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| [http://libguestfs.org/ libguestfs is a set to virt tools and a library for viewing, editing and inspecting virtual machines and disk images]. Some of the tools include [http://libguestfs.org/guestfish.1.html guestfish], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-df.1.html virt-df], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-edit.1.html virt-edit], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-inspector.1.html virt-inspector], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-rescue.1.html virt-rescue], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-resize.1.html virt-resize], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-sparsify.1.html virt-sparsify], [http://libguestfs.org/virt-win-reg.1.html virt-win-reg]. | | [http://libguestfs.org/ libguestfs is a set to virt tools and a library for viewing, editing and inspecting virtual machines and disk images]. |
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| In [[Releases/17|Fedora 17]], libguestfs 1.17.x will be available (upgraded from 1.10 in Fedora 15 and 1.16 in Fedora 16). | | In [[Releases/17|Fedora 17]], libguestfs 1.17.x will be available (upgraded from 1.10 in Fedora 15 and 1.16 in Fedora 16). |
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| $ time guestfish -a /dev/null run | | $ time guestfish -a /dev/null run |
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| <b>Run this a few times so the cache is "hot".</b> Note that the first time you run it, it creates a cached appliance (in <code>/var/tmp/.guestfs-*</code>) so that is much slower. As a typical guide, you should see times like:
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| * 3-6 seconds, on modern hardware with virtualization extensions and KVM enabled | | * 3-6 seconds, on modern hardware with virtualization extensions |
| * 30-60 seconds, in a VM | | * |
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| If you get times wildly outside these ranges, let us know. Unless you're using an AMD Geode, in which case sorry.
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| == Tests ==
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| There is a good set of tests upstream, and rather than just copying them here, follow the link:
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| http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-testing.1.html
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| == Bugs ==
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| If you find bugs, please file them using this link:
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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| == IRC and mailing list ==
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| During the test day (2012-04-12) we will be on the #fedora-test-day IRC channel. The rest of the time, find us on #libguestfs (on FreeNode). There is also a [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs mailing list].
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