Virtualization
In this section, we cover discussion on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list of Fedora virtualization technologies.
Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley
Enterprise Management Tools List
This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list
Fedora Xen List
This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen list.
Libvirt List
This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list.
sVirt Initial Prototype Release
James Morris requested[1] comments on an initial prototype of sVirt[2] v0.10.
sVirt was first mentioned in FWN #138[3].
"The purpose of this release is to establish a proof of concept of applying security labels to VMs, and for discussion of the underlying technical approach.
With this release, it is possible to define a security label for a kvm/qemu domain in its XML configuration ('virsh edit'), launch the domain and have it transition to the specified security label ('virsh start'), then query the security label of the running domain ('virsh dominfo')."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00478.html
[2] http://www.selinuxproject.org/page/SVirt
Hot-add SCSI/VirtIO Disks for KVM Guests
Guido Günther supplied[1] a patch to add hot plugging and
unplugging[2] of SCSI/VirtIO disks for KVM guests.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00391.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00427.html
Domain Events Support Completed
After round three[1], all the work Ben Guthro has been doing on domain events was finally committed. This major API addition led[2] Daniel Veillard to speculate the next release may jump to 0.5.0.
Domain events are only emitted from qemu/kvm guests.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00537.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00594.html
oVirt Devel List
This section contains the discussion happening on the ovirt-devel list.