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Add a simple man page for the qemu agent. Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com> *squashed in review comments from Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>pull/29/head
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@c man begin SYNOPSIS |
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usage: qemu-ga [OPTIONS] |
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@c man end |
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@end example |
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@c man begin DESCRIPTION |
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The QEMU Guest Agent is a daemon intended to be run within virtual |
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machines. It allows the hypervisor host to perform various operations |
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in the guest, such as: |
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get information from the guest |
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set the guest's system time |
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read/write a file |
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sync and freeze the filesystems |
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suspend the guest |
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reconfigure guest local processors |
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set user's password |
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... |
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@end itemize |
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qemu-ga will read a system configuration file on startup (located at |
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q@file{/etc/qemu/qemu-ga.conf} by default), then parse remaining |
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configuration options on the command line. For the same key, the last |
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option wins, but the lists accumulate (see below for configuration |
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file format). |
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@c man end |
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@c man begin OPTIONS |
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@table @option |
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@item -m, --method=@var{method} |
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Transport method: one of @samp{unix-listen}, @samp{virtio-serial}, or |
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@samp{isa-serial} (@samp{virtio-serial} is the default). |
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@item -p, --path=@var{path} |
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Device/socket path (the default for virtio-serial is |
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@samp{/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0}, |
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the default for isa-serial is @samp{/dev/ttyS0}) |
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@item -l, --logfile=@var{path} |
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Set log file path (default is stderr). |
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@item -f, --pidfile=@var{path} |
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Specify pid file (default is @samp{/var/run/qemu-ga.pid}). |
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@item -F, --fsfreeze-hook=@var{path} |
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Enable fsfreeze hook. Accepts an optional argument that specifies |
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script to run on freeze/thaw. Script will be called with |
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'freeze'/'thaw' arguments accordingly (default is |
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@samp{/etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook}). If using -F with an argument, do |
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not follow -F with a space (for example: |
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@samp{-F/var/run/fsfreezehook.sh}). |
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@item -t, --statedir=@var{path} |
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Specify the directory to store state information (absolute paths only, |
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default is @samp{/var/run}). |
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@item -v, --verbose |
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Log extra debugging information. |
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@item -V, --version |
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Print version information and exit. |
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@item -d, --daemon |
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Daemonize after startup (detach from terminal). |
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@item -b, --blacklist=@var{list} |
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Comma-separated list of RPCs to disable (no spaces, @samp{?} to list |
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available RPCs). |
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@item -D, --dump-conf |
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Dump the configuration in a format compatible with @file{qemu-ga.conf} |
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and exit. |
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@item -h, --help |
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Display this help and exit. |
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@end table |
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@c man end |
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@c man begin FILES |
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The syntax of the @file{qemu-ga.conf} configuration file follows the |
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Desktop Entry Specification, here is a quick summary: it consists of |
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groups of key-value pairs, interspersed with comments. |
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@example |
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# qemu-ga configuration sample |
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[general] |
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daemonize = 0 |
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pidfile = /var/run/qemu-ga.pid |
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verbose = 0 |
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method = virtio-serial |
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path = /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0 |
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statedir = /var/run |
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@end example |
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The list of keys follows the command line options: |
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@table @option |
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@item daemon= boolean |
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@item method= string |
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@item path= string |
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@item logfile= string |
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@item pidfile= string |
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@item fsfreeze-hook= string |
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@item statedir= string |
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@item verbose= boolean |
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@item blacklist= string list |
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@end table |
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@c man end |
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@ignore |
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@setfilename qemu-ga |
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@settitle QEMU Guest Agent |
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@c man begin AUTHOR |
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Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
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@c man end |
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@c man begin SEEALSO |
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qemu(1) |
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@c man end |
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@end ignore |
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