Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME 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…] WARNING Using "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…
NAME virt-sparsify – Make a virtual machine disk sparse SYNOPSIS virt – sparsify[–options] indisk outdisk virt – sparsify[–options]– in – place disk WARNING Using "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,…
NAME 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 outdisk DESCRIPTION Virt-resize is a tool which can resize a virtual machine disk, making it larger…
NAME 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…] WARNING Using "virt-rescue" in write mode on live virtual machines, or concurrently…
NAME virt-pki-validate – validate libvirt PKI files are configured correctly SYNOPSIS virt-pki-validate [OPTION] DESCRIPTION This 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…
NAME virt-p2v – Convert a physical machine to use KVM SYNOPSIS virt-p2v virt-p2v.iso DESCRIPTION Virt-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…
NAME virt-p2v-make-kickstart – Build the virt-p2v kickstart SYNOPSIS virt-p2v-make-kickstart [-o p2v.ks] [–proxy=http://…] repo [repo…] DESCRIPTION virt-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…
NAME virt-p2v-make-disk – Build the virt-p2v disk using virt-builder SYNOPSIS virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sdX [os-version] DESCRIPTION virt-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…
NAME virt-manager – display the virtual machine desktop management tool SYNOPSIS virt-manager [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION virt-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…
NAME 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.img DESCRIPTION Virt-make-fs is a command line tool for creating a filesystem from a tar archive or some files in a directory….
NAME 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…] directory DESCRIPTION "virt-ls" lists filenames, file sizes, checksums, extended attributes and more from a virtual machine or disk image….
NAME 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….
NAME 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…
NAME 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….
NAME virt-install – provision new virtual machines SYNOPSIS virt-install [OPTION]… DESCRIPTION virt-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…
NAME 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 …] DESCRIPTION virt-inspector examines a virtual machine or disk image and tries to determine the version of the operating system and…
NAME virt-index-validate – Validate virt-builder index file SYNOPSIS virt-index-validate index DESCRIPTION virt-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…
NAME virt-host-validate – validate host virtualization setup SYNOPSIS virt-host-validate [OPTIONS…] [HV-TYPE] DESCRIPTION This 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…
NAME virt-get-kernel – Extract kernel and ramdisk from guests SYNOPSIS virt – get – kernel[–options] – d domname virt – get – kernel[–options] – a disk.img DESCRIPTION This 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….
NAME virt-format – Erase and make a blank disk SYNOPSIS virt – format[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] WARNING Using "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…