VIRT-XML-VALIDATE(1) Virtualization Support VIRT-XML-VALIDATE(1)
NAME
virt-xml-validate - validate libvirt XML files against a schema
SYNOPSIS
virt-xml-validate XML-FILE [SCHEMA-NAME]
virt-xml-validate OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Validates a libvirt XML for compliance with the published schema. The
first compulsory argument is the path to the XML file to be validated.
The optional second argument is the name of the schema to validate
against. If omitted, the schema name will be inferred from the name of
the root element in the XML document.
Valid schema names currently include
• cpu
The schema for the XML format of cpu
• domainsnapshot
The schema for the XML format used by domain snapshot configuration
• domaincheckpoint
The schema for the XML format used by domain checkpoint configuration
• domainbackup
The schema for the XML format used by domain backup configuration
• domaincaps
The schema for the XML format of domain capabilities
• domain
The schema for the XML format used by guest domains configuration
• networkport
The schema for the XML format used by network port configuration
• network
The schema for the XML format used by virtual network configuration
• storagepoolcaps
The schema for the XML format of storage pool capabilities
• storagepool
The schema for the XML format used by storage pool configuration
• storagevol
The schema for the XML format used by storage volume descriptions
• nodedev
The schema for the XML format used by node device descriptions
• capability
The schema for the XML format used to declare driver capabilities
• nwfilter
The schema for the XML format used by network traffic filters
• nwfilterbinding
The schema for XML format used by network filter bindings.
• secret
The schema for the XML format used by secrets descriptions
• interface
The schema for the XML format used by physical host interfaces
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display command line help usage then exit.
-V, --version
Display version information then exit.
EXIT STATUS
Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon fail-
ure 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) 2009-2013 by Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2009 by Daniel
P. Berrangé
LICENSE
virt-xml-validate is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2+.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE
SEE ALSO
virsh(1), online XML format descriptions, https://libvirt.org/
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