Possibly support generic virt-install options?

[opoplawski]

For debugging a VM Fedora install, I wanted to implement https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Logging#virt-install which requires adding:

--channel tcp,host=127.0.0.1:6080,mode=connect,target_type=virtio,name=org.fedoraproject.anaconda.log.0

to the virt-install line. Note that the host= argument can change. This seems pretty out of the ordinary, so I'm not sure if a full blown --virtio-anaconda option or some such is warranted. But a --virt-install-opts would be useful as an alternative. Thoughts?

[jimi-c]

Sure, definitely a good idea.

[chjohnst]

I like the idea of using a virt-install-opts option, but would we want this to overwrite existing ones (there are a bunch already embedded throughout the koan code its specific options) or are you just looking for an append of the --channel option?

[opoplawski]

I would just want additional options. Much too much work to recreate the standard options. Perhaps the name should reflect that (--extra-virt-install-opts or some such).

[opoplawski]

A new usage - install an agent guest channel:

--channel unix,target_type=virtio,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0

Although this might be worth a checkbox in the virtualization tab

[opoplawski]

Yes, I think this needs to be a priority. Name? --virt-install-extra-options ?