NAME

       virt-qemu-run - Run a standalone QEMU guest

SYNOPSIS

       virt-qemu-run [OPTION]... GUEST-XML-FILE

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool  provides  a  way  to  run  a  standalone QEMU guest such that it is completely
       independent of libvirtd. It makes use of the embedded QEMU driver support to  run  the  VM
       placing files under an isolated directory tree. When the guest is run with this tool it is
       invisible to libvirtd and thus also invisible to other libvirt tools such as virsh.

       The virt-qemu-run program will run the QEMU virtual machine,  and  then  block  until  the
       guest OS shuts down, at which point it will exit.

       If  the virt-qemu-run program is interrupted (eg Ctrl-C) it will immediately terminate the
       virtual machine without giving the guest OS any opportunity to gracefully shutdown.

       NOTE: this tool is currently considered experimental. Its usage  and  behaviour  is  still
       subject to change in future libvirt releases. For further information on its usage consult
       the QEMU driver documentation <https://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html#embedded-driver> .

OPTIONS

       GUEST-XML-FILE

       The full path to the XML file describing the guest virtual machine to be booted.

       -r DIR, --root=DIR

       Specify the root directory to use for storing state associated with the  virtual  machine.
       The caller is responsible for deleting this directory when it is no longer required.

       If  this  parameter is omitted, then a random temporary directory will be created, and its
       contents be automatically deleted at VM shutdown.

       -s SECRET-XML-FILE,SECRET-VALUE-FILE, --secret=SECRET-XML-FILE,SECRET-VALUE-FILE

       Specify a secret to be loaded into the secret driver.  SECRET-XML-FILE is a  path  to  the
       XML  description  of  the secret, whose UUID should match a secret referenced in the guest
       domain XML.  SECRET-VALUE-FILE is a path containing the raw value of the secret.

       -v, --verbose

       Display verbose information about startup.

       -h, --help

       Display the command line help.

EXIT STATUS

       Upon successful shutdown, 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) 2019 by Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE

       virt-run-qemu  is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL 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),  <https://libvirt.org/>

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