virt-qemu-run Command Examples

Experimental tool to run a QEMU Guest VM independent of libvirtd. More information: https://libvirt.org/manpages/virt-qemu-run.html.

• Run a QEMU virtual machine:

virt-qemu-run {{path/to/guest.xml}}

• Run a QEMU virtual machine and store the state in a specific directory:

virt-qemu-run --root={{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/guest.xml}}

• Run a QEMU virtual machine and display verbose information about the startup:

virt-qemu-run --verbose {{path/to/guest.xml}}

• Display help:

virt-qemu-run --help