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When no server name is provided in the URI, modern versions of libxml2
will set the port to '-1'. This is a change from behaviour with earlier
versions which set it to 0.
Libvirt expects the port to be 0 in these cases and as a result we get a
bug when connecting to URIs which lack a server name:
$ virsh -c test+ssh:///default list
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
error: Cannot recv data: Bad port '-1': Connection reset by peer
This libxml2 change was attempting to fix another bug identified by
libvirt where it didn't roundtrip URIs correctly in:
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Essentially libxml2 was not expecting apps to look at the URI port
field when the server name is not provided. This was a reasonable
assumption, but none the less libvirt did look at it :-)
The fix is to ensure we explicitly set port to 0 when server name
is not present, avoiding undefined behaviour for the port field in
libxml2.
Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@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 2.1 (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: