Re: [Libguestfs] Standalone guestfs

On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 02:27:50PM +0000, Gabriel de Perthuis wrote: > Hello, > As I understand it guestfs appliances normally work as servers > and run high-level commands from some external channel. This is the normal architecture when you're using libguestfs to access a VM or disk image: http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#architecture > But it might be possible to bundle a guestfish script to run > commands from and do away with the external system. > That would make it useful on non-virtualised systems. It's worth noting you can edit any device, including host devices directly. For example on my laptop: It's also possible to get libguestfs to connect to an arbitrary socket, so-called 'libguestfs live'. That could include a guestfsd daemon running on the local host. Run the daemon and set LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=unix:/path/to/some/socket http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#backend https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/how-does-libguestfs-live-work/#content It would also be possible to run qemu-nbd or sshd on a physical machine and access it using libguestfs (>= 1.22) from another machine. Indeed this is a possible architecture under discussion for the new version of virt-v2v. Hope that gives you some ideas. If you have a specific use scenario you are interested in, then please let us know.