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Since the virStorageAuthDefPtr auth; is a member of _virStorageSource it really should be allowed to be a subelement of the disk <source> for the RBD and iSCSI prototcols. That way we can set up to allow the <auth> element to be formatted within the disk source. Since we've allowed the <auth> to be a child of <disk>, we'll need to keep track of how it was read so that when writing out we'll know whether to format as child of <disk> or <source>. For the argv2xml parsing, let's format under <source> as a preference. Do not allow <auth> to be both a child of <disk> and <source>. Modify the qemuxml2argvtest to add a parse failure when there is an <auth> as a child of <disk> *and* an <auth> as a child of <source>. Add tests to validate that if the <auth> was found in <source>, then the resulting xml2xml and xml2arg works just fine. The two new .args file are exact copies of the non "-source" version of the file. The virschematest will read the new test files and validate from a RNG viewpoint things are fine Update the virstoragefile, virstoragetest, and args2xml file to show the "preference" to place <auth> as a child of <source>.
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 2.1 (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. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ ./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: