Disable "IOx" -Feature.

[fstaubach]

In according to Bug "CSCwc66882" I have some Questions.
Because we are not using the IOx Features, I want to disable it.
With "show iox-service" I see that most Services are not running, only the "Libvirtd":

56#sh iox-service
IOx Infrastructure Summary:
---------------------------
IOx service (CAF) : Not Running
IOx service (HA) : Not Running
IOx service (IOxman) : Not Running
IOx service (Sec storage) : Not Running
Libvirtd : Running
Dockerd : Not Running
Application DB Sync Info : Not available

Is it possible to deactivate the "Libvirtd"-Service?
Or get I in Trouble, with other Functions of the Switch (L2,L3,Routing,QoS,…)?

Can someone please provide me with more Information?

[bigevilbeard]

@fstaubach i do not believe you can disable this, or put this in not running state. If you are concerned i would open a TAC case regarding the bug and risk.

[balaji.bandi]

what device model and IOS XE core running ?

if you do not want to IOX service

config t

no iox  <-- this remove IOx services

Also other note you can shutdown the app interface 

[fstaubach]

We use 9300 & 9500 Switches with the Versions 17.03.04 & 06.

I'm not sure if there are other Dependencies.
Is this "Libvirtd" really only used in the IOx Environment?

[balaji.bandi]

yes that is use only in the App hosting, if you are not using app hosting ( as docker container )

use my suggested command to remove ioX

[fstaubach · Accepted solution]

Hello,
I tryed to switch off the Feature with "no iox", but the Libvirtd-Service is still running. So I shut down the App-If.

Thank you.

[tanmoymm91]

Application interface here refers to any physical interface connected to any application server ?

IOx feature is supported only on Cisco IOS XE software ?

[Emmanuel Tychon]

The "application interface" here refers to the virtual interface that connects IOS-XE to the IOx hosting environement: it is sometimes called "AppGigabitEthernet0", but this naming convention may vary per platform.

IOx is supported on both Classic IOS and IOS-XE, but it uses LXC on Classic IOx and Docker runtime on IOS-XE. Note that not all platforms do support IOx, please refer to the DevNet documentation on "IOx" and "app-hosting" (both of which are the same exact feature).