt back, so it should be safe from this point of view. However, we have several sources querying libvirt at regular interval (once every 5 seconds from two different sources). I am unable to reproduce the problem with just running "virsh list" in parallel. We are using libvirt 3.6. Is it an expected constraint to not be able to reliably query libvirt from several sources? Have fixes for this problem been pushed since 3.6? -- A kind of Batman of contemporary letters. -- Philip Larkin on Anthony Burgess

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[libvirt-users] Adjusting vram for windows/photoshop
by Alex 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hi, I have a fedora27 system with a win10 guest trying to use photoshop 2015. I've adjusted the vram parameter for the guest to 512M with QXL, but photoshop still reports "3D features and some filters require 512MB vRAM and photoshop has detected less than that on your system." What is the proper way to adjust the vram value to provide at least 512MB vram? I've included my xml config below. I'm connecting to the guest using VNC. I believe I have the server side configured properly for spice, but do I need a windows client to use it to connect to the guest? <domain type='kvm'> <name>win10</name> <uuid>337f9410-3286-4ef5-a3e8-8271e38ea1e5</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>6320128</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>6320128</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.4'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hyperv> <relaxed state='on'/> <vapic state='on'/> <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/> </hyperv> <vmport state='off'/> </features> <cpu mode='host-model' check='partial'> <model fallback='allow'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <pm> <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/> <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/> </pm> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win10.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <boot order='1'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='scsi' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:52:6b:61'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='rtl8139'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='spicevmc'> <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'> <listen type='address'/> <image compression='off'/> </graphics> <sound model='ich6'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </sound> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='524288' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/> </redirdev> <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/> </redirdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>

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[libvirt-users] Virsh Domain - Serial port; what does the attribute “port” of the serial node's child “target” do?
by thilo.cestonaro＠ts.fujitsu.com 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hi all! I want to assign a real serialport to my kvm virtual machine via virsh. When I add the following XML snippet to the domain xml, it gets successfully attached but not as I expected it to happen. <serial type='dev'> <source path='/dev/ttyS3'/> <target type='isa-serial' port='2'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> <alias name='ua-Serial3'/> </serial> I expected, that given the target port 2 it will be connected to /dev/ttyS2 in the VM. But the target port gets totaly ignored and it will always be connected to ttyS0. Unless I define another serial before this, then it is connected to ttyS1, which is just the order of the serial devices in the xml then, still ignoring the target port. So, do I understand the target port absolutely wrong or is this a bug virsh? Cheers Thilo

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[libvirt-users] IP pool x bridge
by Thiago Oliveira 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

Hi there! I have a question about IP Pool. I have one physical server with a ip pool with /28 and I would like to use those IP's into the guests. I have tried the below: 1-) Use bridge on physical server, create bridge in network configurations and configure the IP into the guest. Ok, works, but someone can change the IP, for example, change from 104.34.45.23/28 to 104.34.45.24/28. This is not good. How can I prevent this change by the user using bridge mode? 2-) Create a subnet pool with /29, but the system returns the error because the pool is at the same subnet of the bridge. Thanks. Thiago

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[libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?
by Andre Goree 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

I'm trying to determine if it's possible to edit/attach/apply nwfilter rules at runtime? I.e., after a VM is already running, can I apply a nwfilter to the VM and have it work without rebooting the machine? Thus far, I've not come across a way to do so, but I thought I'd ask here before I chase my tail around Google. Thanks! -- Andre Goree -=-=-=-=-=- Email - andre at drenet.net Website - http://blog.drenet.net PGP key - http://www.drenet.net/pubkey.html -=-=-=-=-=-

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