[CentOS] KVM Setup for Win7 Pro on CentOS 5.x
Gordon Messmer
yinyang at eburg.com
Sun Aug 19 07:25:26 UTC 2012
On 08/16/2012 09:36 AM, Bill Campbell wrote:
> I assume that I can replace /var/lib/libvirt/images with a
> symlink to another file system with adequate space.
>
> Would it be safe to symlink the entire /var/lib/libvrt directory
> to another file system?
As has been pointed out, SELinux may prevent that from working with a
simple symlink. You have two options that will work:
1: Create a symlink and set the context of the link destination to the
same context used for /var/lib/libvirt/images. Use semanage to make the
changes permanent, or else a restorecon might break the system:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Security-Enhanced_Linux/sect-Security-Enhanced_Linux-SELinux_Contexts_Labeling_Files-Persistent_Changes_semanage_fcontext.html
2: Use a "bind" mount instead of a symlink. Enter a line in /etc/fstab
like this one:
/bigger/fs /var/lib/libvirt/images none bind 0 0
Then, mount /var/lib/libvirt/images and "restorecon -r -v
/var/lib/libvirt/images"
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