1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY libvirt-download-http "http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-&libvirt-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY libvirt-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY libvirt-md5sum "5e842bc55733ceba60c64767580ff3e4">
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10 | <!ENTITY libvirt-size "19 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libvirt-buildsize "240 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY libvirt-time "1.6 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="libvirt" xreflabel="libvirt-&libvirt-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="libvirt.html"?>
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17 |
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18 |
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19 | <title>libvirt-&libvirt-version;</title>
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20 |
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21 | <indexterm zone="libvirt">
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22 | <primary sortas="a-libvirt">libvirt</primary>
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23 | </indexterm>
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24 |
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25 | <sect2 role="package">
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26 | <title>Introduction to libvirt</title>
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27 |
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28 | <para>
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29 | The <application>libvirt</application> is a C toolkit
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30 | used to interact with the virtualization capabilities
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31 | of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
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32 | </para>
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33 |
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34 | &lfs71_checked;
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>
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40 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libvirt-download-http;"/>
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41 | </para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>
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45 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libvirt-download-ftp;"/>
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46 | </para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>
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50 | Download MD5 sum: &libvirt-md5sum;
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51 | </para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>
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55 | Download size: &libvirt-size;
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56 | </para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>
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60 | Estimated disk space required: &libvirt-buildsize;
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61 | </para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>
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65 | Estimated build time: &libvirt-time;
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66 | </para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | </itemizedlist>
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69 |
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70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libvirt Dependencies</bridgehead>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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73 | <para role="required">
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74 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
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78 | <xref linkend="lvm2"/>
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79 | </para>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="recommended">
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83 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>
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84 | </para>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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87 | <para role="optional">
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88 | <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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91 | <ulink url="http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/">
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92 | libcap-ng</ulink>,
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93 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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94 | <ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/libnuma/">
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95 | libnuma</ulink>,
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96 | <xref linkend="libpcap"/>,
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97 | <ulink url="http://www.libssh2.org/">libssh2</ulink>,
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98 | <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/netcf/">NetCF</ulink>,
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99 | <ulink url="http://www.open-iscsi.org/">Open iSCSI</ulink>,
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100 | <ulink url="http://www.openswan.org/projects/openswan/">
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101 | OpenSwan</ulink>,
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102 | <xref linkend="parted"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="qemu-kvm"/>,
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104 | <ulink url="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</ulink>,
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105 | <ulink url="http://www.xen.org/">Xen</ulink>,
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106 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> and
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107 | <ulink url="http://lloyd.github.com/yajl/">YAYL</ulink>
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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111 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libvirt"/>
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112 | </para>
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2 role="installation">
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116 | <title>Installation of libvirt</title>
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117 |
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118 | <para>
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119 | Install <application>libvirt</application> by running the following
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120 | commands:
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121 | </para>
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122 |
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123 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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124 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib/libvirt \
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125 | --with-storage-lvm \
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126 | --without-macvtap \
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127 | --disable-static \
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128 | CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/tirpc -I/usr/include/libnl3" &&
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129 | make</userinput></screen>
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130 |
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131 | <para>
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132 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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133 | </para>
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134 |
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135 | <para>
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136 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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137 | </para>
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138 |
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139 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | <sect2 role="commands">
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143 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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144 |
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145 | <para>
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146 | <option>--with-storage-lvm</option>: This option enables LVM storage backend.
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147 | </para>
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148 |
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149 | <para>
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150 | <option>--without-macvtap</option>: This option disables macvtap device support.
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151 | Remove if you have installed <xref linkend="libnl"/>.
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152 | </para>
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153 |
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154 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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155 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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156 |
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157 | </sect2>
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158 |
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159 | <sect2 role="content">
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160 | <title>Contents</title>
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161 |
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162 | <segmentedlist>
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163 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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164 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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165 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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166 |
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167 | <seglistitem>
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168 | <seg>
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169 | libvirtd, virsh, virt-host-validate,
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170 | virt-pki-validate and virt-xml-validate
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171 | </seg>
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172 | <seg>
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173 | libvirt.so and libvirt-qemu.so
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174 | </seg>
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175 | <seg>
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176 | /etc/libvirt, /usr/include/libvirt, /usr/lib/libvirt,
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177 | /usr/share/augeas/lenses,
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178 | /usr/share/doc/{libvirt-0.9.11,libvirt-python-0.9.11},
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179 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libvirt,
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180 | /usr/share/libvirt, /var/cache/libvirt, /var/lib/libvirt and
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181 | /var/log/libvirt
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182 | </seg>
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183 | </seglistitem>
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184 | </segmentedlist>
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185 |
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186 | <variablelist>
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187 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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188 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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189 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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190 |
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191 | <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
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192 | package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
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193 | and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->
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194 |
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195 | <varlistentry id="libvirtd">
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196 | <term><command>libvirtd</command></term>
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197 | <listitem>
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198 | <para>
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199 | is the server side daemon component of the libvirt
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200 | virtualization management system.
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201 | </para>
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202 | <indexterm zone="libvirt libvirtd">
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203 | <primary sortas="b-libvirtd">libvirtd</primary>
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204 | </indexterm>
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205 | </listitem>
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206 | </varlistentry>
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207 |
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208 | <varlistentry id="virsh">
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209 | <term><command>virsh</command></term>
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210 | <listitem>
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211 | <para>
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212 | is the main interface for managing virsh guest domains.
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213 | </para>
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214 | <indexterm zone="libvirt virsh">
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215 | <primary sortas="b-virsh">virsh</primary>
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216 | </indexterm>
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217 | </listitem>
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218 | </varlistentry>
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219 |
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220 | <varlistentry id="virt-host-validate">
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221 | <term><command>virt-host-validate</command></term>
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222 | <listitem>
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223 | <para>
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224 | This tool validates that the host is configured in
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225 | a suitable way to run libvirt hypervisor drivers.
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226 | </para>
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227 | <indexterm zone="libvirt virt-host-validate">
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228 | <primary sortas="b-virt-host-validate">virt-host-validate</primary>
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229 | </indexterm>
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230 | </listitem>
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231 | </varlistentry>
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232 |
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233 | <varlistentry id="virt-pki-validate">
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234 | <term><command>virt-pki-validate</command></term>
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235 | <listitem>
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236 | <para>
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237 | This tool validates that the necessary PKI files are
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238 | configured for a secure libvirt server or client
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239 | using the TLS encryption protocol.
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240 | </para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="libvirt virt-pki-validate">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-virt-pki-validate">virt-pki-validate</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 |
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247 | <varlistentry id="virt-xml-validate">
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248 | <term><command>virt-xml-validate</command></term>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>
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251 | is used to validate a libvirt XML for compliance with the
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252 | published schema.
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253 | </para>
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254 | <indexterm zone="libvirt virt-xml-validate">
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255 | <primary sortas="b-virt-xml-validate">virt-xml-validate</primary>
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256 | </indexterm>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 | </varlistentry>
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259 |
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260 | <varlistentry id="libvirt-lib">
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261 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvirt.so</filename></term>
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262 | <listitem>
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263 | <para>
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264 | contains the <application>libvirt</application> API functions.
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265 | </para>
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266 | <indexterm zone="libvirt libvirt-lib">
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267 | <primary sortas="c-libvirt">libvirt.so</primary>
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268 | </indexterm>
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269 | </listitem>
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270 | </varlistentry>
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271 |
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272 | </variablelist>
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273 |
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274 | </sect2>
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275 |
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276 | </sect1>
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