[libvirt-users] Doc/web site problems

[Greg Ward]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013, at 07:17 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 11/11/2013 05:04 PM, Greg Ward wrote:
> > 2) In the FAQ, under "networking is unavailable in virt-manager / virsh
> > - libvirt's default network fails to start", it says "Here is a list of
> > the networking-related packages that need to be installed for libvirt
> > networking to work properly:". But it does not say if those packages are
> > supposed to be installed on the host or the guest! It might be obvious
> > to you, but it isn't to me.
> 
> URL of the FAQ page with the missing information?

Oops! It's question 1.3.11, at
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/FAQ#networking_is_unavailable_in_virt-manager_.2F_virsh_-_libvirt.27s_default_network_fails_to_start

> Offhand, I suspect
> this is in reference to the host (particularly since the guest need not
> run Linux in the first place);

Good point. I *knew* someone on this list would have a better
understanding than me!

> > 3) In http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Guest_configuration, it
> > says "the following XML would be used in the guest:" ... but it doesn't
> > say WHERE to put that configuration! Is it a snippet to add to an
> > existing file? A new file I have to create? Something else? Very
> > frustrating! ;-(
> 
> A snippet to add to the existing <domain> XML that you would see using
> 'virsh edit' (or with the virDomainDefineXML() API).

OK. What's <domain>? "virsh list" doesn't list anything, despite the
fact that I still have one VM visible in the virt-manager GUI.

(FWIW, consider me a libvirt novice, despite trying out virt-manager
every year or so for the last 3 years or so. I've just never had much
luck with it. I finally got annoyed enough to dig into the docs a little
bit, which just got me more annoyed, so here I am.)

Thanks --

Greg