[libvirt] virt-manager network properties

[C.J. Adams-Collier]

On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 15:33 -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote: 
> On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 13:46 -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote: 
> > Hey Dan, list,
> > 
> > It seems to me that virt-manager could do with more information about
> > the virtual network devices, the DHCP leases on them, maybe a view of
> > the arp table, etc.
> > 
> > To this end, I've abused Dan's .glade file a bit and put some stub code
> > in virtManger/host.py
> > 
> > Could I get some comments and some recommendations for next steps?  It's
> > been a while since I've done any glade'ing...
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > C.J.
> 
> 
>         17:09 < cjac> danpb: what do you think about a new .glade file for network properties?
>         17:13 < danpb> you mean for virt-manager ?
>         17:14 < cjac> danpb: yeah, that.  didn't you get my email? :)
>         17:16 < danpb> best to send those kind of ideas to the virt-tools mailing list
>         17:16 < danpb> i'm not really involved with virt-manager recently
>         17:16 < cjac> ah, virt-tools.
> 
> I asked the virt-tools folks, and they mentioned that they get their
> information exclusively from libvirt.  If I want to show arp table info,
> I need to implement retrieval in libvirt.
> 
> Would any of you be able to help me sketch out some extensions to
> libvirt to give some feedback about the virtual network interface?  It
> would also be nice to have a way to remotely manage the device.  It
> might be a bit too far-reaching, but quagga might be a good way to
> provide such remote management.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> C.J.


It looks like quagga doesn't provide any switch management tools, only
route management.  I'm taking a sick day to take care of the family, so
I may have some time to poke at this after I fix up the ironruby .debs

Cheers,

C.J.

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