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For historical reasons (i.e. unknown reason) we put channel sockets into a path derived from cfg->libDir which is a path that survives host reboots (e.g. /var/lib/libvirt/...). This is not necessary and in fact for session daemon creates a longer prefix: XDG_CONFIG_HOME -> /home/user/.config XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -> /run/user/1000 Worse, if host is rebooted suddenly (e.g. due to power loss) then we leave files behind and nobody will ever remove them. Therefore, place the channel target dir into state dir. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173980 Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@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: