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.
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Laine Stump a8ee7ae301 conf: parse/format passt-related XML additions
This implements XML config to represent a subset of the features
supported by 'passt' (https://passt.top), which is an alternative
backend for emulated network devices that requires no elevated
privileges (similar to slirp, but "better").

Along with setting the backend to use passt (via <backend
type='passt'/> when the interface type='user'), we also support
passt's --log-file and --interface options (via the <backend>
subelement logFile and upstream attributes) and its --tcp-ports and
--udp-ports options (which selectively forward incoming connections to
the host on to the guest) via the new <portForward> subelement of
<interface>. Here is an example of the config for a network interface
that uses passt to connect:

    <interface type='user'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:a8:33:fc'/>
      <ip address='192.168.221.122' family='ipv4'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <backend type='passt' logFile='/tmp/xyzzy.log' upstream='eth0'/>
      <portForward address='10.0.0.1' proto='tcp' dev='eth0'>
        <range start='2022' to='22'/>
        <range start='5000' end='5099' to='1000'/>
        <range start='5010' end='5029' exclude='yes'/>
      </portForward>
      <portForward proto='udp'>
        <range start='10101'/>
      </portForward>
    </interface>

In this case:

* the guest will be offered address 192.168.221.122 for its interface
  via DHCP

* the passt process will write all log messages to /tmp/xyzzy.log

* routes to the outside for the guest will be derived from the
  addresses and routes associated with the host interface "eth0".

* incoming tcp port 2022 to the host will be forwarded to port 22
  on the guest.

* incoming tcp ports 5000-5099 (with the exception of ports 5010-5029)
  to the host will be forwarded to port 1000-1099 on the guest.

* incoming udp packets on port 10101 will be forwarded (unchanged) to
  the guest.

Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
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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:

https://libvirt.org

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:

Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:

https://libvirt.org/contact.html