[libvirt-users] libvirt domain configuration xml

[Andrei Perietanu]

Tanks for the reply Eric.
  The only reason I'm not going through the API is because there is nothing
in the API (AFIK), that will allow you to modify the VNC settings, i.e.
enable/disable, change port number. So I figured, the only way to do it is
to modify the XML.
   I can't use virsh edit because I need this whole behavior scripted.
   So now if I want to change the VNC settings it looks like I have to read
the XML, modify it, define it, actually re-define it (maybe I have to
undefine it first?! ) and that's it - correct?

Andrei

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 12/11/2015 07:26 AM, Andrei Perietanu wrote:
> > I am trying to change a domain configuration from a python script. More
> > specific, I want to edit the VNC settings. You can't do this using the
> > libvirt API so you have to edit the domain configuration:
>
> Umm, the libvirt API _is_ how you edit the domain configuration.
>
> >
> > Fo exmple, to disable VNC for a domain 'test1':
> >
> > vmXml = vm.XMLDesc(0)
> > root = ET.fromstring(vmXml)
> > devices = root.find('./devices')
> > graphics = devices.find('graphics')
> > devices.remove(graphics)
> > xml = ET.tostring(root)
> > with open('path_to/test1.xml', 'w') as f:
> > f.write(xml)
>
> Writing to path_to/test1.xml is not necessary (it's merely a convenient
> way for you to have a point-in-time snapshot of what the domain XML
> was); what you are really looking for is to write the XML back to
> libvirt, via:
>
> vm.defineXML(xml)
>
> > So the question really is: where is the domain configuration stored? Am I
> > editing the write file, or am I missing something?
>
> The official copy is stored in memory, so the only supported way to
> manipulate it is via libvirt API.  Libvirt happens to copy its memory
> into files located under /etc/libvirt for persistence reasons, but
> modifying those files behind libvirt's back is not a good idea - in
> fact, those files start with the disclaimer:
> <!--
> WARNING: THIS IS AN AUTO-GENERATED FILE. CHANGES TO IT ARE LIKELY TO BE
> OVERWRITTEN AND LOST. Changes to this xml configuration should be made
> using:
>   virsh edit domain
> or other application using the libvirt API.
> -->
>
> --
> Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
>
>

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