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. Berrangé

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

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