Section 1: user commands and tools
virt-sysprep – Reset, unconfigure or customize a virtual machine so clones can be made Synopsis virt-sysprep [–options] -d domname virt-sysprep [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …]WarningUsing "virt-sysprep" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut down before you use…
virt-sparsify – Make a virtual machine disk sparse Synopsis virt-sparsify [–options] indisk outdisk virt-sparsify [–options] –in-place diskWarningUsing "virt-sparsify" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut down before you use this command, and disk images must not be edited…
virt-resize – Resize a virtual machine disk Synopsis virt-resize [–resize /dev/sdaN=[+/-]<size>[%]] [–expand /dev/sdaN] [–shrink /dev/sdaN] [–ignore /dev/sdaN] [–delete /dev/sdaN] […] indisk outdiskDescriptionVirt-resize is a tool which can resize a virtual machine disk, making it larger or smaller overall, and resizing or deleting any partitions contained within. Virt-resize cannot resize disk images in-place. Virt-resize should not…
virt-rescue – Run a rescue shell on a virtual machine Synopsis virt-rescue [–options] -d domname virt-rescue [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …] virt-rescue –suggest (-d domname | -a disk.img …)Old style: virt-rescue [–options] domname virt-rescue [–options] disk.img [disk.img …]WarningUsing "virt-rescue" in write mode on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can…
virt-pki-validate – validate libvirt PKI files are configured correctly Synopsisvirt-pki-validate [OPTION] DescriptionThis tool validates that the necessary PKI files are configured for a secure libvirt server or client using the TLS encryption protocol. It will report any missing certificate or key files on the host. It should be run as root to ensure it can…
virt-p2v – Convert a physical machine to use KVM Synopsis virt-p2v virt-p2v.isoDescriptionVirt-p2v converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). Normally you don’t run the virt-p2v program directly. Instead you have to boot the physical…
virt-p2v-make-kickstart – Build the virt-p2v kickstart Synopsis virt-p2v-make-kickstart [-o p2v.ks] [–proxy=http://…] repo [repo…]Descriptionvirt-p2v(1) converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). Kickstart is a format used by Red Hat-derived distributions (such as Fedora, Red Hat…
virt-p2v-make-disk – Build the virt-p2v disk using virt-builder Synopsis virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sdX [os-version]Descriptionvirt-p2v(1) converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). virt-p2v-make-disk is a script which creates a bootable disk image or USB key containing…
virt-manager – display the virtual machine desktop management tool Synopsisvirt-manager [OPTIONS] Descriptionvirt-manager is a desktop tool for managing virtual machines. It provides the ability to control the lifecycle of existing machines (bootup/shutdown,pause/resume,suspend/restore), provision new virtual machines and various types of store, manage virtual networks, access the graphical console of virtual machines, and view performance statistics,…
virt-make-fs – Make a filesystem from a tar archive or files Synopsis virt-make-fs [–options] input.tar output.img virt-make-fs [–options] input.tar.gz output.img virt-make-fs [–options] directory output.imgDescriptionVirt-make-fs is a command line tool for creating a filesystem from a tar archive or some files in a directory. It is similar to tools like mkisofs(1), genisoimage(1) and mksquashfs(1). Unlike those…
virt-ls – List files in a virtual machine Synopsis virt-ls [–options] -d domname directory [directory …] virt-ls [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …] directory [directory …]Old style: virt-ls [–options] domname directory virt-ls [–options] disk.img [disk.img …] directoryDescription"virt-ls" lists filenames, file sizes, checksums, extended attributes and more from a virtual machine or disk image. Multiple directory…
virt-log – Display log files from a virtual machine Synopsis virt-log [–options] -d domname virt-log [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …]Description"virt-log" is a command line tool to display the log files from the named virtual machine (or disk image). This tool understands and displays both plain text log files (eg. /var/log/messages) and binary formats such…
virt-list-partitions – List partitions in a virtual machine or disk image Synopsis virt-list-partitions [–options] domname virt-list-partitions [–options] disk.img [disk.img …]Description"virt-list-partitions" is a command line tool to list the partitions that are contained in a virtual machine or disk image. It is mainly useful as a first step to using virt-resize(1). "virt-list-partitions" is just a simple…
virt-list-filesystems – List filesystems in a virtual machine or disk image Synopsis virt-list-filesystems [–options] domname virt-list-filesystems [–options] disk.img [disk.img …]Description"virt-list-filesystems" is a command line tool to list the filesystems that are contained in a virtual machine or disk image. "virt-list-filesystems" is just a simple wrapper around libguestfs(3) functionality. For more complex cases you should look…
virt-install – provision new virtual machines Synopsisvirt-install [OPTION]… Descriptionvirt-install is a command line tool for creating new KVM, Xen, or Linux container guests using the "libvirt" hypervisor management library. See the EXAMPLES section at the end of this document to quickly get started. virt-install tool supports graphical installations using (for example) VNC or SPICE, as…
virt-inspector – Display operating system version and other information about a virtual machine Synopsis virt-inspector [–options] -d domname virt-inspector [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …]Old-style: virt-inspector domname virt-inspector disk.img [disk.img …]Descriptionvirt-inspector examines a virtual machine or disk image and tries to determine the version of the operating system and other information about the virtual machine….
virt-index-validate – Validate virt-builder index file Synopsis virt-index-validate indexDescriptionvirt-builder(1) uses an index file to store metadata about templates that it knows how to use. This index file has a specific format which virt-index-validate knows how to validate. Note that virt-index-validate can validate either the signed or unsigned index file (ie. either index or index.asc). It…
virt-host-validate – validate host virtualization setup Synopsisvirt-host-validate [OPTIONS…] [HV-TYPE] DescriptionThis tool validates that the host is configured in a suitable way to run libvirt hypervisor drivers. If invoked without any arguments it will check support for all hypervisor drivers it is aware of. Optionally it can be given a particular hypervisor type (‘qemu’, ‘lxc’ or…
virt-get-kernel – Extract kernel and ramdisk from guests Synopsis virt-get-kernel [–options] -d domname virt-get-kernel [–options] -a disk.imgDescriptionThis option extracts the kernel and initramfs from a guest. The format of the disk image is automatically detected unless you specify it by using the –format option. In the case where the guest contains multiple kernels, the one…
virt-format – Erase and make a blank disk Synopsis virt-format [–options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img …]WarningUsing "virt-format" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut down before you use this command, and disk images must not be edited concurrently….