[Devel] Re: Status of vzctl module support

[Dustin Lundquist]

Module is here: http://github.com/dlundquist/libvzctl-remote-template


Dustin Lundquist
Blue Box Group

Dustin Lundquist wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I discovered vzctl's module support while running strace and so far 
> has a working module for the create action that can parse additional 
> arguments and provides a custom vps_create action to allow specifying 
> a template url and retieve the image remotely. So I have a few questions:
>
> Module ecosystem: What is the long term plan with vzctl's module 
> support? Does anyone know if Parallels uses this functionality in 
> Virtuozzo? Are their other any publicly available modules?
>
> Module internals: What was the intended use of alloc_data(), 
> free_data() and passing a data_param pointer to and from the module: 
> was this so modules could share internal data structures? Does anyone 
> maintain a central accounting of module id and get_opts param id, if 
> so how can I obtain one? Is there any other documention outside the 
> vzctl source for this interface?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Dustin Lundquist
> Blue Box Group
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