1 HXCOMM QMP dispatch table and documentation
2 HXCOMM Text between SQMP and EQMP is copied to the QMP documention file and
3 HXCOMM does not show up
in the other formats
.
9 This document describes all commands currently supported by QMP
.
11 Most of the time their usage is exactly the same as
in the user Monitor
, this
12 means that any other document which also describe
commands (the manpage
,
13 QEMU
's manual, etc) can and should be consulted.
15 QMP has two types of commands: regular and query commands. Regular commands
16 usually change the Virtual Machine's state someway
, while query commands just
17 return information
. The sections below are divided accordingly
.
19 It
's important to observe that all communication examples are formatted in
20 a reader-friendly way, so that they're easier to understand
. However
, in real
21 protocol usage
, they
're emitted as a single line.
23 Also, the following notation is used to denote data flow:
25 -> data issued by the Client
26 <- Server data response
28 Please, refer to the QMP specification (QMP/qmp-spec.txt) for detailed
29 information on the Server command and response formats.
31 NOTE: This document is temporary and will be replaced soon.
33 1. Stability Considerations
34 ===========================
36 The current QMP command set (described in this file) may be useful for a
37 number of use cases, however it's limited and several commands have bad
38 defined semantics
, specially with regard to command completion
.
40 These problems are going to be solved incrementally
in the next QEMU releases
41 and we
're going to establish a deprecation policy for badly defined commands.
43 If you're planning to adopt QMP
, please observe the following
:
45 1. The deprecation policy will take effect and be documented soon
, please
46 check the documentation of each used command as soon as a
new release of
49 2. DO NOT rely on anything which is not explicit documented
51 3. Errors
, in special
, are not documented
. Applications should NOT check
52 for specific errors classes or
data (it
's strongly recommended to only
53 check for the "error" key)
58 Server's responses
in the examples below are always a success response
, please
59 refer to the QMP specification
for more details on error responses
.
66 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_quit
,
79 -> { "execute": "quit" }
86 .args_type
= "force:-f,device:B",
87 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_eject
,
94 Eject a removable medium
.
98 - force
: force
ejection (json
-bool
, optional
)
99 - device
: device
name (json
-string
)
103 -> { "execute": "eject", "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
106 Note
: The
"force" argument defaults to
false.
112 .args_type
= "device:B,target:F,arg:s?",
113 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_change
,
120 Change a removable medium or VNC configuration
.
124 - "device": device
name (json
-string
)
125 - "target": filename or
item (json
-string
)
126 - "arg": additional
argument (json
-string
, optional
)
130 1. Change a removable medium
132 -> { "execute": "change",
133 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
134 "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
137 2. Change VNC password
139 -> { "execute": "change",
140 "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
147 .name
= "screendump",
148 .args_type
= "filename:F",
149 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_screendump
,
156 Save screen into PPM image
.
160 - "filename": file
path (json
-string
)
164 -> { "execute": "screendump", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/image" } }
172 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_stop
,
185 -> { "execute": "stop" }
193 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_cont
,
206 -> { "execute": "cont" }
212 .name
= "system_wakeup",
214 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_system_wakeup
,
221 Wakeup guest from suspend
.
227 -> { "execute": "system_wakeup" }
233 .name
= "system_reset",
235 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_system_reset
,
248 -> { "execute": "system_reset" }
254 .name
= "system_powerdown",
256 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_system_powerdown
,
263 Send system power down event
.
269 -> { "execute": "system_powerdown" }
275 .name
= "device_add",
276 .args_type
= "device:O",
277 .params
= "driver[,prop=value][,...]",
278 .help
= "add device, like -device on the command line",
279 .user_print
= monitor_user_noop
,
280 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= do_device_add
,
291 - "driver": the name of the
new device
's driver (json-string)
292 - "bus": the device's parent
bus (device tree path
, json
-string
, optional
)
293 - "id": the device
's ID, must be unique (json-string)
298 -> { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000", "id": "net1" } }
303 (1) For detailed information about this command, please refer to the
304 'docs
/qdev
-device
-use
.txt
' file.
306 (2) It's possible to list device properties by running QEMU with the
307 "-device DEVICE,\?" command
-line argument
, where DEVICE is the device
's name
312 .name = "device_del",
314 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_device_del,
325 - "id": the device's
ID (json
-string
)
329 -> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "net1" } }
336 .args_type
= "keys:O,hold-time:i?",
337 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_send_key
,
349 - "key": key
sequence (a json
-array of key union values
,
350 union can be number or qcode
enum)
352 - hold
-time
: time to delay key up events
, milliseconds
. Defaults to
100
357 -> { "execute": "send-key",
358 "arguments": { "keys": [ { "type": "qcode", "data": "ctrl" },
359 { "type": "qcode", "data": "alt" },
360 { "type": "qcode", "data": "delete" } ] } }
367 .args_type
= "index:i",
368 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_cpu
,
379 - "index": the CPU
's index (json-int)
383 -> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
386 Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the
'query-cpus' command
.
393 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_cpu_add
,
404 - "id": cpu
id (json
-int
)
408 -> { "execute": "cpu-add", "arguments": { "id": 2 } }
415 .args_type
= "val:l,size:i,filename:s,cpu:i?",
416 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_memsave
,
423 Save to disk virtual memory dump starting at
'val' of size
'size'.
427 - "val": the starting
address (json
-int
)
428 - "size": the memory size
, in bytes (json
-int
)
429 - "filename": file
path (json
-string
)
430 - "cpu": virtual CPU
index (json
-int
, optional
)
434 -> { "execute": "memsave",
435 "arguments": { "val": 10,
437 "filename": "/tmp/virtual-mem-dump" } }
444 .args_type
= "val:l,size:i,filename:s",
445 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_pmemsave
,
452 Save to disk physical memory dump starting at
'val' of size
'size'.
456 - "val": the starting
address (json
-int
)
457 - "size": the memory size
, in bytes (json
-int
)
458 - "filename": file
path (json
-string
)
462 -> { "execute": "pmemsave",
463 "arguments": { "val": 10,
465 "filename": "/tmp/physical-mem-dump" } }
471 .name
= "inject-nmi",
473 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_inject_nmi
,
480 Inject an NMI on guest
's CPUs.
486 -> { "execute": "inject-nmi" }
489 Note: inject-nmi fails when the guest doesn't support injecting
.
490 Currently
, only
x86 (NMI
) and
s390x (RESTART
) guests
do.
495 .name
= "ringbuf-write",
496 .args_type
= "device:s,data:s,format:s?",
497 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_ringbuf_write
,
504 Write to a ring buffer character device
.
508 - "device": ring buffer character device
name (json
-string
)
509 - "data": data to
write (json
-string
)
510 - "format": data
format (json
-string
, optional
)
511 - Possible values
: "utf8" (default), "base64"
512 Bug
: invalid base64 is currently not rejected
.
