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Berrang=C3=A9 --- docs/docs.html.in | 3 +++ docs/index.html.in | 3 ++- docs/macos.rst | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/meson.build | 1 + 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/macos.rst diff --git a/docs/docs.html.in b/docs/docs.html.in index 8132090762..225827b693 100644 --- a/docs/docs.html.in +++ b/docs/docs.html.in @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
Windows
Downloads for Windows
=20 +
macOS
+
Working with libvirt on macOS
+
Migration
Migrating guests between machines
=20 diff --git a/docs/index.html.in b/docs/index.html.in index 2c4aa7c6d0..3c065badb7 100644 --- a/docs/index.html.in +++ b/docs/index.html.in @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ LXC, BHyve and more -
  • targets Linux, FreeBSD, Windows a= nd macOS
    • +
  • targets Linux, FreeBSD, Windows a= nd + macOS
  • is used by many applications

    • Recent / forthcoming release changes

    diff --git a/docs/macos.rst b/docs/macos.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84ff8192b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/macos.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.. role:: since + +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D +macOS support +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +.. contents:: + +Libvirt works both as client (for most drivers) and server (for the +`QEMU driver `__) on macOS. + +:since:`Since 8.1.0`, the "hvf" domain type can be used to run +hardware-accelerated VMs on macOS via +`Hypervisor.framework `__. +QEMU version 2.12 or newer is needed for this to work. + + +Installation +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +libvirt client (virsh), server (libvirtd) and development headers can be +installed from `Homebrew `__: + +:: + + brew install libvirt + + +Running libvirtd locally +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +The server can be started manually: + +:: + + $ libvirtd + +or on system boot: + +:: + + $ brew services start libvirt + +Once started, you can use virsh as you would on Linux. diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build index 50c12cc3c2..4168bebc8b 100644 --- a/docs/meson.build +++ b/docs/meson.build @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ docs_rst_files =3D [ 'hacking', 'libvirt-go', 'libvirt-go-xml', + 'macos', 'migration', 'newreposetup', 'pci-addresses', --=20 2.34.1