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7.2. SELinux considerations

This sections contains things to you must consider when you implement SELinux into your virtualization deployment. When you deploy system changes or add devices, you must update your SELinux policy accordingly. To configure an LVM volume for a guest, you must modify the SELinux context for the respective underlying block device and volume group.
# semanage fcontext -a -t xen_image _t -f -b /dev/sda2
# restorecon /dev/sda2
The Boolean parameter xend_disable_t can set the xend to unconfined mode after restarting the daemon. It is better to disable protection for a single daemon than the whole system. It is advisable that you should not re-label directories as xen_image_t that you will use elsewhere.