513 Whitespace
*is
* invalid
.
517 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
518 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
526 .name
= "ringbuf-read",
527 .args_type
= "device:s,size:i,format:s?",
528 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_ringbuf_read
,
535 Read from a ring buffer character device
.
539 - "device": ring buffer character device
name (json
-string
)
540 - "size": how many bytes to read at
most (json
-int
)
541 - Number of data bytes
, not number of characters
in encoded data
542 - "format": data
format (json
-string
, optional
)
543 - Possible values
: "utf8" (default), "base64"
544 - Naturally
, format
"utf8" works only when the ring buffer
545 contains valid UTF
-8 text
. Invalid UTF
-8 sequences get
546 replaced
. Bug
: replacement doesn
't work. Bug: can screw
547 up on encountering NUL characters, after the ring buffer
548 lost data, and when reading stops because the size limit
553 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
554 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
557 <- {"return": "abcdefgh"}
562 .name = "xen-save-devices-state",
563 .args_type = "filename:F",
564 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_xen_save_devices_state,
568 xen-save-devices-state
571 Save the state of all devices to file. The RAM and the block devices
572 of the VM are not saved by this command.
576 - "filename": the file to save the state of the devices to as binary
577 data. See xen-save-devices-state.txt for a description of the binary
582 -> { "execute": "xen-save-devices-state",
583 "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/save" } }
589 .name = "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
590 .args_type = "enable:b",
591 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_xen_set_global_dirty_log,
595 xen-set-global-dirty-log
598 Enable or disable the global dirty log mode.
602 - "enable": Enable it or disable it.
606 -> { "execute": "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
607 "arguments": { "enable": true } }
614 .args_type = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
615 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate,
626 - "blk": block migration, full disk copy (json-bool, optional)
627 - "inc": incremental disk copy (json-bool, optional)
628 - "uri": Destination URI (json-string)
632 -> { "execute": "migrate", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp:0:4446" } }
637 (1) The 'query
-migrate
' command should be used to check migration's progress
638 and final
result (this information is provided by the
'status' member
)
639 (2) All boolean arguments
default to
false
640 (3) The user Monitor
's "detach" argument is invalid in QMP and should not
646 .name = "migrate_cancel",
648 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate_cancel,
655 Cancel the current migration.
661 -> { "execute": "migrate_cancel" }
666 .name = "migrate-set-cache-size",
667 .args_type = "value:o",
668 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate_set_cache_size,
672 migrate-set-cache-size
673 ----------------------
675 Set cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration, the cache size will be rounded
676 down to the nearest power of 2
680 - "value": cache size in bytes (json-int)
684 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-cache-size", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
689 .name = "query-migrate-cache-size",
691 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_migrate_cache_size,
695 query-migrate-cache-size
696 ------------------------
698 Show cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration
700 returns a json-object with the following information:
705 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-cache-size" }
706 <- { "return": 67108864 }
711 .name = "migrate_set_speed",
712 .args_type = "value:o",
713 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate_set_speed,
720 Set maximum speed for migrations.
724 - "value": maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int)
728 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_speed", "arguments": { "value": 1024 } }
734 .name = "migrate_set_downtime",
735 .args_type = "value:T",
736 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate_set_downtime,
743 Set maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migrations.
747 - "value": maximum downtime (json-number)
751 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_downtime", "arguments": { "value": 0.1 } }
757 .name = "client_migrate_info",
758 .args_type = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?",
759 .params = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject",
760 .help = "send migration info to spice/vnc client",
761 .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
762 .mhandler.cmd_async = client_migrate_info,
763 .flags = MONITOR_CMD_ASYNC,
770 Set the spice/vnc connection info for the migration target. The spice/vnc
771 server will ask the spice/vnc client to automatically reconnect using the
772 new parameters (if specified) once the vm migration finished successfully.
776 - "protocol": protocol: "spice" or "vnc" (json-string)
777 - "hostname": migration target hostname (json-string)
778 - "port": spice/vnc tcp port for plaintext channels (json-int, optional)
779 - "tls-port": spice tcp port for tls-secured channels (json-int, optional)
780 - "cert-subject": server certificate subject (json-string, optional)
784 -> { "execute": "client_migrate_info",
785 "arguments": { "protocol": "spice",
786 "hostname": "virt42.lab.kraxel.org",
793 .name = "dump-guest-memory",
794 .args_type = "paging:b,protocol:s,begin:i?,end:i?,format:s?",
795 .params = "-p protocol [begin] [length] [format]",
796 .help = "dump guest memory to file",
797 .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
798 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_dump_guest_memory,
805 Dump guest memory to file. The file can be processed with crash or gdb.
809 - "paging": do paging to get guest's memory
mapping (json
-bool
)
810 - "protocol": destination
file(started with
"file:") or destination file
811 descriptor (started with
"fd:") (json
-string
)
812 - "begin": the starting physical address
. It
's optional, and should be specified
813 with length together (json-int)
814 - "length": the memory size, in bytes. It's optional
, and should be specified
815 with begin
together (json
-int
)
816 - "format": the format of guest memory dump
. It
's optional, and can be
817 elf|kdump-zlib|kdump-lzo|kdump-snappy, but non-elf formats will
818 conflict with paging and filter, ie. begin and length (json-string)
822 -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory", "arguments": { "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
827 (1) All boolean arguments default to false
832 .name = "query-dump-guest-memory-capability",
834 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_dump_guest_memory_capability,
838 query-dump-guest-memory-capability
841 Show available formats for 'dump
-guest
-memory
'
845 -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
846 <- { "return": { "formats":
847 ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] }
852 .name = "netdev_add",
853 .args_type = "netdev:O",
854 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_netdev_add,
861 Add host network device.
865 - "type": the device type, "tap", "user", ... (json-string)
866 - "id": the device's ID
, must be
unique (json
-string
)
871 -> { "execute": "netdev_add", "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1" } }
874 Note
: The supported device options are the same ones supported by the
'-netdev'
875 command
-line argument
, which are listed
in the
'-help' output or QEMU
's
881 .name = "netdev_del",
883 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_netdev_del,
890 Remove host network device.
894 - "id": the device's ID
, must be
unique (json
-string
)
898 -> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
905 .name
= "object-add",
906 .args_type
= "qom-type:s,id:s,props:q?",
907 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_object_add
,
918 - "qom-type": the object
's QOM type, i.e. the class name (json-string)
919 - "id": the object's ID
, must be
unique (json
-string
)
920 - "props": a dictionary of object property
values (optional
, json
-dict
)
924 -> { "execute": "object-add", "arguments": { "qom-type": "rng-random", "id": "rng1",
925 "props": { "filename": "/dev/hwrng" } } }
931 .name
= "object-del",
933 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_object_del
,
944 - "id": the object
's ID (json-string)
948 -> { "execute": "object-del", "arguments": { "id": "rng1" } }
956 .name = "block_resize",
957 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,size:o",
958 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_resize,
965 Resize a block image while a guest is running.
969 - "device": the device's ID
, must be
unique (json
-string
)
970 - "node-name": the node name
in the block driver state
graph (json
-string
)
975 -> { "execute": "block_resize", "arguments": { "device": "scratch", "size": 1073741824 } }
981 .name
= "block-stream",
982 .args_type
= "device:B,base:s?,speed:o?,on-error:s?",
983 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_block_stream
,
987 .name
= "block-commit",
988 .args_type
= "device:B,base:s?,top:s,speed:o?",
989 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_block_commit
,
996 Live commit of data from overlay image nodes into backing nodes
- i
.e
., writes
997 data between
'top' and
'base' into
'base'.
1001 - "device": The device
's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1002 - "base": The file name of the backing image to write data into.
1003 If not specified, this is the deepest backing image
1004 (json-string, optional)
1005 - "top": The file name of the backing image within the image chain,
1006 which contains the topmost data to be committed down.
1008 If top == base, that is an error.
1009 If top == active, the job will not be completed by itself,
1010 user needs to complete the job with the block-job-complete
1011 command after getting the ready event. (Since 2.0)
1013 If the base image is smaller than top, then the base image
1014 will be resized to be the same size as top. If top is
1015 smaller than the base image, the base will not be
1016 truncated. If you want the base image size to match the
1017 size of the smaller top, you can safely truncate it
1018 yourself once the commit operation successfully completes.
1020 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1025 -> { "execute": "block-commit", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1026 "top": "/tmp/snap1.qcow2" } }
1032 .name = "drive-backup",
1033 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1034 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
1035 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_drive_backup,
1042 Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination. The
1043 status of ongoing drive-backup operations can be checked with
1044 query-block-jobs where the BlockJobInfo.type field has the value 'backup
'.
1045 The operation can be stopped before it has completed using the
1046 block-job-cancel command.
1050 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
1052 - "target": the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a
1053 device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
1054 destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
1056 - "format": the format of the new destination, default is to probe if 'mode
' is
1057 'existing
', else the format of the source
1058 (json-string, optional)
1059 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1060 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1061 allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate new I/O
1063 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create a new image
1064 (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute
-paths
')
1065 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1066 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source, default
1067 'report
'. 'stop
' and 'enospc
' can only be used
1068 if the block device supports io-status.
1069 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1070 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target, default
1071 'report
' (no limitations, since this applies to
1072 a different block device than device).
1073 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1076 -> { "execute": "drive-backup", "arguments": { "device": "drive0",
1078 "target": "backup.img" } }
1083 .name = "block-job-set-speed",
1084 .args_type = "device:B,speed:o",
1085 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_job_set_speed,
1089 .name = "block-job-cancel",
1090 .args_type = "device:B,force:b?",
1091 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_job_cancel,
1094 .name = "block-job-pause",
1095 .args_type = "device:B",
1096 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_job_pause,
1099 .name = "block-job-resume",
1100 .args_type = "device:B",
1101 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_job_resume,
1104 .name = "block-job-complete",
1105 .args_type = "device:B",
1106 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_job_complete,
1109 .name = "transaction",
1110 .args_type = "actions:q",
1111 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_transaction,
1118 Atomically operate on one or more block devices. The only supported operations
1119 for now are drive-backup, internal and external snapshotting. A list of
1120 dictionaries is accepted, that contains the actions to be performed.
1121 If there is any failure performing any of the operations, all operations
1122 for the group are abandoned.
1124 For external snapshots, the dictionary contains the device, the file to use for
1125 the new snapshot, and the format. The default format, if not specified, is
1128 Each new snapshot defaults to being created by QEMU (wiping any
1129 contents if the file already exists), but it is also possible to reuse
1130 an externally-created file. In the latter case, you should ensure that
1131 the new image file has the same contents as the current one; QEMU cannot
1132 perform any meaningful check. Typically this is achieved by using the
1133 current image file as the backing file for the new image.
1135 On failure, the original disks pre-snapshot attempt will be used.
1137 For internal snapshots, the dictionary contains the device and the snapshot's
1138 name
. If an internal snapshot matching name already exists
, the request will
1139 be rejected
. Only some image formats support it
, for example
, qcow2
, rbd
,
1142 On failure
, qemu will
try delete the newly created internal snapshot
in the
1143 transaction
. When an I
/O error occurs during deletion
, the user needs to fix
1144 it later with qemu
-img or other command
.
1149 - "type": the operation to perform
. The only supported
1150 value is
"blockdev-snapshot-sync". (json
-string
)
1151 - "data": a dictionary
. The contents depend on the value
1152 of
"type". When
"type" is
"blockdev-snapshot-sync":
1153 - "device": device name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1154 - "node-name": graph node name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1155 - "snapshot-file": name of
new image
file (json
-string
)
1156 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the
new snapshot (json
-string
)
1157 - "format": format of
new image (json
-string
, optional
)
1158 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1159 (NewImageMode
, optional
, default "absolute-paths")
1160 When
"type" is
"blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync":
1161 - "device": device name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1162 - "name": name of the
new snapshot (json
-string
)
1166 -> { "execute": "transaction",
1167 "arguments": { "actions": [
1168 { 'type': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync', 'data' : { "device": "ide-hd0",
1169 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image",
1170 "format": "qcow2" } },
1171 { 'type': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync', 'data' : { "node-name": "myfile",
1172 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1173 "snapshot-node-name": "node3432",
1175 "format": "qcow2" } },
1176 { 'type': 'blockdev-snapshot-sync', 'data' : { "device": "ide-hd1",
1177 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1179 "format": "qcow2" } },
1180 { 'type': 'blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync', 'data' : {
1181 "device": "ide-hd2",
1182 "name": "snapshot0" } } ] } }
1188 .name
= "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
1189 .args_type
= "device:s?,node-name:s?,snapshot-file:s,snapshot-node-name:s?,format:s?,mode:s?",
1190 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_blockdev_snapshot_sync
,
1194 blockdev
-snapshot
-sync
1195 ----------------------
1197 Synchronous snapshot of a block device
. snapshot
-file specifies the
1198 target of the
new image
. If the file exists
, or
if it is a device
, the
1199 snapshot will be created
in the existing file
/device
. If does not
1200 exist
, a
new file will be created
. format specifies the format of the
1201 snapshot image
, default is qcow2
.
