[libvirt-users] virsh console logging and pty usage

[Dave Allan]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:39:10AM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Alex Jia <ajia at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > Replace your console type from 'file' to 'pty' it looks like this:
> > <serial type='pty'>
> >  <target port='0'/>
> > </serial>
> > <console type='pty'>
> >  <target port='0'/>
> > </console>
> >
> > And then append the parameter "console=ttyS0,115200" to guest kernel
> > cmdline and reboot your guest, to use virsh console to connect your
> > guest again.
> >
> > For details, please refer to the following link:
> > http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsConsole
> >
> >
> > Good Luck!
> > Alex
> >
> 
> Alex,
> 
> I was actually looking to use the logging functionality that I had
> configured, while still having a tty available to connect through via
> virsh console. Basically does libvirt have the ability to multiplex
> the output from qemu's serial port in any way?

FWIW, I've heard of people using conserver to solve this problem.

Dave

> -- 
> Doug Goldstein
> 
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