I'm happy to announce two new releases:
virt-manager 0.8.5: virt-manager is a desktop application for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines via libvirt.
virtinst 0.500.4: virtinst is a collection of command line tools for provisioning libvirt virtual machines, including virt-install and virt-clone.
The releases can be downloaded from:
http://virt-manager.org/download.html
The direct download links are:
http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-manager/virt-manager-0.8.5.tar... http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virtinst/virtinst-0.500.4.tar.gz
The virt-manager release includes:
- Improved save/restore support - Option to view and change disk cache mode - Configurable VNC keygrab sequence (Michal Novotny)
The virtinst release includes:
- New virt-install --console option for specifying virtio console device - New virt-install --channel option for specifying guest communication channel - New virt-install --boot option. Allows setting post-install boot order, direct kernel/initrd boot, and enabling boot device menu. - New virt-install --initrd-inject option, which enables installation using a _local_ kickstart file (Colin Walters)
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release through testing, bug reporting, submitting patches, and otherwise sending in feedback!
Thanks, Cole
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Cole Robinson