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On a machine where no QEMU binary is installed, we end up logging libvirtd: Cannot check QEMU binary /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm: No such file or directory which is not very useful in general, and downright misleading in the case of operating systems that are not derived from RHEL. This is a consequence of treating that specific path in a different way from all other possible QEMU binary paths, and specifically of not checking whether the file actually exists but sort of assuming that it must do if we haven't found another QEMU binary earlier. Address the issue by trying this path out in virQEMUCapsFindBinaryForArch(), along with all the other possible ones, and making sure it exists before returning it. Reported-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Tested-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: