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[libvirt-users] how to use virtio-blk-data-plane in libvirt
by Hui Kai Ran 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi, I learned that there is a new technology - virtio-blk-data-plane introduced in qemu to bring a leap in IO performance to KVM. Has this feature been supported in libvirt? if it's, how to configure xml to support this feature? thanks.

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[libvirt-users] libvirt-sandbox on Ubuntu with SELinux
by boden 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

I'm attempting to build/use libvirt-sandbox on Ubuntu 12.xx. Although I'm still working through dependency issues (including the need for libvirt >= 1.0.2 which is not packaged for ubuntu 12.xx) to build the sandbox code, I have a forward looking question. It appears libvirt-bin for Ubuntu likes apparmor as does most Ubuntu based packages using a LSM impl. However, as I understand libvirt-sandbox is integrated with SELinux to provide security isolation of containers... My question becomes -- *should* libvirt-sandbox work on Ubuntu assuming I use the ubuntu libvirt-bin package and replace apparmor with selinux? Or am I flat out walking into quicksand on Ubuntu here? Without the security aspect of libvirt-sandbox, I wonder if its viable on ubuntu for those looking to mitigate container security? Thanks

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[libvirt-users] Error facing when starting the VM.
by cool dharma06 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi, i am using eucalyptus -2.0.3 and libvirt 1.1.3 for xen -4.2.1. i found this error when starting the Vm via euca2ools(euca-run-instances) the error details are as follows: *libvirt: internal error: client socket is closed (code=1) * *hypervisor failed to start domain* But from virsh i checked everything is working fine. I dont know why the socket is getting closed when accessing from eucalyptus. GIve some suggestions to solve this error. Regards, cooldharma06.

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[libvirt-users] Unable to configure libvirt
by Mahmood Naderan 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hello, When I want to install libvirt-0.10.0 from source, I get this error at the configure stage checking for libdevmapper.h... no configure: error: You must install device-mapper-devel/libdevmapper >= 1.0.0 to compile libvirt However the package is installed on my system # yum list device-mapper-libs.x86_64 Installed Packages device-mapper-libs.x86_64 1.02.74-10.el6 @base/$releasever What is the problem then? Regards, Mahmood

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[libvirt-users] Failed to access the console after starting the lxc container
by Aarti Sawant 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hello, I am starting the system container without "/" directory So that it can share the host /bin /sbin /lib and /lib64 and i have sepeartely mounted /var, /etc and /usr directory for the container Below is xml file <domain type='lxc'> <name>test6</name> <memory>102400</memory> <os> <type>exe</type> <init>/sbin/init</init> </os> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <console type='pty'/> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lxc/test6/etc'/> <target dir='/etc'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lxc/test6/var'/> <target dir='/var'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lxc/test6/usr'/> <target dir='/usr'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/pg_data/'/> <target dir='/pg_data'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='ram' accessmode='passthrough'> <source usage='0' units='KiB'/> <target dir='/dev/shm'/> </filesystem> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br0' /> </interface> </devices> </domain> when i start the container it get start , but when i try to access console it get stuck virsh # list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 18238 test4 running 20435 test6 running virsh # virsh # start test6 Domain test6 started virsh # console test6 Connected to domain test6 Escape character is ^] But when i mount the "/" in xml it works, i have also share host /bin,/sbin, /lib and /lib64. <domain type='lxc'> <name>test4</name> <memory>102400</memory> <os> <type>exe</type> <init>/sbin/init</init> </os> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <console type='pty'/> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lxc/test4/'/> <target dir='/'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/bin'/> <target dir='/bin'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/sbin'/> <target dir='/sbin'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lib'/> <target dir='/lib'/> </filesystem> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/lib64'/> <target dir='/lib64'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/pg_data/'/> <target dir='/pg_data'/> </filesystem> <filesystem type='ram' accessmode='passthrough'> <source usage='0' units='KiB'/> <target dir='/dev/shm'/> </filesystem> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br0' /> </interface> </devices> </domain> as i am new , can anyone explain me why my test6 container get stuck? And in system container if we need to share host filesystem y we need to mount them explicitly? Thanks, Aarti Sawant NTTDATA OSS Center Pune

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[libvirt-users] virsh and multi source-dev
by Matthieu Simonin 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hi, I'm using LVM based storage pools and I'm wondering if there is a way to specify several source-dev on the command line for creating a volume group spread over several devices : one device /dev/sdc1 is ok: * virsh pool-define-as --name lvmpool --type logical --source-dev /dev/sdc1 --source-name vg --target /dev/vg I would like something like (but sadly doesn't work): ? virsh pool-define-as --name lvmpool --type logical --source-dev /dev/sdc1 --source-dev /dev/sdb1 --source-name vg --target /dev/vg ? Best regards, Matt

