Re: [ovirt-users] xml config file being used in ovirt different from virsh?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Yaniv Dary <ydary(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > You should only use the management to keep changes. > We added network filtering options in 4.0. > There is also a option of VDSM hook for things that are not supported via > the manager. > > Yaniv Dary > Technical Product Manager > Red Hat Israel Ltd. > 34 Jerusalem Road > Building A, 4th floor > Ra'anana, Israel 4350109 > > Tel : +972 (9) 7692306 > 8272306 > Email: ydary(a)redhat.com > IRC : ydary > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 12:15 AM, Bill Bill <jax2568(a)outlook.com&gt; wrote: > >> It seems like when starting the VM through the oVirt dashboard, it’s >> either overwriting or removing those values. >> >> >> >> *From: *Bill Bill <jax2568(a)outlook.com&gt; >> *Sent: *Friday, August 12, 2016 3:04 PM >> *To: *users(a)ovirt.org >> *Subject: *xml config file being used in ovirt different from virsh? >> >> >> >> I have a VM with network filtering enabled, specifically the >> clean-traffic filter. >> >> >> >> Through virsh, I modify the configuration to reflect changes like this: >> >> >> >> <filterref filter='clean-traffic'> >> >> <parameter name='IP' value='192.168.10.10.'/> >> >> <parameter name='IP' value='192.168.10.11'/> >> >> </filterref> >> >> >> >> This only allows those two specified IP’s to communicate on the VM. I’ve >> defined the xml through virsh. >> >> >> >> Now, if I start the VM directly through virsh, those rules apply and >> work correctly. I can add any other random IP from the same subnet and it >> does not work, as expected. Only the two Ip’s specified above will respond. >> >> >> >> This unfortunately, makes the VM appear to be down from with the ovirt >> dashboard if it’s started manually through virsh. >> >> >> >> If I edit the machine through virsh but do not start it and then go onto >> oVirt to start the VM, it seems the configuration is not loaded – does >> oVirt load a different configuration file other than >> /etc/libvirt/qemu/machine.xml? >> >> oVirt uses VDSM to build the VM/s configuration file (Domain XML). The only way to control its content from 'outside' is though the hooks: http://www.ovirt.org/develop/developer-guide/vdsm/hooks/

You could use some usage examples from the code base. Thanks, Edy.