[libvirt] [PATCHv3] libvirtd: add man page for libvirtd

Justin Clift jclift at redhat.com
Fri Jul 9 10:58:58 UTC 2010


With gracious thanks to Chris Lalancette for helping knock the
description section into shape.

This addresses BZ #595350

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595350

---

This 3rd version of the patch includes the TLS certificate file names
and descriptions irrespective of remote support being enabled, plus
includes all author names.

Additionally, unicode support has been enabled for the generation of
this man page and for sending of this patch via git send-email, ensuring
all author names are displayed correctly.

 daemon/Makefile.am     |   19 +++++-
 daemon/libvirtd.pod.in |  188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 daemon/libvirtd.pod.in

diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index df34ef1..5401288 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ EXTRA_DIST =						\
 	THREADING.txt					\
 	libvirt-guests.init.in				\
 	libvirt-guests.sysconf				\
+	libvirtd.pod.in					\
 	$(AVAHI_SOURCES)				\
 	$(DAEMON_SOURCES)
 
+man_MANS = libvirtd.8
+
 BUILT_SOURCES =
 
 if WITH_LIBVIRTD
@@ -50,6 +53,20 @@ augeas_DATA = libvirtd.aug
 augeastestsdir = $(datadir)/augeas/lenses/tests
 augeastests_DATA = test_libvirtd.aug
 
+POD2MAN = pod2man -c "Virtualization Support" \
+			-r "$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)" -s 8 -u
+
+libvirtd.pod: libvirtd.pod.in
+	sed \
+	    -e 's![@]sysconfdir[@]!$(sysconfdir)!g' \
+	    -e 's![@]localstatedir[@]!$(localstatedir)!g' \
+	    -e 's![@]remote_pid_file[@]!$(REMOTE_PID_FILE)!g' \
+	    < $< > $@-t
+	mv $@-t $@
+
+libvirtd.8: libvirtd.pod
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(POD2MAN) $< $@
+
 libvirtd_SOURCES = $(DAEMON_SOURCES)
 
 #-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L
@@ -285,5 +302,5 @@ uninstall-data-sasl:
 endif
 
 
-CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES) $(man_MANS) libvirtd.pod
 CLEANFILES += *.cov *.gcov .libs/*.gcda .libs/*.gcno *.gcno *.gcda
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.pod.in b/daemon/libvirtd.pod.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f73572c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.pod.in
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+=encoding utf-8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+libvirtd - libvirtd management daemon
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<libvirtd> [ -dlv ] [ -f config_file ] [ -p pid_file ] [ -t timeout_seconds ]
+
+B<libvirtd> --version
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The B<libvirtd> program is the server side daemon component of the libvirt
+virtualization management system.
+
+This daemon runs on host servers and performs required management tasks for
+virtualized guests.  This includes activities such as starting, stopping
+and migrating guests between host servers, configuring and manipulating
+networking, and managing storage for use by guests.
+
+The libvirt client libraries and utilities connect to this daemon to issue
+tasks and collect information about the configuration and resources of the host
+system and guests.
+
+By default, the libvirtd daemon listens for requests on a local Unix domain
+socket.  Using the B<-l>|B<--listen> command line option, the libvirtd daemon
+can be instructed to additionally listen on a TCP/IP socket.  The TCP/IP socket
+to use is defined in the libvirtd configuration file.
+
+Restarting libvirtd does not impact running guests.  Guests continue to operate
+and will be picked up automatically if their XML configuration has been
+defined.  Any guests whose XML configuration has not been defined will be lost
+from the configuration.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<-d, --daemon>
+
+Run as a daemon & write PID file.
+
+=item B<-f, --config> I<FILE>
+
+Use this configuration file, overriding the default value.
+
+=item B<-l, --listen>
+
+Listen for TCP/IP connections.
+
+=item B<-p, --pid-file> I<FILE>
+
+Use this name for the PID file, overriding the default value.
+
+=item B<-t, --timeout> I<SECONDS>
+
+Exit after timeout period (in seconds) expires.
+
+=item B<-v, --verbose>
+
+Enable output of verbose messages.
+
+=item B<    --version>
+
+Display version information then exit.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SIGNALS
+
+On receipt of B<SIGHUP> libvirtd will reload its configuration.
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+=over
+
+=item F<@sysconfdir@/libvirtd.conf>
+
+The default configuration file used by libvirtd, unless overridden on the
+command line using the B<-f>|B<--config> option.
+
+=item F<@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock>
+
+=item F<@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro>
+
+The sockets libvirtd will use when B<run as root>.
+
+=item F<$HOME/.libvirt/libvirt-sock>
+
+The socket libvirtd will use when run as a B<non-root> user.
+
+=item F<@sysconfdir@/pki/CA/cacert.pem>
+
+The TLS B<Certificate Authority> certificate libvirtd will use.
+
+=item F<@sysconfdir@/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem>
+
+The TLS B<Server> certificate libvirtd will use.
+
+=item F<@sysconfdir@/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem>
+
+The TLS B<Server> private key libvirtd will use.
+
+=item F<@remote_pid_file@>
+
+The PID file to use, unless overridden by the B<-p>|B<--pid-file> option.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+To retrieve the version of libvirtd:
+
+ # libvirtd --version
+ libvirtd (libvirt) 0.8.2
+ #
+
+To start libvirtd, instructing it to daemonize and create a PID file:
+
+ # libvirtd -d
+ # ls -la @remote_pid_file@
+ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul  9 02:40 @remote_pid_file@
+ #
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Please report all bugs you discover.  This should be done via either:
+
+=over
+
+=item a) the mailing list
+
+L<http://libvirt.org/contact.html>
+
+=item or,
+
+B<>
+
+=item b) the bug tracker
+
+L<http://libvirt.org/bugs.html>
+
+=item Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+ Stefan Berger        <stefanb at us.ibm.com>
+ Daniel Berrange      <berrange at redhat.com>
+ Eric Blake           <eblake at redhat.com>
+ Matthias Bolte       <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
+ Jiri Denemark        <jdenemar at redhat.com>
+ Amy Griffis          <amy.griffis at hp.com>
+ Guido Günther        <agx at sigxcpu.org>
+ Richard W.M. Jones   <rjones at redhat.com>
+ Dan Kenigsberg       <danken at redhat.com>
+ Chris Lalancette     <clalance at redhat.com>
+ Dave Leskovec        <dlesko at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ John Levon           <john.levon at sun.com>
+ Wolfgang Mauerer     <wolfgang.mauerer at siemens.com>
+ Mark McLoughlin      <markmc at redhat.com>
+ Jim Meyering         <meyering at redhat.com>
+ Cole Robinson        <crobinso at redhat.com>
+ Atsushi SAKAI        <sakaia at jp.fujitsu.com>
+ Laine Stump          <laine at redhat.com>
+ Miloslav Trmač       <mitr at redhat.com>
+ Daniel Veillard      <veillard at redhat.com> or <daniel at veillard.com>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Red Hat, Inc. and the above mentioned AUTHORS.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+libvirtd is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.
+This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
+is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<virsh(1)>, L<virt-install(1)>, L<virt-xml-validate(1)>, L<virt-top(1)>,
+L<virt-mem(1)>, L<virt-df(1)>, L<http://www.libvirt.org/>
+
+=cut
-- 
1.7.1




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