2010/3/24 <steven765@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I keep getting an error when I try to attach a device in the libvirt api through python
>
> The python code is:
>
> conn=libvirt.open('qemu:///system')
> dom = conn.lookupByName("fedoratest")
> if dom.info()[0]==1:
> dom.attachDevice('net.xml')
>
> And I keep getting: "libvirtError: XML description not well formed or invalid
>
> The xml is a simple network card that works fine in virsh. It is just:
> #cat net.xml
> <interface type='network'>
> <mac address='52:54:00:00:fe:5c'/>
> <source network-'default'/>
Your XML is really not well formed. This
<source network-'default'/>
should be
<source network='default'/>
> target dev='vnet1'/>
And you miss a < before the word target:
target dev='vnet1'/>
should be
<target dev='vnet1'/>
> </interface>
>
> I've tired giving it the full path still no luck.
> Thanks in advance,
>
Matthias