1205 - "device": device name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1206 - "node-name": graph node name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1207 - "snapshot-file": name of
new image
file (json
-string
)
1208 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the
new snapshot (json
-string
)
1209 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1210 (NewImageMode
, optional
, default "absolute-paths")
1211 - "format": format of
new image (json
-string
, optional
)
1215 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1217 "/some/place/my-image",
1218 "format": "qcow2" } }
1224 .name
= "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1225 .args_type
= "device:B,name:s",
1226 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_blockdev_snapshot_internal_sync
,
1230 blockdev
-snapshot
-internal
-sync
1231 -------------------------------
1233 Synchronously take an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1234 image used supports it
. If the name is an empty string
, or a snapshot with
1235 name already exists
, the operation will fail
.
1239 - "device": device name to
snapshot (json
-string
)
1240 - "name": name of the
new snapshot (json
-string
)
1244 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1245 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1246 "name": "snapshot0" }
1253 .name
= "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1254 .args_type
= "device:B,id:s?,name:s?",
1256 qmp_marshal_input_blockdev_snapshot_delete_internal_sync
,
1260 blockdev
-snapshot
-delete
-internal
-sync
1261 --------------------------------------
1263 Synchronously delete an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1264 image used supports it
. The snapshot is identified by name or id or both
. One
1265 of name or id is required
. If the snapshot is not found
, the operation will
1270 - "device": device
name (json
-string
)
1271 - "id": ID of the
snapshot (json
-string
, optional
)
1272 - "name": name of the
snapshot (json
-string
, optional
)
1276 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1277 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1278 "name": "snapshot0" }
1282 "name": "snapshot0",
1284 "date-sec": 1000012,
1286 "vm-clock-sec": 100,
1294 .name
= "drive-mirror",
1295 .args_type
= "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1296 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?,"
1297 "granularity:i?,buf-size:i?",
1298 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_drive_mirror
,
1305 Start mirroring a block device
's writes to a new destination. target
1306 specifies the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is
1307 a device, it will be used as the new destination for writes. If it does not
1308 exist, a new file will be created. format specifies the format of the
1309 mirror image, default is to probe if mode='existing
', else the format
1314 - "device": device name to operate on (json-string)
1315 - "target": name of new image file (json-string)
1316 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1317 - "mode": how an image file should be created into the target
1318 file/device (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute
-paths
')
1319 - "speed": maximum speed of the streaming job, in bytes per second
1321 - "granularity": granularity of the dirty bitmap, in bytes (json-int, optional)
1322 - "buf_size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
1323 (json-int, default 10M)
1324 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1325 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1326 allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate new I/O
1328 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source
1329 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report
')
1330 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target
1331 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report
')
1333 The default value of the granularity is the image cluster size clamped
1334 between 4096 and 65536, if the image format defines one. If the format
1335 does not define a cluster size, the default value of the granularity
1341 -> { "execute": "drive-mirror", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1342 "target": "/some/place/my-image",
1344 "format": "qcow2" } }
1351 .args_type = "value:M",
1352 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_balloon,
1359 Request VM to change its memory allocation (in bytes).
1363 - "value": New memory allocation (json-int)
1367 -> { "execute": "balloon", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
1374 .args_type = "name:s,up:b",
1375 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_set_link,
1382 Change the link status of a network adapter.
1386 - "name": network device name (json-string)
1387 - "up": status is up (json-bool)
1391 -> { "execute": "set_link", "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
1398 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1399 .params = "getfd name",
1400 .help = "receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name",
1401 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_getfd,
1408 Receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name.
1412 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1416 -> { "execute": "getfd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1421 (1) If the name specified by the "fdname" argument already exists,
1422 the file descriptor assigned to it will be closed and replaced
1423 by the received file descriptor.
1424 (2) The 'closefd
' command can be used to explicitly close the file
1425 descriptor when it is no longer needed.
1431 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1432 .params = "closefd name",
1433 .help = "close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights",
1434 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_closefd,
1441 Close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights.
1445 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1449 -> { "execute": "closefd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1456 .args_type = "fdset-id:i?,opaque:s?",
1457 .params = "add-fd fdset-id opaque",
1458 .help = "Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set",
1459 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_add_fd,
1466 Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set.
1470 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set to add the file descriptor to.
1471 (json-int, optional)
1472 - "opaque": A free-form string that can be used to describe the fd.
1473 (json-string, optional)
1475 Return a json-object with the following information:
1477 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the fd was added to. (json-int)
1478 - "fd": The file descriptor that was received via SCM rights and added to the
1483 -> { "execute": "add-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1 } }
1484 <- { "return": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1488 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1489 (2) If "fdset-id" is not specified, a new fd set will be created.
1494 .name = "remove-fd",
1495 .args_type = "fdset-id:i,fd:i?",
1496 .params = "remove-fd fdset-id fd",
1497 .help = "Remove a file descriptor from an fd set",
1498 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_remove_fd,
1505 Remove a file descriptor from an fd set.
1509 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the file descriptor belongs to.
1511 - "fd": The file descriptor that is to be removed. (json-int, optional)
1515 -> { "execute": "remove-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1520 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1521 (2) If "fd" is not specified, all file descriptors in "fdset-id" will be
1527 .name = "query-fdsets",
1529 .help = "Return information describing all fd sets",
1530 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_fdsets,
1537 Return information describing all fd sets.
1543 -> { "execute": "query-fdsets" }
1549 "opaque": "rdonly:/path/to/file"
1553 "opaque": "rdwr:/path/to/file"
1572 Note: The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1577 .name = "block_passwd",
1578 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,password:s",
1579 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_passwd,
1586 Set the password of encrypted block devices.
1590 - "device": device name (json-string)
1591 - "node-name": name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
1592 - "password": password (json-string)
1596 -> { "execute": "block_passwd", "arguments": { "device": "ide0-hd0",
1597 "password": "12345" } }
1603 .name = "block_set_io_throttle",
1604 .args_type = "device:B,bps:l,bps_rd:l,bps_wr:l,iops:l,iops_rd:l,iops_wr:l,bps_max:l?,bps_rd_max:l?,bps_wr_max:l?,iops_max:l?,iops_rd_max:l?,iops_wr_max:l?,iops_size:l?",
1605 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_set_io_throttle,
1609 block_set_io_throttle
1612 Change I/O throttle limits for a block drive.
1616 - "device": device name (json-string)
1617 - "bps": total throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1618 - "bps_rd": read throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1619 - "bps_wr": write throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1620 - "iops": total I/O operations per second (json-int)
1621 - "iops_rd": read I/O operations per second (json-int)
1622 - "iops_wr": write I/O operations per second (json-int)
1623 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
1624 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
1625 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
1626 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
1627 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
1628 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
1629 - "iops_size": I/O size in bytes when limiting (json-int)
1633 -> { "execute": "block_set_io_throttle", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1652 .name = "set_password",