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[libvirt-users] libivrt issue report , 1.1.0 version, while migrate VMs between two hosts, is it solved or other way to avoid it, thanks
by Guozhonghua 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Libivrt 1.1.0 Migrate VM between two hosts using shell scripts. The issues is occurred about every 5 minutes, using gdb and the back trace is below: (gdb) c Continuing. [New Thread 0x7f78e7c11700 (LWP 48116)] [New Thread 0x7f78cf7fe700 (LWP 48129)] [New Thread 0x7f78ceffd700 (LWP 48306)] [New Thread 0x7f78ce7fc700 (LWP 62351)] [New Thread 0x7f78cdffb700 (LWP 62694)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x7f78ed24a700 (LWP 46120)] 0x00007f78ef553579 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f78ef553579 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f78ef555a45 in malloc () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007f78ef545ae3 in vasprintf () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #3 0x00007f78f07a3e54 in virVasprintf (strp=0x7f78ed249b38, fmt=0x7f78f0959c48 "server=%p client=%p message=%p prog=%p", list=0x7f78ed249c00) at util/virstring.c:334 #4 0x00007f78f077d998 in virLogVMessage (source=VIR_LOG_FROM_FILE, priority=VIR_LOG_DEBUG, filename=0x7f78f0959bed "rpc/virnetserver.c", linenr=182, funcname=0x7f78f095a500 "virNetServerHandleJob", metadata=0x0, fmt=0x7f78f0959c48 "server=%p client=%p message=%p prog=%p", vargs=0x7f78ed249c00) at util/virlog.c:836 #5 0x00007f78f077d85d in virLogMessage (source=VIR_LOG_FROM_FILE, priority=VIR_LOG_DEBUG, filename=0x7f78f0959bed "rpc/virnetserver.c", linenr=182, funcname=0x7f78f095a500 "virNetServerHandleJob", metadata=0x0, fmt=0x7f78f0959c48 "server=%p client=%p message=%p prog=%p") at util/virlog.c:773 #6 0x00007f78f08acd86 in virNetServerHandleJob (jobOpaque=0x7f78f305f6a0, opaque=0x7f78f304a360) at rpc/virnetserver.c:181 #7 0x00007f78f07a8a5e in virThreadPoolWorker (opaque=0x7f78f304a0a0) at util/virthreadpool.c:144 #8 0x00007f78f07a842a in virThreadHelper (data=0x7f78f3049ec0) at util/virthreadpthread.c:205 #9 0x00007f78ef897e9a in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #10 0x00007f78ef5c54bd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #11 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) frame 6 #6 0x00007f78f08acd86 in virNetServerHandleJob (jobOpaque=0x7f78f305f6a0, opaque=0x7f78f304a360) at rpc/virnetserver.c:181 181 rpc/virnetserver.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) p job $1 = (virNetServerJobPtr) 0x7f78f305f6a0 (gdb) p srv $2 = (virNetServerPtr) 0x7f78f304a360 (gdb) p job->client $3 = (virNetServerClientPtr) 0x7f78f3054a60 (gdb) p job->msg $4 = (virNetMessagePtr) 0x7f78f3051480 (gdb) p job->prog $5 = (virNetServerProgramPtr) 0x7f78f3054c60 (gdb) $6 = (virNetServerProgramPtr) 0x7f78f3054c60 (gdb) frame 5 #5 0x00007f78f077d85d in virLogMessage (source=VIR_LOG_FROM_FILE, priority=VIR_LOG_DEBUG, filename=0x7f78f0959bed "rpc/virnetserver.c", linenr=182, funcname=0x7f78f095a500 "virNetServerHandleJob", metadata=0x0, fmt=0x7f78f0959c48 "server=%p client=%p message=%p prog=%p") at util/virlog.c:773 773 util/virlog.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) frame 3 #3 0x00007f78f07a3e54 in virVasprintf (strp=0x7f78ed249b38, fmt=0x7f78f0959c48 "server=%p client=%p message=%p prog=%p", list=0x7f78ed249c00) at util/virstring.c:334 334 util/virstring.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) p strp $7 = (char **) 0x7f78ed249b38 (gdb) p *strp $8 = 0x0 (gdb) p list $9 = (struct __va_list_tag *) 0x7f78ed249c00 (gdb) p *list $10 = {gp_offset = 48, fp_offset = 48, overflow_arg_area = 0x7f78ed249ce8, reg_save_area = 0x7f78ed249c20} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ???????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????? ??? This e-mail and its attachments contain confidential information from H3C, which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way (including, but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, reproduction, or dissemination) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by phone or email immediately and delete it!

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[libvirt-users] Using hostdev to plug a PCI-E host device into Q35 pcie-root port
by Thomas Kuther 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Hello, I'm trying to migrate a working qemu command line configuration to libvirt. The part I'm currently failing on is: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -M Q35 ... -device vfio-pci,host=05:00.0,bus=pcie.0 The right way to translate this into libvirt XML seems to be using <hostdev>, but I seem to be unable to plug it into the pcie-root port This is how the interesting part looks like when I let "virsh edit" generate an <address> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </controller> [...] <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> [...] To my understanding, this will plug the host device into the pci-bridge controller. The guest OS doesn't boot with this and resets right after bios. Manually setting <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1E' function='0x0'/> cause XML validation failure. Is there any way in libvirt XML to plug a host's PCI-E device directly into the pcie-root port, like it works on qemu command line? I'm aware I could use something like <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=05:00.0,bus=pcie.0'/> </qemu:commandline> but I insist on running the VM as non-root, and if I got that right I need to configure at least one vfio device (or memory locking) in order for libvirt to set a proper RLIMIT_MEMLOCK value. Any help would be be appreciated. Regards, Thomas

