Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-06 Thread Thomas Lamprecht
t; > Well, some kind of auto balancing of vms from ressources usage (at least cpu) > could be wonderfull ! > We have talked about this since years :) > I will try to finally bite this bullet and at least try some initial simple version. > > - Mail original - > De

Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-06 Thread Thomas Lamprecht
Hi, On 10/06/2017 09:44 AM, Alexandre DERUMIER wrote: > Hi, > > I also notice that qemu guest agent now support > > guest-file-write > guest-exec > > > So, I think it's possible to manage ip address,hostname, password,... like we > do it for lxc. > Yes, could be - maybe a bit more difficult

Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-06 Thread Alexandre DERUMIER
Mail original - De: "Alexandre Derumier" À: "Thomas Lamprecht" Cc: "pve-devel" Envoyé: Mercredi 4 Octobre 2017 10:31:50 Objet: Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit >>The writing part got reintroduced with QEMU 2.9, in another form, &

Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-04 Thread Alexandre DERUMIER
balancing of vms from ressources usage (at least cpu) could be wonderfull ! We have talked about this since years :) - Mail original ----- De: "Thomas Lamprecht" À: "pve-devel" , "aderumier" Envoyé: Mercredi 4 Octobre 2017 08:47:40 Objet: Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu f

Re: [pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-03 Thread Thomas Lamprecht
Hi, On 10/04/2017 08:14 AM, Alexandre DERUMIER wrote: > Hi, > > I just discover a new qemu feature : qemu fw_cfg > > http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/QEMU_fw_cfg/ > Here the up-to-date specification:

[pve-devel] rfc : qemu fw_cfg as alternative to cloudinit

2017-10-03 Thread Alexandre DERUMIER
Hi, I just discover a new qemu feature : qemu fw_cfg http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/QEMU_fw_cfg/ It's allow to add a custom firmware, from a host file like "-fw_cfg name=opt/GuestInfo,file=/etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf" , for example Then it's possible to read this file in guest