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<h1>User Mode Linux driver</h1>
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The UML driver for libvirt allows use and management of paravirtualized
guests built for User Mode Linux. UML requires no special support in
the host kernel, so can be used by any user of any linux system, provided
they have enough free RAM for their guest's needs, though there are
certain restrictions on network connectivity unless the administrator
has pre-created TAP devices.
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Mode Linux</a> paravirtualized kernel
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<h2>Connections to UML driver</h2>
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The libvirt UML driver follows the QEMU driver in providing two
types of connection. There is one privileged instance per host,
which runs as root. This is called the "system" instance, and allows
full use of all host resources. Then, there is a per-user unprivileged
"session", instance. This has more restricted capabilities, and may
require the host administrator to setup certain resources ahead of
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uml:///session (local access to per-user instance)
uml+unix:///session (local access to per-user instance)
uml:///system (local access to system instance)
uml+unix:///system (local access to system instance)
uml://example.com/system (remote access, TLS/x509)
uml+tcp://example.com/system (remote access, SASl/Kerberos)
uml+ssh://root@example.com/system (remote access, SSH tunnelled)
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<h2>Example XML configuration</h2>
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User mode Linux driver only supports directly kernel boot at
this time. A future driver enhancement may allow a paravirt
bootloader in a similar style to Xen's pygrub. For now though,
the UML kernel must be stored on the host and referenced
explicitly in the "os" element. Since UML is a paravirtualized
technology, the kernel "type" is set to "uml"
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There is not yet support for networking in the driver, but
disks can be specified in the usual libvirt manner. The main
variation is the target device naming scheme "ubd0", and
bus type of "uml".
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Once booted the primary console is connected to a PTY, and
thus accessible with "virsh console" or equivalent tools
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<domain type='uml'>
<name>demo</name>
<uuid>b4433fc2-a22e-ffb3-0a3d-9c173b395800</uuid>
<memory>500000</memory>
<currentMemory>500000</currentMemory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64'>uml</type>
<kernel>/home/berrange/linux-uml-2.6.26-x86_64</kernel>
</os>
<devices>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<source file='/home/berrange/FedoraCore6-AMD64-root_fs'/>
<target dev='ubd0' bus='uml'/>
</disk>
<console type='pty'/>
</devices>
</domain>
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