[libvirt-users] Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver?

[G Naresh Kumar]

Hi Matthias,



Sorry for the confusion.It was an edited one & hence the typo. Below is the

actual output:



# virsh -c xenapi://<myip>

Enter username for <myip>: root

Enter root's password for <myip>:

error: authentication failed: (null)



I was not able to get anything in the Xen logs. Somehow figured out to print


the Xen error using the patch given at the link http://osdir.com/ml/libvir-

list/2011-06/msg00298.html. It prints "TRANSPORT_FAULT". Any pointers to
this

error would be much appreciated. Iam also trying to debug this issue.



As per your suggestion,

I had used make rpm. But it requires xen-devel pacakge, which I was

not able to get for Xen 3.4.2. Is there any way where I can use the source

package and build & install the library without using 'make rpm' ?



Thanks for all the help.


Regards

Naresh

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Matthias Bolte <
matthias.bolte at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2011/7/14 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli at gmail.com>:
> > Hi Maththias,
> > Thanks for the help. I finally was able to compile/install libvirt on
> > xenserver.
> >
> > I tried compiling the libvirt 0.9.2 with xen api support. Was able to
> > install it successfully. When I tried giving the virsh command, I got an
> > ‘authentication failed’ error as shown below.
> >
> > # virsh -c xenapi://<my local ip>
> > Enter username for <mylocalip>: root
>
> Here you entered root
>
> > Enter intel123's password for <my local ip>:
>
> but here it asks for intel123's, that's unexpected. Did you edit this
> one before mailing it, or is there really this mismatch?
>
> > error: authentication failed: (null)
>
> Outputting (null) here is actually a bug. The only way this can happen
> is when the login attempt fails but the XenServer doesn't provide an
> error message. Maybe have a look at the XenServer logs to see if it
> says something about a failed login attempt.
>
> > I also tried connecting to the local machine as below,
> >
> > virsh -c "xenapi:///"
> > error: authentication failed: Server name not in URI
> > error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
>
> The XenAPI driver expects a server name. xenapi:/// _could_ be treated
> as xenapi://localhost, but it's not implemented that way.
>
> > Also I am trying to install ruby-libvirt on xenserver, which looks like
> > requires libvirt-devel package to be installed. How do I build it from
> the
> > libvirt 0.9.2 source package.
>
> Running 'make rpm' should build an libvirt-devel RPM package for you.
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Naresh
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Matthias Bolte
> > <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi Maththias,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a lot for your response!.
> >> >
> >> > Is there a specific version of libvirt from which xenserver support is
> >> > added? I am getting the below error
> >> >
> >> > "error: invalid argument in libvirt was built without the 'xenapi'
> >> > driver"
> >>
> >> The means that your libvirt version is new enough and contains the
> >> XenAPI driver but that it was disabled on configure time, probably
> >> because the build server didn't have libxenserver installed and
> >> libvirt's configure script automatically disabled the driver because
> >> of a missing dependency.
> >>
> >> > I have installed libvirt from citrix yum repo.
> >>
> >> Then Citrix build libvirt without XenAPI support. As a long term
> >> solution you could report to whom ever is responsible for that repo
> >> and request to enabled XenAPI support in that libvirt package. As a
> >> short term solution you could build libvirt from source yourself and
> >> make sure to get the XenAPI driver enabled.
> >>
> >> > I am using Xenserver 5.5 with libvirt 0.8.2 and it does not seem to be
> >> > working.
> >>
> >> According to http://libvirt.org/hvsupport.html and the error message
> >> 0.8.2 is new enough.
> >>
> >> Matthias
> >>
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Naresh
> >> >
> >> > On Jun 15, 2011 7:03 PM, "Matthias Bolte"
> >> > <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> 2011/6/15 G Naresh Kumar <naresh.gadepalli at gmail.com>:
> >> >>> Hi,
> >> >>> Is libvirt supported on Citrix Xenserver. I have been searching for
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> same
> >> >>> with little/no luck.
> >> >>> If supported, can you point to some links/documents which can help
> me
> >> >>> try
> >> >>> out the same.
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>> Naresh
> >> >>
> >> >> libvirt can use XenAPI via libxenserver [1]. That should allow you to
> >> >> use libvirt with a Citrix XenServer. You can use virsh like this
> >> >> assuming you have a libxenserver enabled libvirt:
> >> >>
> >> >> virsh -c xenapi://my-xen-server
> >> >>
> >> >> But it's true, there is no documentation about this on the libvirt
> >> >> website
> >> >> yet.
> >> >>
> >> >> [1] http://community.citrix.com/display/xs/Download+SDKs
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Matthias Bolte
> >> >> http://photron.blogspot.com
> >> >
> > --
> > I was an atheist till I realized I am GOD
> >
>
> --
> Matthias Bolte
> http://photron.blogspot.com
>



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