[libvirt] [PATCH] send 'container=libvirt' in env to container init

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Tue May 17 08:27:14 UTC 2011


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:47:02AM -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> This allows upstart scripts to detect that they are in a container
> and modify their behavior accordingly.
> 
> In this way, the same ubuntu maverick or natty image with the 'lxcguest'
> package installed can be booted on bare metal, in kvm, or as a
> libvirt or liblxc container.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Short <zulcss at ubuntu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> ---
>  src/lxc/lxc_container.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
> index 9ae93b5..a70aeeb 100644
> --- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
> +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static virCommandPtr lxcContainerBuildInitCmd(virDomainDefPtr vmDef)
>  
>      virCommandAddEnvString(cmd, "PATH=/bin:/sbin");
>      virCommandAddEnvString(cmd, "TERM=linux");
> +    virCommandAddEnvString(cmd, "container=libvirt");
>      virCommandAddEnvPair(cmd, "LIBVIRT_LXC_UUID", uuidstr);
>      virCommandAddEnvPair(cmd, "LIBVIRT_LXC_NAME", vmDef->name);

I've no objection to this, but IMHO the value should be

   container=libvirt-lxc

Regards,
Daniel
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