Re: [libvirt-users] Emulated TPM doesn't work on Debian Buster

On 10/7/19 7:31 AM, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Sat, 2019-10-05 at 14:32 +0000, procmem(a)riseup.net wrote: > > Hi. I am very interested in the security properties a totally open TPM > > can give our users - its use as a universal smartcard to protect all > > types of keys. When adding the virtual 1.2 or 2.0 TPM I get the vague > > error below. OS is Debian stable with standard packages. > > > > > > Error starting domain: Unable to find 'swtpm' binary in $PATH: No such > > file or directory > > I wouldn't call this error message vague at all: it tells you exactly > what the problem is, namely that libvirt needs the 'swtpm' command > for your configuration but the latter is not available :) > > Unfortunately it looks like swtpm it's not packaged for Debian, so > I'm afraid the solution is not just a simple apt-get away :( > Thanks for letting me know. I assumed everything in libvirt was self contained and so I didn't expect it to need an extraneous package. Hopefully it'll land by Debian Bullseye.