NAME

libnbd-golang - how to use libnbd from Go

SYNOPSIS

 import "libguestfs.org/libnbd"
 h, err := libnbd.Create()
 if err != nil {
     panic(err)
 }
 defer h.Close()
 uri := "nbd://localhost"
 err = h.ConnectUri(uri)
 if err != nil {
     panic(err)
 }
 size, err := h.GetSize()
 if err != nil {
     panic(err)
 }
 fmt.Printf("size of %s = %d\n", uri, size)

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents how to use libnbd to access Network Block Device (NBD) servers from the Go programming language. The Go bindings work very similarly to the C bindings so you should start by reading libnbd(3).

HANDLES

Create a libnbd handle of type "Libnbd" by calling "Create()".

You can either close the handle explicitly by a deferred call to "h.Close()" or it will be closed automatically when it is garbage collected.

ERRORS

Most calls return either a single "LibnbdError" or a pair "(ret, LibnbdError)".

EXAMPLES

This directory contains examples written in Go:

https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/libnbd/tree/master/golang/examples

SEE ALSO

libnbd(3).

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA