virt-xml

Edit libvirt Domain XML files with explicit command-line options. NOTE: 'domain' refers to the name, UUID or ID for the existing VMs (See: tldr virsh). More information: <https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/blob/main/man/virt-xml.rst>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/virt-xml.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install virtinst
Ubuntu
apt-get install virtinst
Alpine
apk add virt-install
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S virt-install
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install virtinst
CentOS
yum install virt-install
Fedora
dnf install virt-install
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtinst
Raspbian
apt-get install virtinst
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/virt-xml
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/virt-xml virt-xml powered by Commando

Edit libvirt Domain XML files with explicit command-line options. NOTE: 'domain' refers to the name, UUID or ID for the existing VMs (See: tldr virsh). More information: <https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/blob/main/man/virt-xml.rst>.

  • List all the suboptions for a specific option:
    virt-xml --option=?
  • List all the suboptions for disk, network, and boot:
    virt-xml --disk=? --network=? --boot=?
  • Edit a value for a specific domain:
    virt-xml domain --edit --option suboption=new_value
  • Change the description for a specific domain:
    virt-xml domain --edit --metadata description="new_description"
  • Enable/Disable the boot device menu for a specific domain:
    virt-xml domain --edit --boot bootmenu=on|off
  • Attach host USB hub to a running VM (See: tldr lsusb):
    virt-xml domain --update --add-device --hostdev bus.device

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