This is similar to my earlier commit which documented qemu.conf locations. Luckily, the LXC driver has only the system connection and not session or embed one. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/drvlxc.html.in | 10 ++++++++++ docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst | 16 +++++++++------- docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst | 9 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/drvlxc.html.in b/docs/drvlxc.html.in index b8a99272e6..23aae991a2 100644 --- a/docs/drvlxc.html.in +++ b/docs/drvlxc.html.in @@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ causes libvirt to activate the user namespace feature. </p> +<h2><a id="configFiles">Location of configuration files</a></h2> + +<p> +The LXC driver comes with sane default values. However, during its +initialization it reads a configuration file which offers system +administrator to override some of that default. The file is located +under <code>/etc/libvirt/lxc.conf</code> +</p> + + <h2><a id="activation">Systemd Socket Activation Integration</a></h2> <p> diff --git a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst index 6545dc58d3..6466be3b8d 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/libvirtd.rst @@ -136,15 +136,17 @@ When run as *root* The default configuration file used by ``libvirtd``, unless overridden on the command line using the ``-f`` | ``--config`` option. -If QEMU driver is installed, then the following file is also read: +Depending on what driver is installed, then the following files are also read: -* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/qemu.conf`` +* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/qemu.conf`` for the QEMU driver +* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/lxc.conf`` for the LXC driver -This file contains various knobs and default values for virtual machines -created within QEMU driver, and offers a way to override the built in defaults, -for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary binaries, TLS -certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and others. Location of -this file can't be overridden by any command line switch. +These files contain various knobs and default values for virtual machines +created within their respective drivers, and offer a way to override the built +in defaults, for instance (but not limited to): paths to various supplementary +binaries, TLS certificates location, graphical consoles configuration and +others. Location of neither of these files can be overridden by any command +line switch. * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/libvirt-sock`` * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro`` diff --git a/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst b/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst index b9aca6c857..2e9d8fd14b 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst @@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ a different user results in error. The default configuration file used by ``virtlxcd``, unless overridden on the command line using the ``-f`` | ``--config`` option. +In addition to the default configuration file, ``virtlxcd`` reads +configuration for the LXC driver from: + +* ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/lxc.conf`` + +This file contains various knobs and default values for virtual machines +created within LXC driver, and offers a way to override the built in defaults, +Location of this file can't be overridden by any command line switch. + * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtlxcd-sock`` * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtlxcd-sock-ro`` * ``@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtlxcd-admin-sock`` -- 2.26.2
