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Virtual Machine Manager
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This application provides a graphical tool for managing virtual machines
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via the libvirt library.
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The front end of the application uses the PyGTK / Glade libraries for
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all user interaction components. The back end uses libvirt for managing
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Xen, QEMU & KVM virtual machines. The UI is primarily tested with Xen
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and QEMU, but is intended to be portable to any virtualization backend
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libvirt supports. So when libvirt is ported to UML / VMware / etc the
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UI should not require any significant changes to deal with these drivers.
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Terminology
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-----------
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In prose this app should be referred to as 'Virtual Machine Manager'.
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For source / RPM packaging, & the command name, it is called by the
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shortened form 'virt-manager'
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Basic Install
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-------------
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To build virt-manager, run the command:
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./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
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You can then run virt-manager in the source directory with
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python src/virt-manager.py
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To install the software into /usr/local (usually), you can then run:
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make install
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To build an RPM, you can run:
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make rpm
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virt-manager generally requires the latest upstream version of
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python-virtinst, which checked out with
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git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/python-virtinst.git
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If you want to replace your system installed virt-manager version,
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add --prefix=/usr to ./configure. Please see the INSTALL file
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for much more information about autotools install options.
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Pre-requisite software
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----------------------
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Where versions are noted below these are the versions tested to definitely
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work. For some of them you may be able to run with earlier releases, so
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please report any success to the mailing lists
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python >= 2.4
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pygtk2 >= 1.99.12-6
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gnome-python2-gconf >= 1.99.11-7
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libvirt-python >= 0.4.0
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dbus-python >= 0.61
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gnome-keyring >= 0.4.9
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gnome-python-desktop >= 2.15.4
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libxml2-python >= 2.6.23
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vte >= 0.12.2
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gtk-vnc >= 0.0.1
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python-virtinst >= 0.300.0
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PolicyKit >= 0.6
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The latter is available from
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http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/python-virtinst.git
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Contact
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-------
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All comments / suggestions / patches should be directed to the virt-tools-list
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mailing list:
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http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
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For bug reporting info, see:
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http://virt-manager.org/page/BugReporting
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There are further project details on the website:
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http://virt-manager.org/
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Submitting patches
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Patches should be submitted either as unified diffs:
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tar zxvf virt-manager-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
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cp -a virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature
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cd virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature
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... make some changes ..
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cd ..
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diff -ruN virt-manager-X.Y.Z virt-manager-X.Y.Z-myfeature \
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> myfeature.patch
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Alternatively use git and submit a diff against the main source repository:
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git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/virt-manager.git
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cd virt-manager
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... make your changes ...
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git commit -a -m "Some changelog message"
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git show > my_feature.patch
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Then mail the 'my_feature.patch' file to the virt-tools-list@redhat.com list,
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with [PATCH] and a brief description in the subject.
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Using git format-patch and/or git send-email is also fine.
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Related software
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Links which are relevant:
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http://libvirt.org
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http://www.linux-kvm.org
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http://xensource.com/xen/
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http://pygtk.org/
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http://gtk.org/
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http://gtk-vnc.sourceforge.net/
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Copyright / License
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--------------------
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Unless otherwise noted, all the code for the Virtual Machine Manager
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is covered under the GPL, and Copyright (C) Red Hat.
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-- End of broadcast!
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