1653 .args_type = "protocol:s,password:s,connected:s?",
1654 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_set_password,
1661 Set the password for vnc/spice protocols.
1665 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
1666 - "password": password (json-string)
1667 - "connected": [ keep | disconnect | fail ] (josn-string, optional)
1671 -> { "execute": "set_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
1672 "password": "secret" } }
1678 .name = "expire_password",
1679 .args_type = "protocol:s,time:s",
1680 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_expire_password,
1687 Set the password expire time for vnc/spice protocols.
1691 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
1692 - "time": [ now | never | +secs | secs ] (json-string)
1696 -> { "execute": "expire_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
1703 .name = "add_client",
1704 .args_type = "protocol:s,fdname:s,skipauth:b?,tls:b?",
1705 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_add_client,
1712 Add a graphics client
1716 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
1717 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1718 - "skipauth": whether to skip authentication (json-bool, optional)
1719 - "tls": whether to perform TLS (json-bool, optional)
1723 -> { "execute": "add_client", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
1724 "fdname": "myclient" } }
1729 .name = "qmp_capabilities",
1732 .help = "enable QMP capabilities",
1733 .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
1734 .mhandler.cmd_new = do_qmp_capabilities,
1741 Enable QMP capabilities.
1747 -> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
1750 Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
1755 .name = "human-monitor-command",
1756 .args_type = "command-line:s,cpu-index:i?",
1757 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_human_monitor_command,
1761 human-monitor-command
1762 ---------------------
1764 Execute a Human Monitor command.
1768 - command-line: the command name and its arguments, just like the
1769 Human Monitor's
shell (json
-string
)
1770 - cpu
-index
: select the CPU number to be used by commands which access CPU
1771 data
, like
'info registers'. The Monitor selects CPU
0 if this
1772 argument is not
provided (json
-int
, optional
)
1776 -> { "execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments": { "command-line": "info kvm" } }
1777 <- { "return": "kvm support: enabled\r\n" }
1781 (1) The Human Monitor is NOT an stable
interface, this means that command
1782 names
, arguments and responses can change or be removed at ANY time
.
1783 Applications that rely on long term stability guarantees should NOT
1788 o This command is stateless
, this means that commands that depend
1789 on state
information (such as getfd
) might not work
1791 o Commands that prompt the user
for data (eg
. 'cont' when the block
1792 device is encrypted
) don
't currently work
1797 HXCOMM Each query command below is inside a SQMP/EQMP section, do NOT change
1798 HXCOMM this! We will possibly move query commands definitions inside those
1799 HXCOMM sections, just like regular commands.
1809 Return a json-object with the following information:
1811 - "qemu": A json-object containing three integer values:
1812 - "major": QEMU's major
version (json
-int
)
1813 - "minor": QEMU
's minor version (json-int)
1814 - "micro": QEMU's micro
version (json
-int
)
1815 - "package": package's version (json-string)
1819 -> { "execute": "query-version" }
1834 .name = "query-version",
1836 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_version,
1843 List QMP available commands.
1845 Each command is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
1848 Each json-object contain:
1850 - "name": command's
name (json
-string
)
1854 -> { "execute": "query-commands" }
1858 "name":"query-balloon"
1861 "name":"system_powerdown"
1866 Note
: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long
.
1871 .name
= "query-commands",
1873 .mhandler
.cmd_new
= qmp_marshal_input_query_commands
,
1880 List QMP available events
.
1882 Each event is represented by a json
-object
, the returned value is a json
-array
1885 Each json
-object contains
:
1887 - "name": event
's name (json-string)
1891 -> { "execute": "query-events" }
1903 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
1908 .name = "query-events",
1910 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_events,
1917 Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a json-array
1920 Each json-object contain the following:
1922 - "label": device's
label (json
-string
)
1923 - "filename": device
's file (json-string)
1927 -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
1944 .name = "query-chardev",
1946 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_chardev,
1950 query-chardev-backends
1953 List available character device backends.
1955 Each backend is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
1958 Each json-object contains:
1960 - "name": backend name (json-string)
1964 -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
1985 .name = "query-chardev-backends",
1987 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_chardev_backends,
1994 Show the block devices.
1996 Each block device information is stored in a json-object and the returned value
1997 is a json-array of all devices.
1999 Each json-object contain the following:
2001 - "device": device name (json-string)
2002 - "type": device type (json-string)
2003 - deprecated, retained for backward compatibility
2004 - Possible values: "unknown"
2005 - "removable": true if the device is removable, false otherwise (json-bool)
2006 - "locked": true if the device is locked, false otherwise (json-bool)
2007 - "tray_open": only present if removable, true if the device has a tray,
2008 and it is open (json-bool)
2009 - "inserted": only present if the device is inserted, it is a json-object
2010 containing the following:
2011 - "file": device file name (json-string)
2012 - "ro": true if read-only, false otherwise (json-bool)
2013 - "drv": driver format name (json-string)
2014 - Possible values: "blkdebug", "bochs", "cloop", "cow", "dmg",
2015 "file", "file", "ftp", "ftps", "host_cdrom",
2016 "host_device", "host_floppy", "http", "https",
2017 "nbd", "parallels", "qcow", "qcow2", "raw",
2018 "tftp", "vdi", "vmdk", "vpc", "vvfat"
2019 - "backing_file": backing file name (json-string, optional)
2020 - "backing_file_depth": number of files in the backing file chain (json-int)
2021 - "encrypted": true if encrypted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2022 - "bps": limit total bytes per second (json-int)
2023 - "bps_rd": limit read bytes per second (json-int)
2024 - "bps_wr": limit write bytes per second (json-int)
2025 - "iops": limit total I/O operations per second (json-int)
2026 - "iops_rd": limit read operations per second (json-int)
2027 - "iops_wr": limit write operations per second (json-int)
2028 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
2029 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
2030 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
2031 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
2032 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
2033 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
2034 - "iops_size": I/O size when limiting by iops (json-int)
2035 - "image": the detail of the image, it is a json-object containing
2037 - "filename": image file name (json-string)
2038 - "format": image format (json-string)
2039 - "virtual-size": image capacity in bytes (json-int)
2040 - "dirty-flag": true if image is not cleanly closed, not present
2041 means clean (json-bool, optional)
2042 - "actual-size": actual size on disk in bytes of the image, not
2043 present when image does not support thin
2044 provision (json-int, optional)
2045 - "cluster-size": size of a cluster in bytes, not present if image
2046 format does not support it (json-int, optional)
2047 - "encrypted": true if the image is encrypted, not present means
2048 false or the image format does not support
2049 encryption (json-bool, optional)
2050 - "backing_file": backing file name, not present means no backing
2051 file is used or the image format does not
2052 support backing file chain
2053 (json-string, optional)
2054 - "full-backing-filename": full path of the backing file, not
2055 present if it equals backing_file or no
2056 backing file is used
2057 (json-string, optional)
2058 - "backing-filename-format": the format of the backing file, not
2059 present means unknown or no backing
2060 file (json-string, optional)
2061 - "snapshots": the internal snapshot info, it is an optional list
2062 of json-object containing the following:
2063 - "id": unique snapshot id (json-string)
2064 - "name": snapshot name (json-string)
2065 - "vm-state-size": size of the VM state in bytes (json-int)
2066 - "date-sec": UTC date of the snapshot in seconds (json-int)
2067 - "date-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used with
2069 - "vm-clock-sec": VM clock relative to boot in seconds
2071 - "vm-clock-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used
2072 with vm-clock-sec (json-int)
2073 - "backing-image": the detail of the backing image, it is an
2074 optional json-object only present when a
2075 backing image present for this image
2077 - "io-status": I/O operation status, only present if the device supports it
2078 and the VM is configured to stop on errors. It's always reset
2079 to
"ok" when the
"cont" command is
issued (json_string
, optional
)
2080 - Possible values
: "ok", "failed", "nospace"
2084 -> { "execute": "query-block" }
2089 "device":"ide0-hd0",
2096 "file":"disks/test.qcow2",
2097 "backing_file_depth":1,
2112 "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
2114 "virtual-size":2048000,
2115 "backing_file":"base.qcow2",
2116 "full-backing-filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
2117 "backing-filename-format:"qcow2
",
2121 "name
": "snapshot1
",
2123 "date
-sec
": 10000200,
2125 "vm
-clock
-sec
": 206,
2130 "filename
":"disks
/base
.qcow2
",
2132 "virtual
-size
":2048000
2140 "device
":"ide1
-cd0
",
2163 .name = "query
-block
",
2165 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_block,
2172 Show block device statistics.
2174 Each device statistic information is stored in a json-object and the returned
2175 value is a json-array of all devices.
2177 Each json-object contain the following:
2179 - "device
": device name (json-string)
2180 - "stats
": A json-object with the statistics information, it contains:
2181 - "rd_bytes
": bytes read (json-int)
2182 - "wr_bytes
": bytes written (json-int)
2183 - "rd_operations
": read operations (json-int)
2184 - "wr_operations
": write operations (json-int)
2185 - "flush_operations
": cache flush operations (json-int)
2186 - "wr_total_time_ns
": total time spend on writes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2187 - "rd_total_time_ns
": total time spend on reads in nano-seconds (json-int)
2188 - "flush_total_time_ns
": total time spend on cache flushes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2189 - "wr_highest_offset
": Highest offset of a sector written since the
2190 BlockDriverState has been opened (json-int)
2191 - "parent
": Contains recursively the statistics of the underlying
2192 protocol (e.g. the host file for a qcow2 image). If there is
2193 no underlying protocol, this field is omitted
2194 (json-object, optional)
2198 -> { "execute
": "query
-blockstats
" }
2202 "device
":"ide0
-hd0
",
2205 "wr_highest_offset
":3686448128,
2207 "wr_operations
":751,
2208 "rd_bytes
":122567168,
2209 "rd_operations
":36772
2210 "wr_total_times_ns
":313253456
2211 "rd_total_times_ns
":3465673657
2212 "flush_total_times_ns
":49653
2213 "flush_operations
":61,
2217 "wr_highest_offset
":2821110784,
2219 "wr_operations
":692,
2220 "rd_bytes
":122739200,
2221 "rd_operations
":36604
2222 "flush_operations
":51,
2223 "wr_total_times_ns
":313253456
2224 "rd_total_times_ns
":3465673657
2225 "flush_total_times_ns
":49653
2229 "device
":"ide1
-cd0
",
2231 "wr_highest_offset
":0,
2236 "flush_operations
":0,
2237 "wr_total_times_ns
":0
2238 "rd_total_times_ns
":0
2239 "flush_total_times_ns
":0
2245 "wr_highest_offset
":0,
2250 "flush_operations
":0,
2251 "wr_total_times_ns
":0
2252 "rd_total_times_ns
":0
2253 "flush_total_times_ns
":0
2259 "wr_highest_offset
":0,
2264 "flush_operations
":0,
2265 "wr_total_times_ns
":0
2266 "rd_total_times_ns
":0
2267 "flush_total_times_ns
":0
2276 .name = "query
-blockstats
",
2278 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_blockstats,
2285 Show CPU information.
2287 Return a json-array. Each CPU is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2289 - "CPU
": CPU index (json-int)
2290 - "current
": true if this is the current CPU, false otherwise (json-bool)
2291 - "halted
": true if the cpu is halted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2292 - Current program counter. The key's name depends on the architecture:
2293 "pc
": i386/x86_64 (json-int)
2294 "nip
": PPC (json-int)
2295 "pc
" and "npc
": sparc (json-int)
2296 "PC
": mips (json-int)
2297 - "thread_id
": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2301 -> { "execute
": "query
-cpus
" }
2324 .name = "query
-cpus
",
2326 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_cpus,
2333 Returns a list of information about each iothread.
2335 Note this list excludes the QEMU main loop thread, which is not declared
2336 using the -object iothread command-line option. It is always the main thread
2339 Return a json-array. Each iothread is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2341 - "id
": name of iothread (json-str)
2342 - "thread
-id
": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2346 -> { "execute
": "query
-iothreads
" }
2363 .name = "query
-iothreads
",
2365 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_iothreads,
2372 PCI buses and devices information.
2374 The returned value is a json-array of all buses. Each bus is represented by
2375 a json-object, which has a key with a json-array of all PCI devices attached
2376 to it. Each device is represented by a json-object.
