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Re: [libvirt-users] access VMX config on esxi with virsh
by frank dirks 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi, ... > > However, it sounds like that's not working for you. > > That could be a bug. Would you be ok with trying it again, then pasting > the error message here for us to see? > - virsh -c esx://esx1.local/?no_verify=1 dominfo vmtest.local --> works OK - virsh -c esx://esx1.local/?no_verify=1 dumpxml vmtest.local gives the error message: error memory conf:90: expecting an assignment (+ debug logs attached to this mail) regards, frank -- GMX DSL SOMMER-SPECIAL: Surf & Phone Flat 16.000 für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

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[libvirt-users] libvirt with multiple users
by Zach Tibbitts 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi, I'm trying to set up a virtual machine server for our newly re-founded LUG at my school. The idea is for members to have their own virtual machine that they can learn their way around a Linux system without worry of them hosing the host system or their own computers. At home I use libvirt with my server to manage multiple virtual machines, but the issue I'm running into for this use case is user permissions. As far as I've seen, anyone who has access to the server over ssh and has access to the libvirt server via virt-manager has access to all of the virtual machines. I'd like to find some way for each user to only see their own virtual machine. Is this possible? I've considered setting up VMs myself, and giving them direct access via ssh or VNC, but I'd like them to have access to the console so that they can attach things like CD images to their VMs for reinstalling or changing distros. Is there a way to get libvirt to do what I need here? Thanks much, Zach Tibbitts

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[libvirt-users] access VMX config on esxi with virsh
by frank dirks 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi, Is virsh able to access the VMX config of a virtual machine running on a esxi host? I would like to take backups of my virtual machine configs and the doku section "Converting from VMware VMX config to domain XML config" (http://libvirt.org/drvesx.html) comes close to this - but does not tell how to get access to the vmx file. I would prefer a solution where ssh access to the esxi host can stay disabled. best regards, frank -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail

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[libvirt-users] virConnectOpen question.
by Sharad Mishra 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi, I am using virConnectOpen(const char *uri) to connect to the local hypervisor. When uri is set to "lxc:///", an error gets logged in /var/log/messages about failed connection. But I do not see any error for "xen:///". The machine does not have these drivers installed, and I am using libvirt 0.6.3. My questions are - 1. Why I see error in /var/log/messages for container and not for xen? 2. Is there a way to avoid this error? Can I check for installed drivers before trying to connect? Thanks Sharad Mishra

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[libvirt-users] sco 5.0.5 not booting on hard disk
by Jean Michault 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hello, I am trying to run SCO unix 5.0.5 with KVM. I have created the Virtual Machine with virt-manager. The installation runs correctly, but when the virtual machine reboots from hard disk, i obtain this message : "FATAL: No bootable device." If i run manually the virtual machine without the suboption "boot=on" in the "-drive" option, the virtual machine boots correctly. Why is "boot=on" preventing my VM to boot ? Is there a way to modify the .xml file for this VM to inform libvirt to not add "boot=on" ? Thanks Jean Michault.

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[libvirt-users] qemu driver boot up
by ccmail111 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi, Looking to libvirt source code questions: a) I see virt-mgr or such client invokes libvirt API which inturn connects to libvirtd on host. Is this right ? Further libvirtd invokes qemu driver callbacks which were registered when it comes up using: qemuRegister() API. Is this right ? b) If (a) is true then does is mandate that (i) libvirtd daemon need to be running on host only ? (ii) also libvirtd daemon need to be running before qemu (to register) ? c) what is the call sequence and boot up flow between libvirtd daemon and qemu ? d) can libvirtd process run in a guest ? Thanks ! CM.

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[libvirt-users] qemu and libvirtd question.
by ccmail111 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi, I looked to developer guide and have couple of novice questions. I hope this is the right forum and some can shed some light and pointers. 1) does virtd need to running on host ? can it run in a guest (privileged guest) ? 2) how does virtd (backend) interact with qemu drivers ? Thanks, CM

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[libvirt-users] Can I set up VMs in a "Flat" network?
by sean darcy 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Our small network is 10.10.11.0/24, gateway 10.10.11.252. dhcp is set up. I'm using virt-manager to install VM's with kvm-qemu on an F14 host - 10.10.11.100. qemu-kvm-0.13.0-0.6.rc1.fc14.x86_64 libvirt-0.8.3-2.fc14.x86_64 I'd like all the VM's to be on the same network as the physical machines with an address range of 10.10.11.110-10.10.11.130. I have virt-net set up. ifconfig on the host: br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:67:6A:2C:5E inet addr:10.10.11.100 Bcast:10.10.11.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::230:67ff:fe6a:2c5e/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2792310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4310569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:571898900 (545.4 MiB) TX bytes:5394989297 (5.0 GiB) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:67:6A:2C:5E inet6 addr: fe80::230:67ff:fe6a:2c5e/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2908711 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4462246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:629708224 (600.5 MiB) TX bytes:5402914301 (5.0 GiB) Interrupt:44 Base address:0xe000 lo ......................... virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:219830 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:640662 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:142081963 (135.4 MiB) TX bytes:777889995 (741.8 MiB) On virt-manager I've tried a "Routed" network, but that doesn't work: libvirtError: internal error Network 10.10.11.1/255.255.255.0 is already in use by interface br0 Can this be done? How? sean

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[libvirt-users] KVM guest creation - no manual interference
by Lucas Arbiza 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Hi I've looking for a way to create KVM virtual machines completely automated without the need to interact with guest operating system during installation. With ubuntu-vm-builder is possible create the guest, list packages to be installed and scripts to be run. Is there a way to do something like it with libvirt? Thanks! __ Lucas Arbiza email: lucas.arbiza(a)gmail.com celular: +55 (55) 9152 7561 <http://br.linkedin.com/in/lucasarbiza> <http://www.google.com/profiles/lucas.arbiza>

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[libvirt-users] Disabling iptables on bridge breaks port forwarding for NAT
by Brian Pitts 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hi, Following the directions for setting up bridged networking in the red hat virtualization guide and libvirt wiki, I set the following kernel parameters to 0 on a RHEL 5.5 server. net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables Unfortunately, doing this broke the port forwarding I'd set up for VMs on my NAT networks, e.g. iptables -I FORWARD -d 192.168.122.2 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.122.2:80 Before I run sysctl to change those values, nmap shows port 8080 as open. Afterwards, nmap shows it as filtered. Using sysctl to set those values to 1 did not undo the change, the port still showed as filtered. I had to reboot to open the port again. Creating an iptables rule to accept traffic on bridged devices, i.e. iptables -I FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT did not not cause this problem. I am wondering if breaking the FORWARD and PREROUTING rules I set up to do port forwarding is to be expected when those net.bridge parameters are set to 1. If so, I think this should be mentioned in the libvirt wiki and red hat documentation. It can't be that uncommon for a single server to host guests with a mix of with bridged and NAT networking. -- Brian Pitts Systems Administrator | EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center 706-542-1447 | bdp(a)uga.edu | http://eupathdb.org

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