VIRT-QEMU-RUN(1) Virtualization Support VIRT-QEMU-RUN(1)
NAME
virt-qemu-run - Run a standalone QEMU guest
SYNOPSIS
virt-qemu-run [OPTION]... GUEST-XML-FILE
DESCRIPTION
This tool provides a way to run a standalone QEMU guest such that it is
completely independent of libvirtd. It makes use of the embedded QEMU
driver support to run the VM placing files under an isolated directory
tree. When the guest is run with this tool it is invisible to libvirtd
and thus also invisible to other libvirt tools such as virsh.
The virt-qemu-run program will run the QEMU virtual machine, and then
block until the guest OS shuts down, at which point it will exit.
If the virt-qemu-run program is interrupted (eg Ctrl-C) it will immedi-
ately terminate the virtual machine without giving the guest OS any op-
portunity to gracefully shutdown.
NOTE: this tool is currently considered experimental. Its usage and be-
haviour is still subject to change in future libvirt releases. For fur-
ther information on its usage consult the QEMU driver documentation.
OPTIONS
GUEST-XML-FILE
The full path to the XML file describing the guest virtual machine to
be booted.
-r DIR, --root=DIR
Specify the root directory to use for storing state associated with the
virtual machine. The caller is responsible for deleting this directory
when it is no longer required.
If this parameter is omitted, then a random temporary directory will be
created, and its contents be automatically deleted at VM shutdown.
-s SECRET-XML-FILE,SECRET-VALUE-FILE, --secret=SECRET-XML-FILE,SE-
CRET-VALUE-FILE
Specify a secret to be loaded into the secret driver. SECRET-XML-FILE
is a path to the XML description of the secret, whose UUID should match
a secret referenced in the guest domain XML. SECRET-VALUE-FILE is a
path containing the raw value of the secret.
-v, --verbose
Display verbose information about startup.
-h, --help
Display the command line help.
EXIT STATUS
Upon successful shutdown, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure
a non-zero status will be set.
AUTHOR
Daniel P. Berrangé
BUGS
Please report all bugs you discover. This should be done via either:
1. the mailing list
https://libvirt.org/contact.html
2. the bug tracker
https://libvirt.org/bugs.html
Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / ven-
dor.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2019 by Red Hat, Inc.
LICENSE
virt-run-qemu is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2+. This
is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
POSE
SEE ALSO
virsh(1), https://libvirt.org/
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