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Bug 689747

Summary:	virt-install: --serial udp docs mention nonexistent option 'bind_port'
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Nan Zhang <nzhang>
Component:	python-virtinst	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	dyuan, hjiang, llim
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2011-12-06 16:16:07 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Nan Zhang 2011-03-22 11:06:55 UTC

Description of problem:
As virt-install man page described, using 'bind_port' with udp serial, but failure was occurred.

--serial udp,host=CONNECT_HOST:PORT,bind_port=BIND_HOST:BIND_PORT

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-0.8.7-13.el6.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.500.5-2.el6.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
# virt-install -n test1 -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/test1.img -s 6 -c /var/lib/libvirt/boot/Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop.iso --vnc --serial udp,host=127.0.0.1:4555,bind_port=127.0.0.1:4556
  
Actual results:
ERROR    Error in serial device parameters: Unknown options ['bind_port']

Expected results:
no error.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2011-03-22 20:43:27 UTC

The man page was just wrong in this case, the correct parameter name is 'bind_host'. I've fixed the docs upstream:

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=python-virtinst.git;a=commit;h=4b53899460e04dcc64fde40cb2fec7791fdd9b90

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-04 02:14:59 UTC

Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2011-04-07 15:47:23 UTC

Deferring to 6.2

Comment 4 Cole Robinson 2011-07-28 15:34:13 UTC

Fixed in python-virtinst-0.600.0-1.el6

Comment 6 Huming Jiang 2011-08-02 06:02:38 UTC

Could still reproduce this bug in the following componets:
python-virtinst-0.600.0-1.el6.
libvirt-0.9.4-0rc1.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-171.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.174.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
# virt-install -n demo -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/demo.img -s 5 -c /dev/cdrom --vnc --serial udp,host=127.0.0.1:4555,bind_port=127.0.0.1:4556

Actual results:
ERROR    Error in serial device parameters: Unknown options ['bind_port']
Expected results:
no error.

Comment 7 Cole Robinson 2011-08-02 16:15:09 UTC

Regenerated man pages in python-virtinst-0.600.0-2.el6

Comment 8 Huming Jiang 2011-08-03 08:10:57 UTC

Verified with the following components:
libvirt-0.9.4-0rc1.2.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-171.el6.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.600.0-2.el6.noarch
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.175.el6.x86_64

Steps:
# virt-install -n test -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img -s 5 -c /dev/cdrom --vnc --serial udp,host=127.0.0.1:4555,bind_port=127.0.0.1:4556

Starting install...
Allocating 'test.img'                                    | 5.0 GB     00:00     
Creating domain...                                       |    0 B     00:00     
Guest installation complete... restarting guest
...
# virsh dumpxml test
...
    <serial type='udp'>
      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='4556'/>
      <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='4555'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
...

Comment 9 Huming Jiang 2011-08-03 08:15:29 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> Verified with the following components:
> libvirt-0.9.4-0rc1.2.el6.x86_64
> kernel-2.6.32-171.el6.x86_64
> python-virtinst-0.600.0-2.el6.noarch
> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.175.el6.x86_64
> 
> Steps:
> # virt-install -n test -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img -s 5 -c
> /dev/cdrom --vnc --serial udp,host=127.0.0.1:4555,bind_port=127.0.0.1:4556

Sorry, i have copied the wrong command. The correct is as shown belown:
# virt-install -n test -r 512 -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img -s 5 -c /dev/cdrom --vnc --serial udp,host=127.0.0.1:4555,bind_host=127.0.0.1:4556

and we could see the following content in the man page:
#man virt-install
...
 --serial udp,host=CONNECT_HOST:PORT,bind_host=BIND_HOST:BIND_PORT
...


> Starting install...
> Allocating 'test.img'                                    | 5.0 GB     00:00     
> Creating domain...                                       |    0 B     00:00     
> Guest installation complete... restarting guest
> ...
> # virsh dumpxml test
> ...
>     <serial type='udp'>
>       <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='4556'/>
>       <source mode='connect' host='127.0.0.1' service='4555'/>
>       <target port='0'/>
>       <alias name='serial0'/>
>     </serial>
> ...

Comment 10 Huming Jiang 2011-08-04 02:38:30 UTC

According to comment 9, move the status to verified.

Comment 11 Cole Robinson 2011-11-07 16:50:54 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
No description necessary

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 16:16:07 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1643.html