resolved Youscribe#12

attributes/host.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # packages to install as kvm host
 case node['platform_family']
 when 'debian'
-  default['kvm']['host']['packages'] = %w(qemu-kvm libvirt-bin)
+  if (node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' && node['platform_version'].to_i >= 12) \
+  or (node['platform'] == 'debian' && node['platform_version'].to_i <= 7)
+    default['kvm']['host']['service_name'] = 'libvirt-bin'
+  else
+    default['kvm']['host']['service_name'] = 'libvirtd'
+  end
+  default['kvm']['host']['packages']       = %w(qemu-kvm libvirt-bin)
 when 'rhel'
-  default['kvm']['host']['packages'] = %w(qemu-kvm libvirt)
+  default['kvm']['host']['service_name']   = 'libvirtd'
+  default['kvm']['host']['packages']       = %w(qemu-kvm libvirt)
 else
   fail 'unsupported platform'
 end

recipes/host.rb

@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
     action :install
   end
 end
+
+service node['kvm']['host']['service_name'] do
+  action [ :enable, :start ]
+end