Re: [libvirt-users] Possible to edit/apply nwfilter at runtime?

> > > I've run into an issue here that I thought you might have some insight > on. > > I can't seem to "re-define" a nwfilter. Why is that? The only thing (aside from a syntax error) that would cause nwfilter-define to fail when the filter already exists would be if you tried to define the filter with the same name but different (or non-existent) uuid, or vice versa. As long as the new definition has the same name and uuid, there should be no problem. If you're relying on libvirt to provide the uuid when the filter is originally defined, just modify your "update" script to do virsh nwfilter-dumpxml to read the current text of the filter, modify that text, then send the result to virsh nwfilter-define (that's exactly what virsh nwfilter-edit does). > I must first 'virsh > nwfilter-undefine' then 'virsh nwfilter-define', or else use 'virsh > nwfilter-edit'.  The problem being, I cannot use nwfilter-edit from a > script :/ > > My real problem is that if I want to add to and/or adjust a filter for > a > VM, I basically have to call 'virsh update-device ...' which > unfortunately leaves the VM wide-open for a short period of time, > which > is very undesirable. > > I wonder if there's a way to edit the nwfilter _without_ libvirt > having > to drop the filter for the VM before applying any changes. > If this really doesn't work when using the same name and uuid as the original nwfilter, please reply with the exact error message you receive, along with the output of virsh nwfilter-dumpxml prior to the attempt at redefinition, and the text you are sending that results in a failed nwfilter-define.