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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475250 It's possible to define and start a pool with a '.' in the name; however, when trying to add a volume to a domain using the storage pool source with a '.' in the storage pool name, the domain RNG validation fails because RNG uses 'genericName' which does not allow a '.' in the name. Domain XML def parsing has a virXMLValidateAgainstSchema which generates the error. The Storage Pool XML def parsing has no call to virXMLValidateAgainstSchema. The only Storage Pool name validation occurs in virStoragePoolDefParseXML to ensure the name doesn't have a '/' in it and in storagePoolDefineXML to call virXMLCheckIllegalChars using the same parameter "\n" as qemuDomainDefineXMLFlags would check after the RNG check could be succesful. In order to resolve this, create a poolName definition in storagecommon.rng that will mimic the domain name regex that disallows a newline character, but add the "/" in the exclude list. Then modify the pool and volume source name definitions to key off that poolName.
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 2.1 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER
and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
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: