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D-Bus API bindings
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.. contents::
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Description
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-----------
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libvirt-dbus wraps libvirt API to provide a high-level object-oriented API
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better suited for dbus-based applications.
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GIT source repository
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---------------------
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The D-Bus bindings source code is maintained in a `git <https://git-scm.com/>`__
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repository available on
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`gitlab.com <https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-dbus>`__:
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git clone https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-dbus.git
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Usage
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-----
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libvirt-dbus exports libvirt API using D-Bus objects with methods and properties
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described by interfaces. Currently only local connection to libvirt is exported
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and the list of supported drivers depends on the type of the bus connection
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(session or system).
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The name of the libvirt-dbus service is ``org.libvirt``. libvirt-dbus
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distributes an interface XML descriptions which can be usually found at
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``/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/``.
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By default unprivileged user has access only to the session D-Bus connection. In
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order to allow specific user "foo" to access the system D-Bus connection you
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need to create a file ``/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.libvirt.conf`` that contains:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
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"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
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<busconfig>
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<policy user="foo">
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<allow send_destination="org.libvirt"/>
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</policy>
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</busconfig>
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To get a list of supported drivers for the specific bus connection you can run
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these commands (not all drivers may be available on the host):
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gdbus introspect --xml --session --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt
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gdbus introspect --xml --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt
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Every object is introspectable so you can get a list of available interfaces
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with methods, signals and properties running this command:
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gdbus introspect --xml --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt/QEMU
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To get a list of domains for specific connection driver you can run this
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command:
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gdbus call --system --dest org.libvirt --object-path /org/libvirt/QEMU \
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--method org.libvirt.Connect.ListDomains 0
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