[ovirt-devel] Re: Query regarding copying and executing files inside guest OS
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 2:42 PM Pravin Amin <Pravin.Amin(a)veritas.com> wrote:
Hi,
We are looking for a way to copy files and execute scripts inside Virtual Machines hosted
on oVirt manager (Any supported guest OS) either through REST API or using Guest Tools.
Please let me know how we can achieve it.
Pravin, I think we could all benefit if you elaborate on your use case.
The other day I spoke with +Barak Korren about a tight integration of
oVirt to libguestfs. I think that it could be lovely if we can do
LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=ovirt \
LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=https://username:password@fqdn/path/to/ovirt/api \
virt-edit -d vm_name /file/to/edit
in order to edit a file in an ovirt-defined VM. Behind the scenes,
oVirt would prepare the VM storage on a hypervisor and relay the
guestfs connection to it.
Such a remote virt-cat would be an awesome debug tool for a dead VM.
Such a virt-sysprep - a great headless way to prepare a template.
Are you looking for something similar?