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To implement <transient/> disks we'll need to install an overlay on top of the original disk image which will be discarded after the VM is turned off. This was initially implemented by qemu but libvirt never picked up this option as the overlays were created by qemu without libvirt involvment which didn't work with SELinux. With blockdev the qemu feature became unsupported so we need to do this via the snapshot code anyways. The helpers introduced in this patch prepare a fake snapshot disk definition for a disk which is configured as <transient/> and use it to create a snapshot (without actually modifying metadata or persistent def). Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Tested-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Tested-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.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: