Does Restarting Libvirtd Service Impact Running Instances?

Problem

Would restarting libvritd service be safe to perform without impacting the running instances?

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions

• Libvirtd

Answer

Restarting libvirtd does not impact running instances. They continue to operate and will be picked up automatically if their XML configuration has been defined. Any instances whose XML configuration has not been defined will be lost from the configuration.

Additional Information

Libvirtd - Linux Man Page