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virt-qemu-run — Experimental tool to run a QEMU Guest VM independent of `libvirtd`. More information: <https://libvi

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Problem

How to use the virt-qemu-run command: Experimental tool to run a QEMU Guest VM independent of libvirtd. More information: <https://libvirt.org/manpages/virt-qemu-run.html>.

Solution

virt-qemu-run — Experimental tool to run a QEMU Guest VM independent of libvirtd. More information: <https://libvirt.org/manpages/virt-qemu-run.html>.

Run a QEMU virtual machine:

virt-qemu-run {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Run a QEMU virtual machine and store the state in a specific directory:

virt-qemu-run {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Run a QEMU virtual machine and display verbose information about the startup:

virt-qemu-run {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Display help:

virt-qemu-run {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Run a QEMU virtual machine

virt-qemu-run {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Run a QEMU virtual machine and store the state in a specific directory

virt-qemu-run {{[-r|--root]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Run a QEMU virtual machine and display verbose information about the startup

virt-qemu-run {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}

Display help

virt-qemu-run {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/virt-qemu-run

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