[Fedora-xen] Xen Documentation

[Ian Jackson]

Daniel P. Berrange writes ("Re: [Fedora-xen] Xen Documentation"):
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 02:51:18PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Open Source Xen doesn't store configuration details in a database.  It
> > uses plain text configuration files in /etc.  To a limited amount
> > information about xend-managed domains is stored in /var in what is
> > arguably a kind of database, but not in xenstore.
> 
> Or it uses text files in /var/lib/xen for domain configs.

Right, that's what I meant.

> > I don't know what, if anything, is changing in Fedora.  It's difficult
> > to tell from that blog posting.  Perhaps some of the Fedora guys here
> > on this list can enlighten us; otherwise ask on fedora-xen ?
> 
> We haven't changed anything in Xen in this regard. In Xen 3.0.3 and
> ealier the only place to store config files was in /etc, and XenD had
> no concept of inactive domains. In Xen 3.0.4 or later, XenD can directly
> manage inactive domains, storing their configs in /var/lib/xen/. IF
> libvirt detects a new enough XenD it will use its inactive domain
> management capabilities instead of putting configs in /etc, since this
> gives access to a greater level of functionality.

That sounds sensible.  I'm not sure how that relates to the blog
posting mentioned by the original poster.

Ian.