[Openstack] Custom QEMU Emulator Path?

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Jul 30 16:07:06 UTC 2014


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:55:04AM -0400, Wolfgang Richter wrote:
> If I compile a custom QEMU and want to use these non-standard binaries when
> starting instances, how do I override the defaults OpenStack uses via
> libvirt?
> 
> Is there an easy OpenStack option?
> 
> Or do I need to implement a custom LibvirtDriver ?

OpenStack delegates to Libvirt to pick the QEMU binary to use

Libvirt in turns detects the QEMU binaries by searching $PATH.

So if you install your own binaries, just make sure your
install location is at the front of $PATH when starting
the libvirtd daemon.


Regards,
Daniel
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