virsh

Manage virsh guest domains. (NOTE: 'guest_id' can be the id, name or UUID of the guest). Some subcommands such as virsh list have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://libvirt.org/virshcmdref.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/virsh.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install libvirt-bin
Ubuntu
apt-get install libvirt-bin
Alpine
apk add libvirt
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S libvirt
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install libvirt-clients
CentOS
yum install libvirt-client
Fedora
dnf install libvirt-client
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libvirt-bin
OS X
brew install libvirt
Raspbian
apt-get install libvirt0-dbg
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/virsh
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/virsh virsh powered by Commando

Manage virsh guest domains. (NOTE: 'guest_id' can be the id, name or UUID of the guest). Some subcommands such as virsh list have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://libvirt.org/virshcmdref.html>.

  • Connect to a hypervisor session:
    virsh connect qemu:///system
  • List all domains:
    virsh list --all
  • Dump guest configuration file:
    virsh dumpxml guest_id > path/to/guest.xml
  • Create a guest from a configuration file:
    virsh create path/to/config_file.xml
  • Edit a guest's configuration file (editor can be changed with $EDITOR):
    virsh edit guest_id
  • Start/reboot/shutdown/suspend/resume a guest:
    virsh command guest_id
  • Save the current state of a guest to a file:
    virsh save guest_id filename
  • Delete a running guest:
    virsh destroy guest_id && virsh undefine guest_id

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