2378 The bus json-object contains the following:
2380 - "bus
": bus number (json-int)
2381 - "devices
": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2384 The PCI device json-object contains the following:
2386 - "bus
": identical to the parent's bus number (json-int)
2387 - "slot
": slot number (json-int)
2388 - "function": function number (json-int)
2389 - "class_info
": a json-object containing:
2390 - "desc
": device class description (json-string, optional)
2391 - "class": device class number (json-int)
2392 - "id
": a json-object containing:
2393 - "device
": device ID (json-int)
2394 - "vendor
": vendor ID (json-int)
2395 - "irq
": device's IRQ if assigned (json-int, optional)
2396 - "qdev_id
": qdev id string (json-string)
2397 - "pci_bridge
": It's a json-object, only present if this device is a
2398 PCI bridge, contains:
2399 - "bus
": bus number (json-int)
2400 - "secondary
": secondary bus number (json-int)
2401 - "subordinate
": subordinate bus number (json-int)
2402 - "io_range
": I/O memory range information, a json-object with the
2404 - "base
": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2405 - "limit
": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2406 - "memory_range
": memory range information, a json-object with the
2408 - "base
": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2409 - "limit
": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2410 - "prefetchable_range
": Prefetchable memory range information, a
2411 json-object with the following members:
2412 - "base
": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2413 - "limit
": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2414 - "devices
": a json-array of PCI devices if there's any attached, each
2415 each element is represented by a json-object, which contains
2416 the same members of the 'PCI device json-object' described
2418 - "regions
": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2419 memory region of this device
2421 The memory range json-object contains the following:
2423 - "base
": base memory address (json-int)
2424 - "limit
": limit value (json-int)
2426 The region json-object can be an I/O region or a memory region, an I/O region
2427 json-object contains the following:
2429 - "type
": "io
" (json-string, fixed)
2430 - "bar
": BAR number (json-int)
2431 - "address
": memory address (json-int)
2432 - "size
": memory size (json-int)
2434 A memory region json-object contains the following:
2436 - "type
": "memory
" (json-string, fixed)
2437 - "bar
": BAR number (json-int)
2438 - "address
": memory address (json-int)
2439 - "size
": memory size (json-int)
2440 - "mem_type_64
": true or false (json-bool)
2441 - "prefetch
": true or false (json-bool)
2445 -> { "execute
": "query
-pci
" }
2457 "desc
":"Host bridge
"
2491 "desc
":"IDE controller
"
2513 "desc
":"VGA controller
"
2523 "mem_type_64
":false,
2526 "address
":4026531840,
2531 "mem_type_64
":false,
2534 "address
":4060086272,
2539 "mem_type_64
":false,
2554 "desc
":"RAM controller
"
2575 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2580 .name = "query
-pci
",
2582 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_pci,
2589 Show KVM information.
2591 Return a json-object with the following information:
2593 - "enabled
": true if KVM support is enabled, false otherwise (json-bool)
2594 - "present
": true if QEMU has KVM support, false otherwise (json-bool)
2598 -> { "execute
": "query
-kvm
" }
2599 <- { "return": { "enabled
": true, "present
": true } }
2604 .name = "query
-kvm
",
2606 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_kvm,
2613 Return a json-object with the following information:
2615 - "running
": true if the VM is running, or false if it is paused (json-bool)
2616 - "singlestep
": true if the VM is in single step mode,
2617 false otherwise (json-bool)
2618 - "status
": one of the following values (json-string)
2619 "debug
" - QEMU is running on a debugger
2620 "inmigrate
" - guest is paused waiting for an incoming migration
2621 "internal
-error
" - An internal error that prevents further guest
2622 execution has occurred
2623 "io
-error
" - the last IOP has failed and the device is configured
2624 to pause on I/O errors
2625 "paused
" - guest has been paused via the 'stop' command
2626 "postmigrate
" - guest is paused following a successful 'migrate'
2627 "prelaunch
" - QEMU was started with -S and guest has not started
2628 "finish
-migrate
" - guest is paused to finish the migration process
2629 "restore
-vm
" - guest is paused to restore VM state
2630 "running
" - guest is actively running
2631 "save
-vm
" - guest is paused to save the VM state
2632 "shutdown
" - guest is shut down (and -no-shutdown is in use)
2633 "watchdog
" - the watchdog action is configured to pause and
2638 -> { "execute
": "query
-status
" }
2639 <- { "return": { "running
": true, "singlestep
": false, "status
": "running
" } }
2644 .name = "query
-status
",
2646 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_status,
2653 Show VM mice information.
2655 Each mouse is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2658 The mouse json-object contains the following:
2660 - "name
": mouse's name (json-string)
2661 - "index
": mouse's index (json-int)
2662 - "current
": true if this mouse is receiving events, false otherwise (json-bool)
2663 - "absolute
": true if the mouse generates absolute input events (json-bool)
2667 -> { "execute
": "query
-mice
" }
2671 "name
":"QEMU Microsoft Mouse
",
2677 "name
":"QEMU PS
/2 Mouse
",
2688 .name = "query
-mice
",
2690 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_mice,
2697 Show VNC server information.
2699 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
2700 as a json-array of json-objects.
2702 The main json-object contains the following:
2704 - "enabled
": true or false (json-bool)
2705 - "host
": server's IP address (json-string)
2706 - "family
": address family (json-string)
2707 - Possible values: "ipv4
", "ipv6
", "unix
", "unknown
"
2708 - "service
": server's port number (json-string)
2709 - "auth
": authentication method (json-string)
2710 - Possible values: "invalid
", "none
", "ra2
", "ra2ne
", "sasl
", "tight
",
2711 "tls
", "ultra
", "unknown
", "vencrypt
", "vencrypt
",
2712 "vencrypt
+plain
", "vencrypt
+tls
+none
",
2713 "vencrypt
+tls
+plain
", "vencrypt
+tls
+sasl
",
2714 "vencrypt
+tls
+vnc
", "vencrypt
+x509
+none
",
2715 "vencrypt
+x509
+plain
", "vencrypt
+x509
+sasl
",
2716 "vencrypt
+x509
+vnc
", "vnc
"
2717 - "clients
": a json-array of all connected clients
2719 Clients are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
2721 - "host
": client's IP address (json-string)
2722 - "family
": address family (json-string)
2723 - Possible values: "ipv4
", "ipv6
", "unix
", "unknown
"
2724 - "service
": client's port number (json-string)
2725 - "x509_dname
": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
2726 - "sasl_username
": SASL username (json-string, optional)
2730 -> { "execute
": "query
-vnc
" }
2751 .name = "query
-vnc
",
2753 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_vnc,
2760 Show SPICE server information.
2762 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
2763 as a json-array of json-objects.
2765 The main json-object contains the following:
2767 - "enabled
": true or false (json-bool)
2768 - "host
": server's IP address (json-string)
2769 - "port
": server's port number (json-int, optional)
2770 - "tls
-port
": server's port number (json-int, optional)
2771 - "auth
": authentication method (json-string)
2772 - Possible values: "none
", "spice
"
2773 - "channels
": a json-array of all active channels clients
2775 Channels are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
2777 - "host
": client's IP address (json-string)
2778 - "family
": address family (json-string)
2779 - Possible values: "ipv4
", "ipv6
", "unix
", "unknown
"
2780 - "port
": client's port number (json-string)
2781 - "connection
-id
": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
2782 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
2783 - "channel
-type
": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
2784 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
2785 - "channel
-id
": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
2786 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
2787 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
2788 - "tls
": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
2792 -> { "execute
": "query
-spice
" }
2805 "connection
-id
": 1804289383,
2806 "host
": "127.0.0.1",
2814 "connection
-id
": 1804289383,
2815 "host
": "127.0.0.1",
2819 [ ... more channels follow ... ]
2826 #if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
2828 .name = "query
-spice
",
2830 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_spice,
2840 Return a json-object with the following information:
2842 - "name
": VM's name (json-string, optional)
2846 -> { "execute
": "query
-name
" }
2847 <- { "return": { "name
": "qemu
-name
" } }
2852 .name = "query
-name
",
2854 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_name,
2863 Return a json-object with the following information:
2865 - "UUID
": Universally Unique Identifier (json-string)
2869 -> { "execute
": "query
-uuid
" }
2870 <- { "return": { "UUID
": "550e8400-e29b
-41d4-a716
-446655440000" } }
2875 .name = "query
-uuid
",
2877 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_uuid,
2881 query-command-line-options
2882 --------------------------
2884 Show command line option schema.
2886 Return a json-array of command line option schema for all options (or for
2887 the given option), returning an error if the given option doesn't exist.
