[elbe-devel] [PATCH 7/7] initvmaction: use systemwide libvirt instance

[John Ogness]

On 2018-04-13, Torben Hohn <torben.hohn at linutronix.de> wrote:
> this change allows several users to share the initvm, because using
> the same filesystem image with more than one user results in hard to
> debug deadlocking problems with domain start and creation.
>
> due to soap tcp port conflicts, we can have a single initvm per host,
> anyways, so we move it to the system libvirt.

The SOAP port can be configured. Running multiple initvm instances
simultaneously on different ports is something that is used.

This is not an argument against moving to the system libvirt. I do not
understand enough about libvirt to comment on that. Just please do not
mention the SOAP port as your justification.

John Ogness