068efae5b1
This enables support for running QEMU embedded to the calling
application process using a URI:
qemu:///embed?root=/some/path
Note that it is important to keep the path reasonably short to
avoid risk of hitting the limit on UNIX socket path names
which is 108 characters.
When using the embedded mode with a root=/var/tmp/embed, the
driver will use the following paths:
logDir: /var/tmp/embed/log/qemu
swtpmLogDir: /var/tmp/embed/log/swtpm
configBaseDir: /var/tmp/embed/etc/qemu
stateDir: /var/tmp/embed/run/qemu
swtpmStateDir: /var/tmp/embed/run/swtpm
cacheDir: /var/tmp/embed/cache/qemu
libDir: /var/tmp/embed/lib/qemu
swtpmStorageDir: /var/tmp/embed/lib/swtpm
defaultTLSx509certdir: /var/tmp/embed/etc/pki/qemu
These are identical whether the embedded driver is privileged
or unprivileged.
This compares with the system instance which uses
logDir: /var/log/libvirt/qemu
swtpmLogDir: /var/log/swtpm/libvirt/qemu
configBaseDir: /etc/libvirt/qemu
stateDir: /run/libvirt/qemu
swtpmStateDir: /run/libvirt/qemu/swtpm
cacheDir: /var/cache/libvirt/qemu
libDir: /var/lib/libvirt/qemu
swtpmStorageDir: /var/lib/libvirt/swtpm
defaultTLSx509certdir: /etc/pki/qemu
At this time all features present in the QEMU driver are available when
running in embedded mode, availability matching whether the embedded
driver is privileged or unprivileged.
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER
and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands, however, we mandate to have the build directory different than the source directory. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: