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authorMORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka@lab.ntt.co.jp>2013-02-22 12:39:53 +0900
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2013-03-04 09:54:17 +0100
commit1b8bbb46e7593b92ded74cc2a5461202c2b6c05c (patch)
tree8b953f39a2776c1345bdfb443145ac0415cd308c /qemu-doc.texi
parent25af257d219ed2708b3bcf7f1fabf93234d27620 (diff)
downloadqemu-1b8bbb46e7593b92ded74cc2a5461202c2b6c05c.tar.gz
sheepdog: add support for connecting to unix domain socket
This patch adds support for a unix domain socket for a connection between qemu and local sheepdog server. You can use the unix domain socket with the following syntax: $ qemu sheepdog+unix:///<vdiname>?socket=<socket path>[#snapid] Signed-off-by: MORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ qemu-img create -b sheepdog:///@var{base}#@var{tag} sheepdog:///@var{image}
where @var{base} is a image name of the source snapshot and @var{tag}
is its tag name.
+You can use an unix socket instead of an inet socket:
+
+@example
+qemu-system-i386 sheepdog+unix:///@var{image}?socket=@var{path}
+@end example
+
If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to
specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to.
@example