extra details about the guest itself in order to get to its
UID->username map (eg. /etc/passwd from the guest).
-BufferIn
---------
-
-BufferIn should turn into <char *, int> and simple strings in other
-languages that can handle 8 bit clean strings.
-
-Limit on transfers would still be 2MB for these types.
- - then implement write-file properly
-
-febootstrap / debootstrap inside appliance
-------------------------------------------
-
-This was originally proposed as a way to install new operating systems
-in the appliance. However no one has come up with a workable
-solution.
-
Haskell bindings
----------------
Complete the Haskell bindings (see discussion on haskell-cafe).
+PHP bindings
+------------
+
+Add bindtests to PHP bindings.
+
Complete bind tests
-------------------
Should we bother having the daemon at all and just link the guestfsd
code directly into libguestfs?
-Supermin appliance to febootstrap
----------------------------------
-
-Supermin appliance functionality should be moved into febootstrap.
-
Ideas for extra commands
------------------------
findfs
logsave
mklost+found
+ ext2undelete
SELinux:
chcat
which is equivalent to the following sequence of calls:
$h = Sys::Guestfs->new ();
- $h->set_autosync (1);
$h->add_drive_ro ($filename);
$h->launch ();
$h->mount_ro (\"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");
Useful imaging tool:
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html
-Standard images
----------------
-
-Equip guestfish with some standard images that it can load
-quickly, eg:
-
- load ext2
-
-Maybe it's better to create these on the fly?
-
virt-rescue pty
---------------
One would have to download those to the host and launch another
libguestfs instance.
-List, mount filesystems by UUID and label
------------------------------------------
+Map filesystems to disk blocks
+------------------------------
-[See related:
-http://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-August/msg00031.html]
+Map files/filesystems/(any other object) to the actual disk
+blocks they occupy.
-List filesystems by UUID or label.
+And vice versa.
-Mount filesystems by UUID or label. (I'm not really sure if we can do
-this at the moment but we ought to be able to do it, and perhaps make
-it easier by having a direct command).
+Is it even possible?
-UUencoded uploads
------------------
+See also contribs/visualize-alignment/
-(Or base64). Something like:
+Integration with host intrusion systems
+---------------------------------------
-base64-in -<<EOF
-TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlz
-IHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2Yg
-dGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGlu
-dWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo
-ZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=
-EOF
+Perfect way to monitor VMs from outside the VM. Look for file
+hashes, log events, login/logout etc.
-Arbitrary scripts
------------------
+http://www.ossec.net/
+http://la-samhna.de/samhain/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide/
+http://osiris.shmoo.com/
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/
+
+Fix 'file'
+----------
+
+https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00053.html
+https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-June/msg00079.html
+
+Regression test on virt-inspector
+---------------------------------
+
+Occasionally we break virt-inspector through some change. We should
+add a regression test for it. However this is hard because we'd need
+to avoid having to carry huge images.
+
+Update: I managed to fit a real-but-minimal Fedora 13 image into 6.2 MB.
+See: http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/tip-pack-files-into-a-new-disk-image/#content
+
+Freeze/thaw filesystems
+-----------------------
+
+Access to these ioctls:
+http://git.kernel.org/linus/fcccf502540e3d7
+
+Tips for new users in guestfish
+-------------------------------
+
+$ guestfish
+Tip: You need to 'add disk.img' or 'alloc disk.img nn' to make a new image.
+Type 'notips' to disable tips permanently.
+><fs> add mydisk
+Tip: You need to type 'run' before you can see into the disk image.
+><fs> run
+Tip: Use 'list-filesystems' to see what filesystems are available.
+><fs> list-filesystems
+/dev/vda1
+Tip: Use 'mount fs /' to mount a filesystem.
+><fs> mount /dev/vda1 /
+Tip: Use 'll /' to view the filesystem or ...
+><fs> ll /
+
+Could we make guestfish interactive if commands are used without params?
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+><fs> sparse
+[[Prints man page]]
+Image name? disk.img
+Size of image? 10M
+
+Common problems
+---------------
+
+How can we solve these common user problems?
+
+[space for common problems here]
+
+Better support for encrypted devices
+------------------------------------
+
+Currently LUKS support only works if the device contains volume
+groups. If it contains, eg., partitions, you cannot access them.
+We would like to add:
+
+ - An easier way to use this from guestfish.
+ - Direct access to the /dev/mapper device (eg. if it contains
+ anything apart from VGs).
+
+Display image as PS
+-------------------
+
+Display the structure of an image file as a PS.
+
+Greater use of blkid / libblkid
+-------------------------------
+
+guestfs_zero should use wipefs. See wipefs(8).
+
+There are various useful functions in libblkid for listing partitions,
+devices etc which we are essentially duplicating in the daemon. It
+would make more sense to just use libblkid for this.
+
+There are some places where we call out to the 'blkid' program. This
+might be replaced by direct use of the library (if this is easier).
+
+Visualization
+-------------
+
+Eric Sandeen pointed out the blktrace tool which is a better way of
+capturing traces than using patched qemu (see
+contrib/visualize-alignment). We would still use the same
+visualization tools in conjunction with blktrace traces.
+
+Add-domain command
+------------------
-debug-upload -<<EOF script
-#!/bin/sh -
-...
-EOF
+guestfs_add_domain (g, "libvirt-dom");
-debug sh ...
+However this would need to not depend on libvirt, eg. loading it
+on demand.
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