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Andrea Bolognani
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While we generally expect libvirt objects to be defined using the
appropriate APIs, there are cases where it's reasonable for an
external entity, usually a package manager, to drop a valid
configuration file under /etc/libvirt and have libvirt take over
from there: notably, this is exactly how the default network is
handled.
For the most part, whether the configuration is saved back to disk
after being parsed by libvirt doesn't matter, because we'll end up
with the same values anyway, but an obvious exception to this is
data that gets randomly generated when not present, namely MAC
address and UUID.
Historically, both were handled by our build system, but commit
a47ae7c004 moved handling of the former inside libvirt proper;
this commit extends such behavior to the latter as well.
Proper error handling for the virNetworkSaveConfig() call, which
was missing until now, is introduced in the process.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com>
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==============================
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:
https://libvirt.org
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
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
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:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html