[libvirt-users] Xen via libvirt

[Jim Fehlig]

On 10/29/18 12:26 PM, Minjun Hong wrote:
> Hello.
> I want to use libvirt for toolstack of Xen (not XenServer) to set up Openstack 
> system but,
> I'm new to libvirt so, I had some troubles on installing libvirt.
> 
> I downloaded the source code, build and installed it, following here 
> (https://libvirt.org/compiling.html).
> However, when I type a command (# virsh 'xen:///system' list) to check if 
> libvirt has been installed successfully,
> I can see an error message:
> 
>     error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
>     error: internal error: libxenlight state driver is not active

It sounds like the libvirt libxl driver failed to load. Are there any related 
messages from libvirtd in your syslog or hints in 
/var/log/libvirt/libxl/libxl-driver.log?

Regards,
Jim