VIRT-QEMU-QMP-PROXY(1)      Virtualization Support      VIRT-QEMU-QMP-PROXY(1)

NAME
       virt-qemu-qmp-proxy - Expose a QMP proxy server for a libvirt QEMU
       guest

SYNOPSIS
       virt-qemu-qmp-proxy [OPTION]... DOMAIN QMP-SOCKET-PATH

DESCRIPTION
       This tool provides a way to expose a QMP proxy server that communicates
       with a QEMU guest managed by libvirt. This enables standard QMP client
       tools to interact with libvirt managed guests.

       NOTE: use of this tool will result in the running QEMU guest being
       marked as tainted. It is strongly recommended that this tool only be
       used to send commands which query information about the running guest.
       If this tool is used to make changes to the state of the guest, this
       may have negative interactions with the QEMU driver, resulting in an
       inability to manage the guest operation thereafter, and in the worst
       case potentially lead to data loss or corruption.

       The virt-qemu-qmp-proxy program will listen on a UNIX socket for
       incoming client connections, and run the QMP protocol over the
       connection. Any commands received will be sent to the running libvirt
       guest, and replies sent back.

       The virt-qemu-qmp-proxy program may be interrupted (eg Ctrl-C) when it
       is no longer required. The libvirt QEMU guest will continue running.

OPTIONS
       DOMAIN

       The ID or UUID or Name of the libvirt QEMU guest.

       QMP-SOCKET-PATH

       The filesystem path at which to run the QMP server, listening for
       incoming connections.

       -c CONNECTION-URI --connect=CONNECTION-URI

       The URI for the connection to the libvirt QEMU driver. If omitted, a
       URI will be auto-detected.

       -v, --verbose

       Run in verbose mode, printing all QMP commands and replies that are
       handled.

       -h, --help

       Display the command line help.

EXIT STATUS
       Upon successful shutdown, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure
       a non-zero status will be set.

AUTHOR
       Daniel P. Berrange

BUGS
       Please report all bugs you discover.  This should be done via either:

       1. the mailing list

           <https://libvirt.org/contact.html>

       2. the bug tracker

           <https://libvirt.org/bugs.html>

       Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor /
       vendor.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2022 by Red Hat, Inc.

LICENSE
       virt-qemu-qmp-proxy is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2+.
       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),  <https://libvirt.org/> , QMP reference
       <https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html>


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