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

[Edward Haas]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Edward Haas <ehaas at redhat.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Yaniv Dary <ydary at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> 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 at redhat.com
>> IRC : ydary
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 12:15 AM, Bill Bill <jax2568 at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems like when starting the VM through the oVirt dashboard, it’s
>>> either overwriting or removing those values.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *Bill Bill <jax2568 at outlook.com>
>>> *Sent: *Friday, August 12, 2016 3:04 PM
>>> *To: *users at 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/
>

The new page is messed up a bit, here is the old one:
http://old.ovirt.org/VDSM-Hooks


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