1 QEMU Machine Protocol Events
2 ============================
7 Emitted when guest executes ACPI _OST method.
9 - data: ACPIOSTInfo type as described in qapi-schema.json
11 { "event": "ACPI_DEVICE_OST",
12 "data": { "device": "d1", "slot": "0", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 1, "status": 0 } }
17 Emitted when the guest changes the actual BALLOON level. This
18 value is equivalent to the 'actual' field return by the
19 'query-balloon' command
23 - "actual": actual level of the guest memory balloon in bytes (json-number)
27 { "event": "BALLOON_CHANGE",
28 "data": { "actual": 944766976 },
29 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
34 Emitted when a disk image is being marked corrupt.
38 - "device": Device name (json-string)
39 - "msg": Informative message (e.g., reason for the corruption) (json-string)
40 - "offset": If the corruption resulted from an image access, this is the access
41 offset into the image (json-int)
42 - "size": If the corruption resulted from an image access, this is the access
47 { "event": "BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED",
48 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd0",
49 "msg": "Prevented active L1 table overwrite", "offset": 196608,
51 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1378126126, "microseconds": 966463 } }
56 Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs.
60 - "device": device name (json-string)
61 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
62 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
63 "ignore": error has been ignored
64 "report": error has been reported to the device
65 "stop": the VM is going to stop because of the error
69 { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR",
70 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
73 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
75 Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the
81 Emitted when a block job has been cancelled.
85 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
86 "commit" for block commit)
87 - "device": Device name (json-string)
88 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
89 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
90 On success this is equal to len.
91 On failure this is less than len.
92 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
96 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED",
97 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
98 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 134217728,
100 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
105 Emitted when a block job has completed.
109 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
110 "commit" for block commit)
111 - "device": Device name (json-string)
112 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
113 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
114 On success this is equal to len.
115 On failure this is less than len.
116 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
117 - "error": Error message (json-string, optional)
118 Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable
119 error message. There are no semantics other than that streaming
120 has failed and clients should not try to interpret the error
125 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED",
126 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
127 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 10737418240,
129 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
134 Emitted when a block job encounters an error.
138 - "device": device name (json-string)
139 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
140 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
141 "ignore": error has been ignored, the job may fail later
142 "report": error will be reported and the job canceled
143 "stop": error caused job to be paused
147 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR",
148 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
149 "operation": "write",
151 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
156 Emitted when a block job is ready to complete.
160 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
161 "commit" for block commit)
162 - "device": Device name (json-string)
163 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
164 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
165 On success this is equal to len.
166 On failure this is less than len.
167 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
171 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY",
172 "data": { "device": "drive0", "type": "mirror", "speed": 0,
173 "len": 2097152, "offset": 2097152 }
174 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
176 Note: The "ready to complete" status is always reset by a BLOCK_JOB_ERROR
182 Emitted whenever the device removal completion is acknowledged
184 At this point, it's safe to reuse the specified device ID.
185 Device removal can be initiated by the guest or by HMP/QMP commands.
189 - "device": device name (json-string, optional)
190 - "path": device path (json-string)
192 { "event": "DEVICE_DELETED",
193 "data": { "device": "virtio-net-pci-0",
194 "path": "/machine/peripheral/virtio-net-pci-0" },
195 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
200 It's emitted whenever the tray of a removable device is moved by the guest
201 or by HMP/QMP commands.
205 - "device": device name (json-string)
206 - "tray-open": true if the tray has been opened or false if it has been closed
209 { "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
210 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
213 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
218 Emitted when guest OS panic is detected.
222 - "action": Action that has been taken (json-string, currently always "pause").
226 { "event": "GUEST_PANICKED",
227 "data": { "action": "pause" } }
229 NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED
230 ---------------------
232 The event is emitted once until the query command is executed,
233 the first event will always be emitted.
237 - "name": net client name (json-string)
238 - "path": device path (json-string)
240 { "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED",
241 "data": { "name": "vnet0",
242 "path": "/machine/peripheral/vnet0/virtio-backend" },
243 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1368697518, "microseconds": 326866 } }
249 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is powered down through the power
250 control system, such as via ACPI.
256 { "event": "POWERDOWN",
257 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
262 Emitted by the Quorum block driver if it fails to establish a quorum.
266 - "reference": device name if defined else node name.
267 - "sector-num": Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
268 - "sectors-count": Failed read operation sector count.
272 { "event": "QUORUM_FAILURE",
273 "data": { "reference": "usr1", "sector-num": 345435, "sectors-count": 5 },
274 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
279 Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file.
283 - "error": Error message (json-string, optional)
284 Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable
285 error message. There are no semantics other than that the
286 block layer reported an error and clients should not try to
287 interpret the error string.
288 - "node-name": The graph node name of the block driver state.
289 - "sector-num": Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
290 - "sectors-count": Failed read operation sector count.
294 { "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
295 "data": { "node-name": "1.raw", "sector-num": 345435, "sectors-count": 5 },
296 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
301 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is reset.
308 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041653, "microseconds": 9518 } }
313 Emitted when the Virtual Machine resumes execution.
320 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1271770767, "microseconds": 582542 } }
325 Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time.
329 - "offset": Offset between base RTC clock (as specified by -rtc base), and
330 new RTC clock value (json-number)
334 { "event": "RTC_CHANGE",
335 "data": { "offset": 78 },
336 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
341 Emitted when the Virtual Machine has shut down, indicating that qemu
348 { "event": "SHUTDOWN",
349 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
351 Note: If the command-line option "-no-shutdown" has been specified, a STOP
352 event will eventually follow the SHUTDOWN event.
357 Emitted when a SPICE client connects.
361 - "server": Server information (json-object)
362 - "host": IP address (json-string)
363 - "port": port number (json-string)
364 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
365 - "client": Client information (json-object)
366 - "host": IP address (json-string)
367 - "port": port number (json-string)
368 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
372 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
373 "event": "SPICE_CONNECTED",
375 "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
376 "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
382 Emitted when a SPICE client disconnects.
386 - "server": Server information (json-object)
387 - "host": IP address (json-string)
388 - "port": port number (json-string)
389 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
390 - "client": Client information (json-object)
391 - "host": IP address (json-string)
392 - "port": port number (json-string)
393 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
397 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
398 "event": "SPICE_DISCONNECTED",
400 "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
401 "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
407 Emitted after initial handshake and authentication takes place (if any)
408 and the SPICE channel is up and running
412 - "server": Server information (json-object)
413 - "host": IP address (json-string)
414 - "port": port number (json-string)
415 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
416 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
417 - "client": Client information (json-object)
418 - "host": IP address (json-string)
419 - "port": port number (json-string)
420 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
421 - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
422 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
423 - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
424 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
425 - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
426 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
427 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
428 - "tls": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
432 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
433 "event": "SPICE_INITIALIZED",
434 "data": {"server": {"auth": "spice", "port": "5921",
435 "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
436 "client": {"port": "49004", "family": "ipv4", "channel-type": 3,
437 "connection-id": 1804289383, "host": "127.0.0.1",
438 "channel-id": 0, "tls": true}
441 SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED
442 -----------------------
444 Emitted when SPICE migration has completed
450 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
451 "event": "SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED" }
457 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is stopped.
464 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041730, "microseconds": 281295 } }
469 Emitted when guest enters S3 state.
475 { "event": "SUSPEND",
476 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
481 Emitted when the guest makes a request to enter S4 state.
487 { "event": "SUSPEND_DISK",
488 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
490 Note: QEMU shuts down when entering S4 state.
495 Emitted when a VNC client establishes a connection.
499 - "server": Server information (json-object)
500 - "host": IP address (json-string)
501 - "service": port number (json-string)
502 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
503 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
504 - "client": Client information (json-object)
505 - "host": IP address (json-string)
506 - "service": port number (json-string)
507 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
511 { "event": "VNC_CONNECTED",
513 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
514 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
515 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
516 "host": "127.0.0.1" } },
517 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
520 Note: This event is emitted before any authentication takes place, thus
521 the authentication ID is not provided.
526 Emitted when the connection is closed.
530 - "server": Server information (json-object)
531 - "host": IP address (json-string)
532 - "service": port number (json-string)
533 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
534 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
535 - "client": Client information (json-object)
536 - "host": IP address (json-string)
537 - "service": port number (json-string)
538 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
539 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
540 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
544 { "event": "VNC_DISCONNECTED",
546 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
547 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
548 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
549 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
550 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
555 Emitted after authentication takes place (if any) and the VNC session is
560 - "server": Server information (json-object)
561 - "host": IP address (json-string)
562 - "service": port number (json-string)
563 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
564 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
565 - "client": Client information (json-object)
566 - "host": IP address (json-string)
567 - "service": port number (json-string)
568 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
569 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
570 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
574 { "event": "VNC_INITIALIZED",
576 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
577 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0"},
578 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "46089",
579 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
580 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1263475302, "microseconds": 150772 } }
585 Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
589 - "id": device identifier of the virtio-serial port (json-string)
590 - "open": true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port (json-bool)
594 { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
595 "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
596 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
601 Emitted when the guest has woken up from S3 and is running.
608 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
613 Emitted when the watchdog device's timer is expired.
617 - "action": Action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
618 "reset", "shutdown", "poweroff", "pause", "debug", or "none"
622 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
623 "data": { "action": "reset" },
624 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
626 Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is
627 followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.