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We've been doing a terrible job of performing XML validation in our various API that parse XML with a corresponding schema (we started with domains back in commit dd69a14f, v1.2.12, but didn't catch all domain-related APIs, didn't document the use of the flag, and didn't cover other XML). New APIs (like checkpoints) should do the validation unconditionally, but it doesn't hurt to continue retrofitting existing APIs to at least allow the option. While there are many APIs that could be improved, this patch focuses on wiring up a new snapshot XML creation flag through all the hypervisors that support snapshots, as well as exposing it in 'virsh snapshot-create'. For 'virsh snapshot-create-as', we blindly set the flag without a command-line option, since the XML we create from the command line should generally always comply (note that validation might cause failures where it used to succeed, such as if we tighten the RNG to reject a name of '../\n'); but blindly passing the flag means we also have to add in fallback code to disable validation if the server is too old to understand the flag. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Acked-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@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: