[openstack-dev] [Fuel][UX] Throw KVM\QEMU and leave Libvirt on Wizard

Igor Kalnitsky ikalnitsky at mirantis.com
Mon Dec 21 12:43:35 UTC 2015


What about hypervisor "Qemu", and checkbox option on Settings tab -
"Use KVM extension"?

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Andrey Danin <adanin at mirantis.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Let's call this hypervisor type "Qemu-KVM". So it will be a separate HV like
> vCenter, Xen, or HyperV. The actual selection between qemu and kvm will be a
> HV specific option in this case.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Igor Kalnitsky <ikalnitsky at mirantis.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Agree with Kevin. libvirt itself isn't a hypervisor. It's an API (or
>> single entry point) for dealing with other hypervisors, including qemu
>> and kvm.
>>
>> So it's kinda confusing, I'd prefer to find another solution.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Igor
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Fox, Kevin M <Kevin.Fox at pnnl.gov> wrote:
>> > I think it may be confusing to a fair number of the users you are
>> > targeting.
>> > libvirt supports more then just qemu/kvm. xen, virtualbox, and others.
>> > saying libvirt makes people have to know that when you say libvirt you
>> > mean
>> > just the qemu/kvm that nova supports using the implementation detail of
>> > using libvirt.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Kevin
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Aleksandr Didenko [adidenko at mirantis.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:16 AM
>> > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
>> > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Fuel][UX] Throw KVM\QEMU and leave Libvirt
>> > on
>> > Wizard
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > looks good to me.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Alex
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Andriy Popovych
>> > <apopovych at mirantis.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi fuelers,
>> >>
>> >> We want to throw KVM/QEMU options from Wizard and instead of them leave
>> >> only one: Libvirt [0]. Libvirt option enables QEMU by default and there
>> >> are
>> >> still be possibility to change it on KVM in settings. It looks more
>> >> logically because both QEMU\KVM are options for libvirt which manage
>> >> them.
>> >>
>> >> What are you think about it?
>> >>
>> >> [0] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/258690
>> >>
>> >>
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