Re: [libvirt-users] Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver?

Hi Matthias, Sorry for the confusion.It was an edited one & hence the typo. Below is the actual output: # virsh -c xenapi://<myip> Enter username for <myip>: root Enter root's password for <myip>: error: authentication failed: (null) I was not able to get anything in the Xen logs. Somehow figured out to print the Xen error using the patch given at the link http://osdir.com/ml/libvir- list/2011-06/msg00298.html. It prints "TRANSPORT_FAULT". Any pointers to this error would be much appreciated. Iam also trying to debug this issue.

As per your suggestion, I had used make rpm. But it requires xen-devel pacakge, which I was not able to get for Xen 3.4.2. Is there any way where I can use the source package and build & install the library without using 'make rpm' ?

Thanks for all the help. Regards Naresh On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: > > 2011/7/14 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: > > Hi Maththias, > > Thanks for the help. I finally was able to compile/install libvirt on > > xenserver. > > > > I tried compiling the libvirt 0.9.2 with xen api support. Was able to > > install it successfully. When I tried giving the virsh command, I got an > > ‘authentication failed’ error as shown below. > > > > # virsh -c xenapi://<my local ip> > > Enter username for <mylocalip>: root > > Here you entered root > > > Enter intel123's password for <my local ip>: > > but here it asks for intel123's, that's unexpected. Did you edit this > one before mailing it, or is there really this mismatch? > > > error: authentication failed: (null) > > Outputting (null) here is actually a bug. The only way this can happen > is when the login attempt fails but the XenServer doesn't provide an > error message. Maybe have a look at the XenServer logs to see if it > says something about a failed login attempt. > > > I also tried connecting to the local machine as below, > > > > virsh -c "xenapi:///" > > error: authentication failed: Server name not in URI > > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor > > The XenAPI driver expects a server name. xenapi:/// _could_ be treated > as xenapi://localhost, but it's not implemented that way. > > > Also I am trying to install ruby-libvirt on xenserver, which looks like > > requires libvirt-devel package to be installed. How do I build it from > > the > > libvirt 0.9.2 source package. > > Running 'make rpm' should build an libvirt-devel RPM package for you. > > > Thanks, > > > > Naresh > > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Matthias Bolte > > <matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: > >> > >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: > >> > Hi Maththias, > >> > > >> > Thanks a lot for your response!. > >> > > >> > Is there a specific version of libvirt from which xenserver support > >> > is > >> > added? I am getting the below error > >> > > >> > "error: invalid argument in libvirt was built without the 'xenapi' > >> > driver" > >> > >> The means that your libvirt version is new enough and contains the > >> XenAPI driver but that it was disabled on configure time, probably > >> because the build server didn't have libxenserver installed and > >> libvirt's configure script automatically disabled the driver because > >> of a missing dependency. > >> > >> > I have installed libvirt from citrix yum repo. > >> > >> Then Citrix build libvirt without XenAPI support. As a long term > >> solution you could report to whom ever is responsible for that repo > >> and request to enabled XenAPI support in that libvirt package. As a > >> short term solution you could build libvirt from source yourself and > >> make sure to get the XenAPI driver enabled. > >> > >> > I am using Xenserver 5.5 with libvirt 0.8.2 and it does not seem to > >> > be > >> > working. > >> > >> According to http://libvirt.org/hvsupport.html and the error message > >> 0.8.2 is new enough. > >> > >> Matthias > >> > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > Naresh > >> > > >> > On Jun 15, 2011 7:03 PM, "Matthias Bolte" > >> > <matthias.bolte(a)googlemail.com&gt; > >> > wrote: > >> >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli(a)gmail.com&gt;: > >> >>> Hi, > >> >>> Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver. I have been searching for > >> >>> the > >> >>> same > >> >>> with little/no luck. > >> >>> If supported, can you point to some links/documents which can help > >> >>> me > >> >>> try > >> >>> out the same. > >> >>> Thanks, > >> >>> Naresh > >> >> > >> >> libvirt can use XenAPI via libxenserver [1]. That should allow you > >> >> to > >> >> use libvirt with a Citrix XenServer. You can use virsh like this > >> >> assuming you have a libxenserver enabled libvirt: > >> >> > >> >> virsh -c xenapi://my-xen-server > >> >> > >> >> But it's true, there is no documentation about this on the libvirt > >> >> website > >> >> yet. > >> >> > >> >> [1] http://community.citrix.com/display/xs/Download+SDKs > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Matthias Bolte > >> >> http://photron.blogspot.com > >> > > > -- > > I was an atheist till I realized I am GOD > > > > -- > Matthias Bolte > http://photron.blogspot.com -- I was an atheist till I realized I am GOD