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KVM Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for using the virsh command line tool to manage virtual machines and their resources. It lists virsh subcommands for getting basic information on domains, performing operations like starting and stopping VMs, managing storage volumes, taking VM snapshots, viewing networking and interface configurations, cloning VMs, and finding documentation. The document also indicates default libvirt directories and provides a link to the libvirt documentation website.

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KVM Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for using the virsh command line tool to manage virtual machines and their resources. It lists virsh subcommands for getting basic information on domains, performing operations like starting and stopping VMs, managing storage volumes, taking VM snapshots, viewing networking and interface configurations, cloning VMs, and finding documentation. The document also indicates default libvirt directories and provides a link to the libvirt documentation website.

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KVM virsh ∞ Networking


virsh net-list virsh net-define virsh net-event virsh net-dhcp-leases virsh nwfilter-list virsh iface-list
cheat sheet virsh net-info virsh net-create virsh net-update virsh net-autostart virsh net-destroy virsh iface-edit
ooooo based on v.1.2.17

∞ Basic Operation ∞ Definition ∞ Volume Operation


virsh list [--all|--inactive] VM are created by describing the virtual virsh pool-list
inactive show defined but not active domains. machine in a libvirt XML file, and importing that list all volume pools
XML file into virsh.
virsh start <domid|name|uuid> virsh dumpxml <domid|name|uuid> virsh pool-info <pool_id>
virsh shutdown <domid|name|uuid> virsh define <filename.xml> virsh vol-list <pool_id> [--details]
http://libvirt.org/format.html
virsh suspend <domid|name|uuid> virsh vol-delete <vol_id> [--pool <id>]
virsh undefine <domid|name|uuid>
virsh resume <domid|name|uuid> delete the VM. First you must terminate
(destroy) the domain. This command does not virsh vol-create-as <pool_id> <volname> [--format <raw|qcow2] <size M|G|T> [--allocation <sz M|G|T>]
delete volumes, use vol-delete. this command accepts a lot of parameters, see man for more info
virsh reboot <domid|name|uuid>
virsh vol-clone <src_vol> <dst_vol> <--pool pool_id>
virsh destroy <domid|name|uuid> ∞ Info
cold reset the node, does not virsh vol-resize <vol_id> <size M|G|T> <--pool pool_id>
delete/destroy anything. virsh vcpuinfo <domid|name|uuid> you will have to manage the new free space inside the guest
info about guest's vcpu
virsh console <domid|name|uuid> virsh vol-wipe <vol_id> <--pool pool_id>
serial console, exit with ctrl+5 or ctrl+] virsh vcpupin <domid|name|uuid>
info about vcpu affinity
∞ Snapshots
virsh dommemstat <domid|name|uuid>
∞ Modification info about guest's memory status virsh snapshot-create-as <domid|name|uuid> [--name <str>] [--description <str>] [--quiesce]

virsh autostart [--disable] <domid|name|uuid> virsh domid <domid|name|uuid> virsh snapshot-current <domid|name|uuid> [--snapshotname <str>]
autostart on boot conversion between identifiers get or set the current snapshot

virsh edit <domid|name|uuid> virsh dominfo <domid|name|uuid> virsh snapshot-delete <domid|name|uuid> [--current | --snapshotname <str>] [--children]
reboot guest for changes to take effect display guest information delete current or particular snapshot, and if specified their children. See help for more parameters

virsh console <domid|name|uuid> virsh domifaddr <domid|name|uuid> virsh snapshot-edit <domid|name|uuid> [--snapshotname <str>]
serial console, exit with ctrl+5 or ctrl+] show guest interfaces
virsh snapshot-info <domid|name|uuid> [--current | --snapshotname <str>]
ivirsh domif-getlink <domid|name|uuid> <iface>
show guest interface status
∞ Modification virsh snapshot-list <domid|name|uuid>
virsh nodeinfo
virsh autostart [--disable] <domid|name|uuid> display host information virsh snapshot-revert <domid|name|uuid> [--current | --snapshotname <str>]
autostart on boot

virsh edit <domid|name|uuid> ∞ Cloning


these are note virsh sub-commands
∞ Documentation
reboot guest for changes to take effect
/var/lib/libvirt/ this is the default directory where images, domains, etc. reside
virsh console <domid|name|uuid> virsh-sysprep –enable=<read_doc_for_params> <dom_id> virsh help
serial console, exit with ctrl+5 or ctrl+] http://libvirt.org/ Felip Moll 2016 - http://lipixx.ciutadella.es
virt-clone --original <domid> --name <dest_id> -f <dest_vol>

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