4.19. libvirt

4.19. libvirt

Problem Description: The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remotely managing virtualized systems.

Volumes created using the libvirt storage API may not have an SELinux label that allows access by virtual machines. If an SELinux AVC denial is reported when starting a Xen or KVM guest, the adminstrator should either manually relabel the file/device, or add the file path(s) as rule to the SELinux policy using the 'semanage' tool. (BZ#510143)

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