Re: [Qemu-discuss] [ovirt-devel] Re: Query regarding copying and executing files inside guest OS

[Michal Skrivanek]

> On 21 Feb 2019, at 18:23, Nir Soffer <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 2:42 PM Pravin Amin <address@hidden 
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> Hi,
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> We are looking for a way to copy files and execute scripts inside Virtual 
> Machines hosted on oVirt manager (Any supported guest OS) either through REST 
> API or using Guest Tools. Please let me know how we can achieve it.
> 
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> I'm not an expert in this area, but I think you have 2 options:
> - ssh - we have integration in engine, not sure how it can be used

ssh is just a transport for plain serial console. That can be used for 
scripting indeed
It’s not through REST API, you just use ssh as a client from wherever you want
plenty of details in [1]


> - qemu-guest-agent - I think it supports running commands on a host, but I 
> don't know

remote file exec is blacklisted. And it nyway can’t be invoked from oVirt API

Thanks,
michal

[1] 
https://resources.ovirt.org/old-site-files/wiki/Ovirt36_deep_dive-guest_serial_console.pdf

>   any derails. We integrate with it, but I don't know if we support such 
> options.
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> I hope that Ryan can help with this.
> 
> For qemu-guest-agent, the best place to ask is probably qemu-discuss, added.
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> Nir
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> -Thanks,
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