[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: fix lxc examples

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Aug 24 17:20:50 UTC 2010


From: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at canonical.com>

* docs/drvlxc.html.in: Use correct VM name, and mention that
libvirt_lxc might be in an alternate location.
---

[Reviving an old thread]

On 06/16/2010 12:02 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Eric Blake (eblake at redhat.com):
>> On 06/07/2010 08:55 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote:
>>> Here is a new drvlxc.html.in file to make the first example work.  I'll
>>> play with the second example next.
>>
>> Thanks for the sample text; it looked good to me on a first read.
> 
> So when I get the second part of drvlxc.html.in updated, I'll send a
> git diff for the whole thing.

I never saw a followup to this, but see no reason why it should not stop
applying the fixes we do have.

ACK to your original patch, and I'm pushing this:

 AUTHORS             |    1 +
 docs/drvlxc.html.in |   14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8b037a1..0521b3d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
diff --git a/docs/drvlxc.html.in b/docs/drvlxc.html.in
index cfcfdab..35058c4 100644
--- a/docs/drvlxc.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvlxc.html.in
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ start it using
 </pre>

 <p>
+In the <emulator> element, be sure you specify the correct path
+to libvirt_lxc, if it does not live in /usr/libexec on your system.
+</p>
+
+<p>
 The next example assumes there is a private root filesystem
 (perhaps hand-crafted using busybox, or installed from media,
 debootstrap, whatever) under /opt/vm-1-root:
@@ -71,14 +76,17 @@ debootstrap, whatever) under /opt/vm-1-root:
 In both cases, you can define and start a container using:</p>
 <pre>
 virsh --connect lxc:/// define v1.xml
-virsh --connect lxc:/// start v1.xml
+virsh --connect lxc:/// start vm1
 </pre>
 and then get a console  using:
 <pre>
-virsh --connect lxc:/// console v1
+virsh --connect lxc:/// console vm1
 </pre>
 <p>Now doing 'ps -ef' will only show processes in the container, for
-instance.
+instance.  You can undefine it using
 </p>
+<pre>
+virsh --connect lxc:/// undefine vm1
+</pre>
   </body>
 </html>
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1.7.2.1




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