CentOS virt - Apr 2009 - state of lfarkas KVM repository + Centos KVM wiki

Hi all,

I have followed the wiki howto to install KVM on my C5 server with a F10 
x86_64 guest. Howto here:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM

With one small problem here:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=74275&topic_id=19726
the guest is really running stable for one week now.

Maybe someone could have a look at udev why it always sets permission 
for /dev/net/tun wrong and update the wiki?

But my actual question is, what's the state of lfarkas repository?
Can it be trusted? Sadly there is no frontpage on http://www.lfarkas.org/

Thx
Rainer

Rainer Traut wrote:
 >
 > But my actual question is, what's the state of lfarkas repository?
 > Can it be trusted? Sadly there is no frontpage on http://www.lfarkas.org/
 >

Levente Farkas contributes on the centos-devel list and I have seen 
several other posts from people using those RPMs so yes, I trust them.

I have been asking for them to be put them into a repository...
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2009-April/004419.html
...but I guess sorting out issues arising from CentOS 5.3 is higher 
priority right now.

Running KVM as an unpriviledged user is on my to-do list so I will 
follow the outcome of that thread with interest.

Thanks
Julian

Hi.

I used source from lfarkas repository and have rebuilt my own rpm's 
since on lfarkas repository there are no i386 version for some rpm's 
(kvm-mod I think).

I also have recompiled Fedoras libvirt and virt-manager,... rpm's

If you need them for i386 system you can find them here: 
http://www.plcomputers.net/download/plc-centos5-custom/

Otherwise it would be wise to use lfarkas's rpm's. They should work
well.
Of course, first test this on some non-production system.

Using virt-manager (GUI) I am able to create and delete virtual 
machines, and set all options. In Edit\host details you can set default 
network IP for virbr interface.

I have not seen any tap interfaces, I have set my eth0 to bridge mode (I 
wanted public IP directly on virtual OS), and libvirt just hooks to it 
without actually (visibly) joining the br0 bridge.

Only thing I do not know how to use is connecting to qemu:///system with 
virsh.

Ljubomir



Rainer Traut wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have followed the wiki howto to install KVM on my C5 server with a F10 
> x86_64 guest. Howto here:
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM
> 
> With one small problem here:
>
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=74275&topic_id=19726
> the guest is really running stable for one week now.
> 
> Maybe someone could have a look at udev why it always sets permission 
> for /dev/net/tun wrong and update the wiki?
> 
> But my actual question is, what's the state of lfarkas repository?
> Can it be trusted? Sadly there is no frontpage on http://www.lfarkas.org/
> 
> Thx
> Rainer
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS-virt mailing list
> CentOS-virt at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
>

Am 23.04.2009 12:13, schrieb Rainer Traut:
> Hi all,
>
> I have followed the wiki howto to install KVM on my C5 server with a F10
> x86_64 guest. Howto here:
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM
>
> With one small problem here:
>
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=74275&topic_id=19726
> the guest is really running stable for one week now.
>
> Maybe someone could have a look at udev why it always sets permission
> for /dev/net/tun wrong and update the wiki?
>
> But my actual question is, what's the state of lfarkas repository?
> Can it be trusted? Sadly there is no frontpage on http://www.lfarkas.org/
>
> Thx
> Rainer

I'm sorry, I sent this mail twice because I had some problems with my 
mail account.

Rainer