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Re: [libvirt-users] Unable to use more than 4 serial devices at once.
by Cole Robinson 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

On 11/17/2013 09:18 PM, Matthew Harrold wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com > <mailto:crobinso@redhat.com>> wrote: > On 11/17/2013 01:26 PM, Matthew Harrold wrote: > > Hi All. > > > > I'm trying to setup a guest within my hypervisor that acts as a Console > > Server, using 10 USB to Serial adapters. The Host is all setup and can > access > > each Serial Port without problems. > > > > I have attempted to add the Serial Connections to a Guest, using both > Virtual > > Machine Manager and by editing the .XML file, and I can add up to 4 Serial > > devices (Including one for console access to the guest) without any > issues at > > all. However when I try to add a fifth , the virtual machine refuses to > start > > > > > > Distro: Ubuntu 13.04 > > Kernel: 3.8.0-33-generic > > libvirtd: 1.0.2 > > QEMU:1.4.0 (Debian 1.4.0+dfsg-1expubuntu4) > > > > The log- > > > > _4 Serial Devices_ > > > > 2013-11-17 17:37:45.901+0000: starting up > > LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin > > QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -name Ubuntu12.04-Cisco -S -M pc-1.0 -m > 1024 > > -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid > 1837c56f-6f84-2abe-8bdd-d7c974803b84 > > -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev > > > socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/Ubuntu12.04-Cisco.monitor,server,nowait > > -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown > > -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive > > > file=/mnt/DiskRepo/Ubuntu12.04-TFTP.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2 > > -device > > > virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 > > -drive if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device > > ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev > > tap,fd=31,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=32 -device > > > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:e6:9c:c0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 > -chardev > > pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 > -chardev > > tty,id=charserial1,path=/dev/c1841-A -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 -chardev > > tty,id=charserial2,path=/dev/c2620-A -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial2,id=serial2 -chardev > > tty,id=charserial3,path=/dev/c2620-B -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial3,id=serial3 -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 > <http://0.0.0.0:0> <http://0.0.0.0:0> > > -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 > > W: kvm binary is deprecated, please use qemu-system-x86_64 instead > > char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) > > > > > > _5 Serial Devices_ > > > > 2013-11-17 18:05:59.925+0000: starting up > > LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin > > QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -name Ubuntu12.04-Cisco -S -M pc-1.0 -m > 1024 > > -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid > 1837c56f-6f84-2abe-8bdd-d7c974803b84 > > -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev > > > socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/Ubuntu12.04-Cisco.monitor,server,nowait > > -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown > > -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive > > > file=/mnt/DiskRepo/Ubuntu12.04-TFTP.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2 > > -device > > > virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 > > -drive if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device > > ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev > > tap,fd=31,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=32 -device > > > virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:e6:9c:c0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 > -chardev > > pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 > -chardev > > tty,id=charserial1,path=/dev/c1841-A -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 -chardev > > tty,id=charserial2,path=/dev/c2620-A -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial2,id=serial2 -chardev > > tty,id=charserial3,path=/dev/c2620-B -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial3,id=serial3 -chardev > > tty,id=charserial4,path=/dev/c2950-A -device > > isa-serial,chardev=charserial4,id=serial4 -vnc 0.0.0.0:0 > <http://0.0.0.0:0> <http://0.0.0.0:0> > > -vga cirrus -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 > > W: kvm binary is deprecated, please use qemu-system-x86_64 instead > > char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) > > qemu-system-x86_64: -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial4,id=serial4: > Device > > 'isa-serial' could not be initialized > > 2013-11-17 18:06:00.314+0000: shutting down > > > > Does anyone have any idea what's causing this? I have attempted using > > different Serial to USB adapters to rule out a hardware / configuration > issue > > on one of the adapters, but it makes no difference. If I try to start more > > than 4 Serial Devices, it refuses to start up. > > > Pretty sure that's just a qemu or PC limit for isa-serial. The alternative is > to use virtio serial which can handle many more ports. > - Cole > > > That sounds likely. Is there any documentation covering 'binding' a host > serial port to a virtio serial device? I've search but not found anything > relevant. > Hmm, that's a good question. Actually it doesn't look like there is any way to have <serial> use virtio. You can use channel to get something close, like: <channel type='pty'> <target type='virtio' name='my.port.2'/> </channel> However it won't appear as ttyS0 in the guest so it might not fit your usecase. Recent qemu has a PCI serial device which should allow for more than 4 serial ports, but support isn't wired up in libvirt yet. - Cole

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[libvirt-users] Asterisk, pci passthrough, and pri card
by Mauricio Tavares 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Has anyone been successfully running asterisk in libvirt with a pri card? I thought we had it working but we seem to be experiencing long (1h+) calls being dropped.

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