Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] QEMU Dbus support - a proposal management API

[Dor Laor]

Laurent Vivier wrote:

Le mardi 11 décembre 2007 à 10:10 +0100, Fabrice Bellard a écrit :
  

Hi,
    

Hi,

  

At this point I am not interested in integrating it into QEMU as it is 
one more API level to maintain in addition to the command line monitor. 
However, I can change my mind if several projects insists to have a 
similar interface.
    

perhaps the DBUS interface can replace the command line monitor ?
We have just to move the command line interface to a client speaking to
qemu through the DBUS interface.

  

This is a valid option but the problem is that local user will have to use another tool (client) to
send commands. Another option is to have a common backend with machine & user interfaces.
For example, if we use dbus as the backend, monitor commands will just be translated into dbus.
The opposite option is also valid.

Anyway, the motivation behind a new interface is that the monitor interface is not good enough for automation:
There are not return status for commands, no option for async notifications, no option for parallel actions in case
a command takes long time to complete (like snapshot).

So we either a new interface is added or the existing one will be enhanced.
Since Qemu/KVM will be used in production its highly important to have a reliable channel to connects with mgmt daemons.
Dbus is a common practice for communication and used in Linux, libvirt, etc. The question is whether to add a dbus server to Qemu or
a client is sufficient.

Regards,
Dor.

I guess Yuval will be very happy to make this work :-D

Regards,
laurent