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  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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