2 <div id=
"help-disk_cache">
4 {% blocktrans %}The disk cache mode. It can be either default to
5 not pass any cache option to KVM, or one of the KVM cache
6 modes.{% endblocktrans %}
7 {% trans
"The possible options are" %}:
10 <li><b>None
</b> - {% trans
"For direct I/O" %}
</li>
11 <li> <b>Default
</b> - {% trans
"No cache option is sent to KVM" %}
</li>
13 <b>Writethrough
</b> - {% blocktrans %}To use the host cache but
14 report completion to the guest only when the
15 host has committed the changes to disk{% endblocktrans %}
19 - {% blocktrans %}To use the host cache and report completion as soon
20 as the data is in the host cache{% endblocktrans %}
23 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
25 <div id=
"help-kvm_flag">
26 <p>{% blocktrans %}If
<b><i>enabled
</i></b> the -enable-kvm flag is
27 passed to kvm. If
<b><i>disabled
</i></b> -disable-kvm is passed. If
28 unset no flag is passed, and the default running mode for your kvm
29 binary will be used.{% endblocktrans %}
</p>
30 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor." %}
</p>
32 <div id=
"help-mem_path">
34 {% blocktrans %}This option passes the -mem-path argument to kvm with the path
35 (on the node) to the mount point of the hugetlbfs file system,
36 along with the -mem-prealloc argument too.{% endblocktrans %}
38 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
40 <div id=
"help-migration_downtime">
42 {% blocktrans %}The maximum amount of time (in ms) a KVM instance is allowed to be
43 frozen during a live migration, in order to copy dirty memory pages.{% endblocktrans %}
46 {% blocktrans %}Default value is
30ms, but you may need to increase this value for
47 busy instances.{% endblocktrans %}
50 <b>{% trans
"Note" %}
</b> : {% trans
"This option is only effective with KVM" %}
51 {% trans
"versions" %}
>=
87 {% trans
"and QEMU-KVM" %}
52 {% trans
"versions" %}
>=
0.11.0.
54 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
56 <div id=
"help-security_model">
58 {% trans
"The security model for kvm" %}.
59 {% trans
"The possible options are" %}:
62 <li><b>None
</b> - {% blocktrans %}The default option. Nothing is done and
63 instances are run as the Ganeti daemon user (normally root).{% endblocktrans %}
</li>
64 <li><b>User
</b> - {% blocktrans %}KVM will drop privileges and become the
65 user specified by the Security Domain parameter.{% endblocktrans %}
</li>
66 <li><b>Pool
</b> - {% blocktrans %}A global cluster pool of users will be used,
67 making sure no two instances share the same user on the
68 same node.{% endblocktrans %}
69 (
<b>{% trans
"Note" %}
</b> : {% trans
"This mode is not implemented yet" %}).
</li>
71 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
73 <div id=
"help-security_domain">
75 {% blocktrans %}Specifies the username to run the instance under. It must
76 be a valid username existing on the host.{% endblocktrans %}
78 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
80 <div id=
"help-usb_mouse">
82 {% blocktrans %}This option specifies the usb mouse type to be used. It can be
83 "mouse" or
"tablet". When using VNC it's recommended to set
84 it to
"tablet".{% endblocktrans %}
86 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
88 <div id=
"help-use_chroot">
90 {% blocktrans %}This boolean option determines wether to run the KVM instance in
91 a chroot directory.{% endblocktrans %}
94 {% blocktrans %}If it is set to
"true", an empty directory is created before
95 starting the instance and its path is passed via the -chroot flag
96 to kvm. The directory is removed when the instance is stopped.{% endblocktrans %}
98 <p>{% trans
"It is set to "false" by default" %}.
</p>
99 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
101 <div id=
"help-vnc_tls">
103 {% trans
"A boolean option that dictates if the VNC connection is secured with TLS" %}.
105 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>
107 <div id=
"help-vnc_x509_path">
109 {% blocktrans %}If VNC TLS is enabled, this option specifies the path to the x509
110 certificate.{% endblocktrans %}
112 <p>{% trans
"Valid for the KVM hypervisor" %}.
</p>