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| author | Karl Hallsby <karl@hallsby.com> | 2025-01-08 14:19:01 -0600 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2025-02-21 15:27:10 +0100 |
| commit | 8d7578ba6c72f7acb191475cb2c3ed6b7da8ea2b (patch) | |
| tree | 42bd5a2ce933b458e346d4eabbb894bb712ec1cb /doc | |
| parent | a036a455da1c91282ac2c6a7ca9757ee2e8ba107 (diff) | |
services: Add xen-guest-agent-service-type.
* gnu/services/virtualization.scm (xen-guest-agent-configuration,
xen-guest-agent-service-type): New variables.
* doc/guix.texi: Document them.
Change-Id: Id1b1f4fc2b193d73f4401e74a214222dfe1b6ea7
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 59d9ae5dce..83ba0f3292 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -38175,6 +38175,30 @@ Name of the @code{xe-guest-utilities} log file. @end table @end deftp +@code{xe-guest-utilities} is the standard guest utilities used for Xen +guests. More recently the Xen Project has been working to develop +@code{xen-guest-agent}, a modern drop-in replacement for +@code{xe-guest-utilities}. While they nearly have feature-parity, +@code{xen-guest-agent} currently lacks some of the features of its +predecessor, namely disk metrics and ``PV drivers version''. + +@defvar xen-guest-agent-service-type +Service type for the Xen guest agent service. +@end defvar + +@deftp {Data Type} xen-guest-agent-configuration +Configuration for the @code{xen-guest-agent} service. + +@table @asis +@item @code{package} (default: @code{xen-guest-agent}) +The Xen guest agent package to use. +@end table +@end deftp + +@quotation Warning +@code{xe-guest-utilities} and @code{xen-guest-agent} are mutually exclusive. +@end quotation + @anchor{build-vm} @subsubheading Virtual Build Machines |