Re: [Users] how do you connect to a host's serial console

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "Jeremiah Jahn" <jeremiah(a)goodinassociates.com&gt; > Cc: users(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 4:31:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Users] how do you connect to a host's serial console > > > On Apr 7, 2014, at 16:23 , Jeremiah Jahn <jeremiah(a)goodinassociates.com&gt; > wrote: > > > thx, So dumb question at this point. I'm in the process of moving from > > virt-manager to ovirt. virsh has an edit domain function, or I can > > edit the xml by hand. I'm able to locate the xml on the host, but > > obviously if I edit it by hand it will be replaced by vdsm. I'm having > > a hell of a time trying to find the xml on the engine, so that I can > > try modifying the xml to add a serial console. Based on that code > > that's all that's really going on with that patch. So I'd think I can > > wing it by modifying the db or xml directly. Just not sure where to > > go to do so. I'm guessing I could go into vm_device and replace > > device='virtio-serial' with 'serial' but that seems to easy. Any > > pointers you've got on how the xml is stored or produced would be > > great. > > It's a bit more complicated than that....there's no XML stored in the backend. > You'd be better off applying the patch over and compile yourself:) > The supported way of how to amend the libvirt XML is via VDSM hooks. You need > to intercept the created XML and add whatever is needed, see > http://www.ovirt.org/VDSM-Hooks, some of the examples can be used as a base > for what you're trying to do... Yup, before_vm_start before_vm_migrate should allow you to do what you want. > > Thanks, > michal > > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Michal Skrivanek > > <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> > >> On Apr 7, 2014, at 15:57 , Jeremiah Jahn <jeremiah(a)goodinassociates.com&gt; > >> wrote: > >> > >>> So do you think this is a 3.5 thing or a 3.4.1 thing? It's exactly > >>> what I need, just curious how long I'll have to wait. I know this is > >>> every developers favorite question. > >> > >> one needs to nag Vinzenz frequently enough....:-D > >> > >> ....but should be 3.4.1 > >> > >> Thanks, > >> michal > >> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Michal Skrivanek > >>> <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Apr 6, 2014, at 21:50 , Jeremiah Jahn <jeremiah(a)goodinassociates.com&gt; > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I just can't seem to figure this out. I've enabled 'VirtIO Console > >>>>> Device' yet I can't seem to find anyplace that will let me get there. > >>>>> If I go to virsh on the host and try ttyconsoe that doesn't work > >>>>> either. thanks for any help. > >>>> > >>>> Does not work. Pending this[1] patch to get in. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> michal > >>>> > >>>> [1] http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/25979/ > >>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Users mailing list > >>>>> Users(a)ovirt.org > >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >>>> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >