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.

• 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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