On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 13:26 +0000, procmem@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On 10/7/19 7:31 AM, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > On Sat, 2019-10-05 at 14:32 +0000, procmem@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi. I am very interested in the security properties a totally open TPM > > > can give our users - its use as a universal smartcard to protect all > > > types of keys. When adding the virtual 1.2 or 2.0 TPM I get the vague > > > error below. OS is Debian stable with standard packages. > > > > > > > > > Error starting domain: Unable to find 'swtpm' binary in $PATH: No such > > > file or directory > > > > I wouldn't call this error message vague at all: it tells you exactly > > what the problem is, namely that libvirt needs the 'swtpm' command > > for your configuration but the latter is not available :) > > > > Unfortunately it looks like swtpm it's not packaged for Debian, so > > I'm afraid the solution is not just a simple apt-get away :( > > > Thanks for letting me know. I assumed everything in libvirt was self > contained and so I didn't expect it to need an extraneous package. > Hopefully it'll land by Debian Bullseye. libvirt calls out to several external tools, the most high-profile example being of course QEMU ;) -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
