[Libguestfs] Help: Can I access network inside libguestfs?

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Tue Jul 12 10:22:24 UTC 2016


On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 04:48:06PM +0800, Baochuan Wu wrote:
> Thanks Pino for quick response.
> Actually I use the libguestfs APIs in C++ program. Following your idea, I
> think I should try guestfs_set_network for this.

Yes this is correct.  Calling:

  guestfs_set_network (g, 1);

should enable the network inside the appliance.

For further tips on using yum, have a look at how virt-customize
works.  In particular you must use "yum -y install ..." to avoid any
unwanted interactivity.

https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/customize/customize_run.ml#L29-L189

Rich.

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