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virt-qemu-run

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