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libxl supports setting the domain real time clock to local time or UTC via the localtime field of libxl_domain_build_info. Adjustment of the clock is also supported via the rtc_timeoffset field. The libvirt libxl driver has never supported these settings, instead relying on libxl's default of a UTC real time clock with adjustment set to 0. There is at least one user that would like the ability to change the defaults https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2018-February/msg00059.html Add support for specifying a local time clock and for specifying an adjustment for both local time and UTC clocks. Add a test case to verify the XML to libxl_domain_config conversion. Local time clock and clock adjustment is already supported by the XML <-> xl.cfg converter. What is missing is an explicit test for the conversion. There are plenty of existing tests that all use UTC with 0 adjustment. Hijack test-fullvirt-tsc-timer to test a local time clock with 1 hour adjustment. Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com> Reviewed-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: