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[libvirt-users] libvirt 0.8.3 rpm package for RHEL
by Joel Miller 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hi List, I've checked RHEL6 beta2, it's libvirt 0.8.1, but I need 0.8.3 to support vSphere 4.1, I know I can compile it by myself, but our Red Hat's customer wanna have "half official" rpm package for their test, anyone would help me to make rpm for RHEL5.5? And, do we have any roadmap about libvirt 0.8.3 to be official rpm package in RHEL6? Regards, Joel -- 周维伟 Joel Graber Miller Solution Architect Greater China Mobile: +86 134 0808 8141 E-mail: wzhou(a)redhat.com

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[libvirt-users] Couple of libvirtd warnings
by jeremy avnet 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hello, I recently upgraded to libvirt 0.8.3 and qemu 0.12.5 and I'm seeing these messages in syslog: libvirtd: 09:52:34.591: warning : virStorageBackendQEMUImgBackingFormat:623 : Unexpected exit status '1', qemu probably failed libvirtd: 09:52:34.746: warning : qemudParsePCIDeviceStrs:1422 : Unexpected exit status '1', qemu probably failed I'm not having any problems, but I'd like to know what these mean. Thanks! .:. jeremy

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[libvirt-users] is libvirt java binding thread safe?
by Ravi Pawar 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

please check the java file attached they throws the exception in case of passing. please let me know if i am missing something. -- Thanks & Regards Ravi Pawar

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[libvirt-users] C, C++ or Python programming tutorial/manual/guide for libvirt
by Lucas Arbiza 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Hi, I want to develop an application to manage KVM virtual machines. I've been looking for something that helps me to start programming using libvirt in C/C++. The only one documentation I found is in this link: http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html. Neither Google has helped me! That does not look like a good way to start. So, do you know some useful C, C++ or Python tutorial for libvirt? I prefer C or C++. Thanks in advance. __ Lucas Arbiza email: lucas.arbiza(a)gmail.com celular: +55 (55) 9152 7561 skype: lucas.arbiza <http://br.linkedin.com/in/lucasarbiza> <http://www.google.com/profiles/lucas.arbiza>

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[libvirt-users] Decent How-To now on the wiki for setting up Transport Layer Security
by Justin Clift 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hi all, For anyone that's interested in setting up TLS with libvirt, but hasn't gotten around to it yet, there's a decent guide on the wiki now: http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/TLSSetup It's user focused (ie SysAdmin's), and has lots of pics explaining concepts, plus shows what needs to be done, and shows how to do it. Please note, it doesn't cover SASL, it's just plain host based TLS. Very much open to feedback on it, if people have suggestions for improvement. Hope that helps. :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift

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[libvirt-users] Unable to autostart storage pool.
by Sharad Mishra 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Following xml file was used to create storage pool using 'virsh pool-create <xml>' <pool type='dir'> <name>my-diskpool</name> <uuid>2fbc894e-7619-6cda-a33c-b27fae5fbe8b</uuid> <capacity>136024670208</capacity> <allocation>11416657920</allocation> <available>124608012288</available> <source> <host name='localhost'/> </source> <target> <path>/var/lib/libvirt/images</path> <permissions> <mode>0700</mode> <owner>0</owner> <group>0</group> </permissions> </target> </pool> The command succeeds and a pool is created - # virsh pool-list --all Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- my-diskpool active no When I try to set it up for autostart, I get - # virsh pool-autostart my-diskpool error: failed to mark pool my-diskpool as autostarted error: invalid argument in pool has no config file Why is it failing to autostart? /etc/libvirt/storage has no xml file. Thanks Sharad Mishra IBM

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[libvirt-users] Installing a VM to a virtio disk
by Brian Roberg 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

When provisioning new VMs, is it possible to enable virtio for the guest's storage at the time of the installation? When I try to do so, the Ubuntu installer says, "No root file system is defined" when it gets to the partitioning step. Here's the disk option I'm giving to virt-install: --disk pool=libvirt-pool,size=4,bus=virtio (I'm also using "--os-variant=ubuntulucid".) I've been able to install a new VM using the IDE storage driver first and then switch to virtio after the installation is complete, but it would simplify the process if it could start with virtio right off the bat. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid") host and guest, which provides libvirt 0.7.5 and kernel 2.6.32. I'm about ready to concede defeat and set up a way to automate making the change after the installation, but I thought I'd ask here first. Thanks! -- Brian

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Re: [libvirt-users] [virt-tools-list] Client certificate paths?
by Cole Robinson 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

On 08/12/2010 10:29 AM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to get virsh (and virt-manager) to talk to a remote libvirt > instance. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to tell either > tool where to find client or CA certificates. Do they *really* need > to access the ones in /etc/pki? In particular, the client seems to > want to read the *server's* private key, which for obvious reasons is > only readable by root. > > I feel like I must be missing something obvious...if someone can point > me towards a solution I would really appreciate it. Thanks! > > If it's relevant, I'm running everything under Fedora 13 right now, so > that means libvirt-0.8.2-1.fc13.x86_64 and > qemu-kvm-0.12.3-8.fc13.x86_64. > This is more a libvirt question, so CC-ing libvirt-users. - Cole

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[libvirt-users] Libvirt and iptables rule order
by Brian Pitts 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hi, On RHEL 5.5, I set up iptables rules for forwarding ports to some of my virtual machines. For example. iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3380 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.123.2:3389 iptables -I FORWARD -d 192.168.123.2 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3389 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT These worked fine, and I saved them with 'service iptables save'. However, upon rebooting the server the forwarding no longer works. When I inspect the configuration with 'iptables -L', I see that the rules libvirt creates were inserted before the rules from /etc/sysconfig/iptables. Since the rules from libvirt include one that rejects any new connections, the data I want forwarded is dropped. For example, target prot opt in out source destination ACCEPT all -- any virbr1 anywhere 192.168.123.0/24 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT all -- virbr1 any 192.168.123.0/24 anywhere ACCEPT all -- virbr1 virbr1 anywhere anywhere REJECT all -- any virbr1 anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- virbr1 any anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable ACCEPT tcp -- eth0 any anywhere 192.168.123.2 tcp dpt:ms-wbt-server state NEW How should I configure iptables so that my rules and libvirt's play nicely? Basically I need my ACCEPTs to end up before libvirt's REJECTs. I looked through the list archives and libvirt documentation but did not see an answer to this question. -- Brian Pitts Systems Administrator | EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center 706-542-1447 | bdp(a)uga.edu | http://eupathdb.org

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[libvirt-users] how to Create virtual machine
by Saravanan S 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Hi, I am working on a virtualization project that involves setting up virtual appliances to implement the same, which tool is required to 1) create virtual appliances 2) deploy virtual appliances 3) manage virtual appliances/virtual machines Could you please guide me with some pointers or resources to get started with the creation of virtual machines? I am little confused with libvirt with Xen and qemu. how does xen or qemu related with libvirt ? Thank you. Saravanan Sundaramoorthy Red Hat Certified Engineer http://www.google.com/profiles/dearsaravanan#about +91 99404 32545

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