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Spell out that TCP and TLS needs virtproxyd as 'off-host' might mean that also ssh transport requires it. Also fix the name of the 'virtproxyd' daemon. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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virtvboxd
libvirt VirtualBox management daemon
- Manual section
8
- Manual group
Virtualization Support
SYNOPSIS
virtvboxd [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
The virtvboxd program is a server side daemon component of the libvirt virtualization management system.
It is one of a collection of modular daemons that replace functionality previously provided by the monolithic libvirtd daemon.
This daemon runs on virtualization hosts to provide management for VirtualBox virtual machines.
The virtvboxd daemon only listens for requests on a local Unix domain socket. Remote access via TLS/TCP and backwards compatibility with legacy clients expecting libvirtd is provided by the virtproxyd daemon.
Restarting virtvboxd does not interrupt running guests. Guests continue to operate and changes in their state will generally be picked up automatically during startup.
DAEMON STARTUP MODES
The virtvboxd daemon is capable of starting in two modes.
Socket activation mode
On hosts with systemd it is started in socket activation mode and it will rely on systemd to create and listen on the UNIX sockets and pass them as pre-opened file descriptors. In this mode most of the socket related config options in /etc/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf will no longer have any effect.
Traditional service mode
On hosts without systemd, it will create and listen on UNIX sockets itself.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display command line help usage then exit.
-d, --daemon
Run as a daemon & write PID file.
-f, --config *FILE*
Use this configuration file, overriding the default value.
-p, --pid-file *FILE*
Use this name for the PID file, overriding the default value.
-t, --timeout *SECONDS*
Exit after timeout period (in seconds), provided there are no client connections.
-v, --verbose
Enable output of verbose messages.
--version
Display version information then exit.
SIGNALS
On receipt of SIGHUP virtvboxd will reload its configuration.
FILES
When run as root
@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf
The default configuration file used by virtvboxd, unless overridden on the command line using the -f | --config option.
@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock-ro@RUNSTATEDIR@/libvirt/virtvboxd-admin-sock
The sockets virtvboxd will use.
The TLS Server private key virtvboxd will use.
@RUNSTATEDIR@/virtvboxd.pid
The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p | --pid-file option.
When run as non-root
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf
The default configuration file used by virtvboxd, unless overridden on the command line using the -f|--config option.
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd-admin-sock
The sockets virtvboxd will use.
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd.pid
The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p|--pid-file option.
If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set in your environment, virtvboxd will use $HOME/.config
If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set in your environment, virtvboxd will use $HOME/.cache
EXAMPLES
To retrieve the version of virtvboxd:
# virtvboxd --version
virtvboxd (libvirt) @VERSION@To start virtvboxd, instructing it to daemonize and create a PID file:
# virtvboxd -d
# ls -la @RUNSTATEDIR@/virtvboxd.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul 9 02:40 @RUNSTATEDIR@/virtvboxd.pidBUGS
Please report all bugs you discover. This should be done via either:
the mailing list
the bug tracker
Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
AUTHORS
Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with libvirt.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Red Hat, Inc., and the authors listed in the libvirt AUTHORS file.
LICENSE
virtvboxd is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+. 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), libvirtd(8), https://libvirt.org/daemons.html, https://libvirt.org/drvvbox.html