[libvirt-users] Re: management tools for kvm
The 28/07/11, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
Am 28.07.2011 19:50, schrieb Matthias Bolte:
Only having virsh on windows seems a bit pointless for my needs, as
a
putty-session to my linux-hosts does the same CLI-based stuff ... or am
I wrong?
If I were more of a coder I would maybe be able to hack something on top
of that, small binary showing "domain importantVM is running" and giving
the chance to start/stop it. Not more.
Just think of the boss at your customers site. They need their server
and they should be able to simply start it when the power went down or
somthing, and for some reason libvirt does not start the domain even as
it has been set to autostart (I have one of those!).
We have the exact same needs. We want our customers to be able to
just start/stop VMs and check the state of the machines.
Honestly, I've been disappointed in the past by the libvirt API changing
too fast (breaking our "snapshot-to-the-NAS" tool). This is why I rely on
virsh commands rather than libvirt directly, for now.
I've already started something using the same backend logic but it's not
finished and too dirty to be published.
I wonder if libvirt-php couldn't add some very simple API (not moving so
far) for our particular use case. If so, I may start a (very simple) web
interface. I guess it would be enough for most users.
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Nicolas Sebrecht