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virt-manager — A desktop user interface for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines and LXC containers. More informat

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Problem

How to use the virt-manager command: A desktop user interface for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines and LXC containers. More information: <https://manned.org/virt-manager>.

Solution

virt-manager — A desktop user interface for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines and LXC containers. More information: <https://manned.org/virt-manager>.

Launch the GUI:
virt-manager


Connect to a hypervisor:
virt-manager --connect {{hypervisor_uri}}


Don't fork virt-manager process into background on startup:
virt-manager --no-fork


Print debug output:
virt-manager --debug


Open the "New VM" wizard:
virt-manager --show-domain-creator


Show domain details window for a specific virtual machine/container:
virt-manager --show-domain-editor {{name|id|uuid}}


Show domain performance window for a specific virtual machine/container:
virt-manager --show-domain-performance {{name|id|uuid}}


Show connection details window:
virt-manager --show-host-summary

Code Snippets

Launch the GUI

virt-manager

Connect to a hypervisor

virt-manager --connect {{hypervisor_uri}}

Don't fork virt-manager process into background on startup

virt-manager --no-fork

Print debug output

virt-manager --debug

Open the "New VM" wizard

virt-manager --show-domain-creator

Context

tldr-pages: linux/virt-manager

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