[libvirt-users] Emulated TPM doesn't work on Debian Buster

[procmem at riseup.net]

On 10/7/19 8:17 AM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 02:32:19PM +0000, procmem at riseup.net wrote:
>> Hi. I am very interested in the security properties a totally open TPM
>> can give our users  - its use as a universal smartcard to protect all
>> types of keys. When adding the virtual 1.2 or 2.0 TPM I get the vague
>> error below. OS is Debian stable with standard packages.
>>
>>
>> Error starting domain: Unable to find 'swtpm' binary in $PATH: No such
>> file or directory
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 75, in
>> cb_wrapper
>>     callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 111,
>> in tmpcb
>>     callback(*args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/libvirtobject.py", line 66,
>> in newfn
>>     ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 1400, in
>> startup
>>     self._backend.create()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1080, in create
>>     if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed',
>> dom=self)
>> libvirt.libvirtError: Unable to find 'swtpm' binary in $PATH: No such
>> file or directory
>>
>
> What is vague about this?  "Unable to find 'swtpm' binary in $PATH:" ???
>
> Have you tried:
>
>  apt install -y swtpm
>
> perhaps?

Yeah. I've even searched the Debian package directories in case it's
available under a different name, but it's like Andrea says - it's not
packaged for Debian yet.

>
>>
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