Description of problem: This error was encountered when a user ran Image Factory in a virtual machine, unaware that this was not supported. This is the error that appeard in the logs: 2012-10-12 09:56:30,660 DEBUG imgfac.builders.BaseBuilder.Fedora_rhevm_Builder thread(a236ac0d) Message: Exception caught in ImageFactory 2012-10-12 09:56:30,960 DEBUG imgfac.builders.BaseBuilder.Fedora_rhevm_Builder thread(a236ac0d) Message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgfac/builders/Fedora_rhevm_Builder.py", line 66, in build_image self.build_upload(build_id) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/imgfac/builders/Fedora_rhevm_Builder.py", line 113, in build_upload libvirt_xml = guest.install(self.app_config["timeout"]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oz/Guest.py", line 1516, in install return self._do_install(timeout, force, 0) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oz/Guest.py", line 1497, in _do_install dom = self.libvirt_conn.createXML(xml, 0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2420, in createXML if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed', conn=self) libvirtError: Unable to read from monitor: Connection reset by peer While we may not support building in VMs, the error doesn't make it very clear what is wrong. It would be fantastic if the log included a more readable error, indicating that it failed to connect to libvirt (?) and that the user should make sure it is running, and that they are not inside of a virtual machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): imagefactory-1.1.1-1.fc17.noarch Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to build an image inside a VM Actual results: The error message, while correct, doesn't really give the user an indication of what might be wrong. Expected results: The error message indicates to the user what is wrong and how it might be remedied. Additional info: