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

       • domainsnapshot

       The schema for the XML format used by domain snapshot configuration

       • domain

       The schema for the XML format used by guest domains configuration

       • network

       The schema for the XML format used by virtual network configuration

       • 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 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 / vendor.

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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