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[jira] [Commented] (CLOUDSTACK-8489) Provide smbios vendor
information via KVM/Libvirt to Guest
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-8489?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14552153#comment-14552153 ]
ASF subversion and git services commented on CLOUDSTACK-8489:
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Commit 8d5302187ef57c5741f3cbcecf55451a97fc1bf1 in cloudstack's branch refs/heads/CLOUDSTACK-8489 from [~widodh]
[ https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;h=8d53021 ]
CLOUDSTACK-8489: Set smbios information for guest
This allows a guest to easily detect that it is running inside CloudStack
and see which UUID it has.
> Provide smbios vendor information via KVM/Libvirt to Guest
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CLOUDSTACK-8489
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-8489
> Project: CloudStack
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
> Components: KVM
> Environment: KVM with libvirt
> Reporter: Wido den Hollander
> Assignee: Wido den Hollander
> Fix For: Future
>
>
> Libvirt provides a away to provide smbios information to the guest.
> In RHEV this is done this way:
> <sysinfo type='smbios'>
> <system>
> <entry name='manufacturer'>Red Hat</entry>
> <entry name='product'>RHEV Hypervisor</entry>
> <entry name='version'>6.5-20131115.0.3.2.el6_5</entry>
> <entry name='serial'>49434D53-0200-904B-2500-4B902500B081_00:25:90:4b:81:b0</entry>
> <entry name='uuid'>6c7ffac8-0c30-408f-8da7-e3f6d2f9ed50</entry>
> </system>
> </sysinfo>
> <os>
> <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.4.0'>hvm</type>
> <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
> </os>
> We should provide this information to guest as well so guest can easily detect that they are running inside CloudStack.
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