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=head1 NAME
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virt-admin - daemon administration interface
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<virt-admin> [I<OPTION>]... [I<COMMAND_STRING>]
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B<virt-admin> [I<OPTION>]... I<COMMAND> [I<ARG>]...
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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The B<virt-admin> program is the main administration interface for modifying
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the libvirt daemon configuration at runtime, changing daemon behaviour as well
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as for monitoring and managing all clients connected to the daemon.
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The basic structure of most virt-admin usage is:
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virt-admin [OPTION]... <command> [ARG]...
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Where I<command> is one of the commands listed below.
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The B<virt-admin> program can be used either to run one I<COMMAND> by giving the
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command and its arguments on the shell command line, or a I<COMMAND_STRING>
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which is a single shell argument consisting of multiple I<COMMAND> actions
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and their arguments joined with whitespace, and separated by semicolons
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between commands. Within I<COMMAND_STRING>, virt-admin understands the
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same single, double, and backslash escapes as the shell, although you must
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add another layer of shell escaping in creating the single shell argument.
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If no command is given in the command line, B<virt-admin> will then start a minimal
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interpreter waiting for your commands, and the B<quit> command will then exit
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the program.
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The B<virt-admin> program understands the following I<OPTIONS>.
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=over 4
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=item B<-c>, B<--connect> I<URI>
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Connect to the specified I<URI>, as if by the B<connect> command,
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instead of the default connection.
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=item B<-d>, B<--debug> I<LEVEL>
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Enable debug messages at integer I<LEVEL> and above. I<LEVEL> can
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range from 0 to 4 (default). See the documentation of B<VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG>
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environment variable below for the description of each I<LEVEL>.
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=item B<-h>, B<--help>
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Ignore all other arguments, and behave as if the B<help> command were
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given instead.
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=item B<-l>, B<--log> I<FILE>
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Output logging details to I<FILE>.
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=item B<-q>, B<--quiet>
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Avoid extra informational messages.
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=item B<-v>, B<--version[=short]>
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Ignore all other arguments, and prints the version of the libvirt library
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virt-admin is coming from
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=item B<-V>, B<--version=long>
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Ignore all other arguments, and prints the version of the libvirt library
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virt-admin is coming from.
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=back
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=head1 NOTES
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Running B<virt-admin> requires root privileges due to the
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communications channels used to talk to the daemon. Consider changing the
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I<unix_sock_group> ownership setting to grant access to specific set of users
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or modifying I<unix_sock_rw_perms> permissions. Daemon configuration file
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provides more information about setting permissions.
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=head1 GENERIC COMMANDS
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The following commands are generic.
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=over 4
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=item B<help> [I<command-or-group>]
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This lists each of the virt-admin commands. When used without options, all
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commands are listed, one per line, grouped into related categories,
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displaying the keyword for each group.
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To display detailed information for a specific command, use its name as the
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option.
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=item B<quit>, B<exit>
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quit this interactive terminal
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=item B<version>
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Will print out the version info about which libvirt library was this client
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built from. As opposed to I<virsh> client, the output already includes
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the version of the daemon.
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B<Example>
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$ virt-admin version
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Compiled against library: libvirt 1.2.21
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Using library: libvirt 1.2.21
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Running against daemon: 1.2.20
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=item B<cd> [I<directory>]
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Will change current directory to I<directory>. The default directory
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for the B<cd> command is the home directory or, if there is no I<HOME>
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variable in the environment, the root directory.
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This command is only available in interactive mode.
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=item B<pwd>
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Will print the current directory.
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=item B<connect> [I<URI>]
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(Re)-Connect to a daemon's administrating server. The I<URI> parameter
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specifies how to connect to the administrating server.
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If I<LIBVIRT_ADMIN_DEFAULT_URI> or I<admin_uri_default> (see below) were set,
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I<connect> is automatically issued every time a command that requires an
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active connection is executed. Note that this only applies if there is no
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connection at all or there is an inactive one.
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To find the currently used URI, check the I<uri> command documented below.
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For remote access see the documentation page at
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L<http://libvirt.org/uri.html> on how to make URIs.
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=item B<uri>
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Prints the administrating server canonical URI, can be useful in shell mode. If
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no I<uri> was specified, neither I<LIBVIRT_ADMIN_DEFAULT_URI> or
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I<admin_uri_default> were set, libvirtd:///system is used.
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=back
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=head1 ENVIRONMENT
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The following environment variables can be set to alter the behaviour
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of C<virt-admin>
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=over 4
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=item VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=<0 to 4>
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Turn on verbose debugging of virt-admin commands. Valid levels are
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=over 4
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=item * VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=0
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DEBUG - Messages at ALL levels get logged
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=item * VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=1
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INFO - Logs messages at levels INFO, NOTICE, WARNING and ERROR
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=item * VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=2
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NOTICE - Logs messages at levels NOTICE, WARNING and ERROR
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=item * VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=3
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WARNING - Logs messages at levels WARNING and ERROR
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=item * VIRT_ADMIN_DEBUG=4
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ERROR - Messages at only ERROR level gets logged.
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=back
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=item VIRT_ADMIN_LOG_FILE=C<LOGFILE>
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The file to log virt-admin debug messages.
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=item LIBVIRT_ADMIN_DEFAULT_URI
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The daemon whose admin server to connect to by default. Set this to a URI, in
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the same format as accepted by the B<connect> option. This overrides the
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default URI set in any client config file.
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=item VIRT_ADMIN_HISTSIZE
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The number of commands to remember in the command history. The
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default value is 500.
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=item LIBVIRT_DEBUG=LEVEL
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Turn on verbose debugging of all libvirt API calls. Valid levels are
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=over 4
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=item * LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1
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Messages at level DEBUG or above
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=item * LIBVIRT_DEBUG=2
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Messages at level INFO or above
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=item * LIBVIRT_DEBUG=3
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Messages at level WARNING or above
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=item * LIBVIRT_DEBUG=4
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Messages at level ERROR or above
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=back
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For further information about debugging options consult C<http://libvirt.org/logging.html>
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=back
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=head1 BUGS
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Report any bugs discovered to the libvirt community via the mailing
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list C<http://libvirt.org/contact.html> or bug tracker C<http://libvirt.org/bugs.html>.
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Alternatively report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
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=head1 AUTHORS
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Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with libvirt.
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Based on the virsh man page.
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=head1 COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc., and the authors listed in the
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libvirt AUTHORS file.
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=head1 LICENSE
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virt-admin is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2+.
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
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is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<virsh(1)>, L<virt-xml-validate(1)>, L<virt-host-validate(1)>,
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L<http://www.libvirt.org/>
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=cut
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