[libvirt] specifying -serial telnet: in XML
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Thu Apr 2 18:51:05 UTC 2009
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 10:13:53PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
>
> I run qemu (version 0.9.1 kvm-84) with -serial option as follows:
>
> - serial telnet::2445,server
>
> so I can telnet to 2445 and have a serial console.
>
> I tried specifying this to libvirt (version 0.6.0) using the following stanza:
>
> <serial type='tcp'>
> <source mode="bind" host="127.0.0.1" service="2445"/>
> <protocol type="telnet"/>
> <target port="1"/>
> </serial>
>
> I checked /var/log/libvirt/qemu/<guest>.log and found that libvirt
> added 'nowait' to the serial option:
>
> -serial telnet:127.0.0.1:2445,server,nowait
>
> which is fine (I think).
>
> But when I start my guest, and "telnet 127.0.0.1 2445" I don't get any
> output even though the guest boots up fine. After the guest boots
>
> $ echo foo > /dev/ttyS0
>
> in the guest shows the 'foo' in the telnet window. But I don't get the
> boot/shutdown messages.
>
> I also have the vnc option in the xml,
>
> <graphics type='vnc' port='5902' autoport='no' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
>
> so if I open vncviewer, I can see the boot messages. The problem with this
> though is if the kernel fails to boot for some reason, the vncviewer exits
> and I can't find the reason the boot failed.
>
> My kernel boot command line has 'console=ttyS0' option. Is there anything
> else I need to ensure 'telnet 127.0.0.1 port' displays the messages ?
That setting should be what's required to make serial console work. Are
you sure you've got it set in the correct place of grub.conf for the
guest OS ? I have my guests configured using:
"console=ttyS0 console=tty"
whch makes messages go to the serial port and graphical console
Daniel
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