Well, I am still with that problem, attempting to create shared folders, so
I will try to be more specific and then maybe somebody can help me.
When I say "I am trying to set up shared folders", I mean that I set this
configuration in my XML description:
<filesystem type='template' accessmode='mapped'>
<source name='/home/guilhermesgb/Desktop/SharedFolder/>
<target dir='/home/tarciso/Desktop/SharedFolder'/>
</filesystem>
This was my last attempt. I also tried all other combinations, with
accessmodes "passthrough" and "squash", for filesystem type "mount" too.
I can't send you any error messages neither printscreens because my problem
is that anything happens, the domain is started properly but no shared
folder is specified so I can mount it, using command "sudo mount -t vboxsf
SharedFolder /home/tarciso/Desktop/SharedFolder". I always get a protocol
error.
I was expecting libvirt to automatically do this step for me, so I wouldn't
need to do it manually through vbox GUI or VBoxManage.
During my searches through the web, I found this other option, although I
can't be sure if it is implemented, as the libvirt website says nothing
about it: defining an XML file with this configuration:
<shareddir fstype="ext4" path="/home/guilhermesgb/Desktop/SharedFolder"
mount_tag="SharingName" security_model="passthrough" />
And then mounting it with proper command (the same as before, now with the
mount_tag specified: "sudo mount -t vboxsf SharingName
/home/tarciso/Desktop/SharedFolder" . Unfortunatelly the same error
persists.
Am I missing something?
Sorry if my first message was hard to understand. Thanks.
2011/6/1 Guilherme Santos <guisg...@gmail.com>
> Good afternoon.
>
> I am having trouble trying to set up shared folders in the guest VM using
> VirtualBox hypervisor. No matter what configuration is defined in my XML, it
> never works, I mean, no shared folder is added/specifyed, then, inside the
> guest, when I try to mount the folder, I always get a protocol error.
>
> If I use VirtualBoxManage, I can add/specify shared folders easily and
> mount it with no problem.
>
> I need to use libvirt in order to deal, in a generalized way, with the
> process of creating shared folders in all hypervisors supported by libvirt,
> otherwise my problem would be solved already. I must not use specific
> commands of a certain hypervisor (such as VirtualBoxManage's).
>
> How does libvirt allow me to set up shared folders? Does it use
> VirtualBoxManage for VBox hypervisors? If so, how do I use it?
> I've read the documentation and followed it in defining my XMLs.
>
> Thanks anyway!
> --
> Guilherme Santos G. Baptista
> Undergraduate in Computer Science at UFCG
> LSD - Distributed Systems Laboratory
>
--
Guilherme Santos G. Baptista
Graduando em Ciência da Computação pela UFCG
LSD - Laboratório de Sistemas Distribuídos
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