[libvirt-users] libvirt ruby binding with vmware

[Chris Lalancette]

On 08/23/11 - 09:16:14PM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2011/8/23 Ohad Levy <ohadlevy at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> > I've been trying to use the ruby libvirt binding with vmware esx on F15,
> > however it doesnt seems to work, I get:
> > Libvirt::ConnectionError: Call to virConnectOpen failed: Cannot access CA
> > certificate '/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem': No such file or directory
> > I've using the same uri with virsh and it works.
> > it seems like somehow the no_verify is not passed, or we are back to old
> > libvirt error messages :)
> > any idea?
> > thanks,
> > Ohad
> 
> As the ESX driver documentation says, you need to use
> virConnectOpenAuth (what virsh does by default). You're error message
> talks about virConnectOpen so there is your problem. You need to use
> virConnectOpenAuth with the Ruby Bindings too.
> 
> Until libvirt 0.9.2 the ESX driver declines connection attempts when
> virConnectOpen is used. Since 0.9.2 this is reported as the error it
> actually is.
> 
> When the ESX driver declines the connection attempt libvirt will end
> up trying to connect to a non-existing libvirtd on the ESX server in
> order to find a driver that accepts the connection attempt. By default
> it uses TLS for this and that's why it's looking for TLS certificates.
> This is not related to the no_verify option.
> 
> So you're probably using libvirt < 0.9.2 and are using virConnectOpen
> instead of virConnectOpenAuth.

Ohad, please let me know your experience using the ruby Libvirt::open_auth
method.  I tried to make it "ruby-ish", and it works for me, but I will be the
first to admit that it is a bit baroque.

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Chris Lalancette