[libvirt] libvirt support for LXC

Dmitry Guryanov dguryanov at parallels.com
Wed Feb 13 10:58:00 UTC 2013


On 130207 15:19:08, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 03:51:52PM +0530, Kunal Kushwaha wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am new to this community and am not much aware of current status libvirt
> > work for LXC.
> > 
> > Currently I am evaluating LXC with libvirt.
> > and I found still many features like checkpoint/restore/live migration ,
> 
> Checkpoint/restore/migration is something we'd have to delegate to
> the CRIU code (http://criu.org/LXC). I'm not sure how easy that is
> todo though, since CRIU code is not a nicely reusable library, it is
> a set of command line tools. This will need some investigation. I
> don't believe anyone is actively working on it.

Please, feel free to contact CRIU development team
(https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/criu).

We are open for discussion and will help with integration.

> 
> > Attach storage device etc are not implemented.
> 
> I think you migth have looked at an old libvirt release. I added
> support for hotplug of disks (raw file or block dev), netwok
> devices & host devices (usb, block & character devices) in the
> last few months
> 
> > Please feel free to comment in case, I am wrong or tested not propely the
> > libvirt and marked some working feature as not working for LXC.
> 
> You seem to have sent HTML to this list, which does not render at all
> nicely
> 
> > Command Name
> > 
> > Description (brief)
> > 
> > Status (working or not)
> > 
> > 01
> > 
> > autostart
> > 
> > Enable and disable the automatic starting of a guest domain when the
> > libvirt daemon starts.
> > 
> > ₒ
> > 
> > 02
> > 
> > Console
> > 
> > connect to the virtual serial console for the guest.
> > 
> > ₒ
> > 
> > 03
> > 
> > create
> > 
> > creates a guest domain from an xml file # does not work. gives error.
> 
> 
> Can you resend this list in a format that is more readable in plain text
> only.
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel
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