Hi Eric, I'm not understand this before. Thanks! zhpeng BR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Blake" <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Zhimou Peng" <zhpeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx, "s3-bug-review" <s3-bug-review@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:22:08 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: libvirt secret support password or encryption keys? On 06/19/2012 03:38 AM, Zhimou Peng wrote: > FWD > > Hi, all > PLS help, i'm reviewing man doc of libvirt secrets > > # man virsh > ... > SECRET COMMMANDS > The following commands manipulate "secrets" (e.g. passwords, passphrases -----> secret-set-value only support base64 "passphrases" secret-set-value supports _all_ types of secrets, since a secret is _any_ base64-encoded text. Whether you use that secret information as a password, a passphrase, and encryption key, or something else is up to how you have connected that secret to the rest of your virtual machine management. > and encryption keys). Libvirt can store secrets independently from their > use, and other objects (e.g. volumes or domains) can refer to the secrets > for encryption or possibly other uses. Secrets are identified using an > UUID. See <http://libvirt.org/formatsecret.html> for documentation of > the XML format used to represent properties of secrets. > ... > > So, I want to know that if libvirt support other 2 kinds of "secrets". And if so, How to use password and encrytion keys ? If libvirt not support that, i will file a bug of this man doc. I'm not sure where you are getting confused; would it help if the man page for 'secret-set-value' used the term 'secret' instead of 'passphrase', since 'secret' is the generic term for any base64-encoded data that must be kept secret? You are welcome to submit a patch yourself; the man page source is in tools/virsh.pod. -- Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list