2889 Each array entry contains the following:
2891 - "option
": option name (json-string)
2892 - "parameters
": a json-array describes all parameters of the option:
2893 - "name
": parameter name (json-string)
2894 - "type
": parameter type (one of 'string', 'boolean', 'number',
2896 - "help
": human readable description of the parameter
2897 (json-string, optional)
2901 -> { "execute
": "query
-command
-line
-options
", "arguments
": { "option
": "option
-rom
" } }
2910 "name
": "bootindex
",
2914 "option
": "option
-rom
"
2922 .name = "query
-command
-line
-options
",
2923 .args_type = "option
:s?
",
2924 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_command_line_options,
2933 Return a json-object. If migration is active there will be another json-object
2934 with RAM migration status and if block migration is active another one with
2935 block migration status.
2937 The main json-object contains the following:
2939 - "status
": migration status (json-string)
2940 - Possible values: "active
", "completed
", "failed
", "cancelled
"
2941 - "total
-time
": total amount of ms since migration started. If
2942 migration has ended, it returns the total migration
2944 - "setup
-time
" amount of setup time in milliseconds _before_ the
2945 iterations begin but _after_ the QMP command is issued.
2946 This is designed to provide an accounting of any activities
2947 (such as RDMA pinning) which may be expensive, but do not
2948 actually occur during the iterative migration rounds
2949 themselves. (json-int)
2950 - "downtime
": only present when migration has finished correctly
2951 total amount in ms for downtime that happened (json-int)
2952 - "expected
-downtime
": only present while migration is active
2953 total amount in ms for downtime that was calculated on
2954 the last bitmap round (json-int)
2955 - "ram
": only present if "status
" is "active
", it is a json-object with the
2956 following RAM information:
2957 - "transferred
": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
2958 - "remaining
": amount remaining to transfer in bytes (json-int)
2959 - "total
": total amount of memory in bytes (json-int)
2960 - "duplicate
": number of pages filled entirely with the same
2962 These are sent over the wire much more efficiently.
2963 - "skipped
": number of skipped zero pages (json-int)
2964 - "normal
" : number of whole pages transferred. I.e. they
2965 were not sent as duplicate or xbzrle pages (json-int)
2966 - "normal
-bytes
" : number of bytes transferred in whole
2967 pages. This is just normal pages times size of one page,
2968 but this way upper levels don't need to care about page
2970 - "dirty
-sync
-count
": times that dirty ram was synchronized (json-int)
2971 - "disk
": only present if "status
" is "active
" and it is a block migration,
2972 it is a json-object with the following disk information:
2973 - "transferred
": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
2974 - "remaining
": amount remaining to transfer in bytes json-int)
2975 - "total
": total disk size in bytes (json-int)
2976 - "xbzrle
-cache
": only present if XBZRLE is active.
2977 It is a json-object with the following XBZRLE information:
2978 - "cache
-size
": XBZRLE cache size in bytes
2979 - "bytes
": number of bytes transferred for XBZRLE compressed pages
2980 - "pages
": number of XBZRLE compressed pages
2981 - "cache
-miss
": number of XBRZRLE page cache misses
2982 - "cache
-miss
-rate
": rate of XBRZRLE page cache misses
2983 - "overflow
": number of times XBZRLE overflows. This means
2984 that the XBZRLE encoding was bigger than just sent the
2985 whole page, and then we sent the whole page instead (as as
2990 1. Before the first migration
2992 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
2995 2. Migration is done and has succeeded
2997 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
2999 "status
": "completed
",
3009 "normal
-bytes
":123456,
3010 "dirty
-sync
-count
":15
3015 3. Migration is done and has failed
3017 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
3018 <- { "return": { "status
": "failed
" } }
3020 4. Migration is being performed and is not a block migration:
3022 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
3032 "expected
-downtime
":12345,
3035 "normal
-bytes
":123456,
3036 "dirty
-sync
-count
":15
3041 5. Migration is being performed and is a block migration:
3043 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
3049 "remaining
":1053304,
3053 "expected
-downtime
":12345,
3056 "normal
-bytes
":123456,
3057 "dirty
-sync
-count
":15
3061 "remaining
":20880384,
3067 6. Migration is being performed and XBZRLE is active:
3069 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
" }
3073 "capabilities
" : [ { "capability
": "xbzrle
", "state
" : true } ],
3076 "remaining
":1053304,
3080 "expected
-downtime
":12345,
3083 "normal
-bytes
":3412992,
3084 "dirty
-sync
-count
":15
3087 "cache
-size
":67108864,
3091 "cache
-miss
-rate
":0.123,
3100 .name = "query
-migrate
",
3102 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_migrate,
3106 migrate-set-capabilities
3107 ------------------------
3109 Enable/Disable migration capabilities
3111 - "xbzrle
": XBZRLE support
3117 -> { "execute
": "migrate
-set
-capabilities
" , "arguments
":
3118 { "capabilities
": [ { "capability
": "xbzrle
", "state
": true } ] } }
3123 .name = "migrate
-set
-capabilities
",
3124 .args_type = "capabilities
:O
",
3125 .params = "capability
:s
,state
:b
",
3126 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate_set_capabilities,
3129 query-migrate-capabilities
3130 --------------------------
3132 Query current migration capabilities
3134 - "capabilities
": migration capabilities state
3135 - "xbzrle
" : XBZRLE state (json-bool)
3141 -> { "execute
": "query
-migrate
-capabilities
" }
3142 <- { "return": [ { "state
": false, "capability
": "xbzrle
" } ] }
3147 .name = "query
-migrate
-capabilities
",
3149 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_migrate_capabilities,
3156 Show balloon information.
3158 Make an asynchronous request for balloon info. When the request completes a
3159 json-object will be returned containing the following data:
3161 - "actual
": current balloon value in bytes (json-int)
3165 -> { "execute
": "query
-balloon
" }
3168 "actual
":1073741824,
3175 .name = "query
-balloon
",
3177 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_balloon,
3181 .name = "query
-block
-jobs
",
3183 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_block_jobs,
3188 .args_type = "path
:s
",
3189 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_qom_list,
3194 .args_type = "path
:s
,property
:s
,value
:q
",
3195 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_qom_set,
3200 .args_type = "path
:s
,property
:s
",
3201 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_qom_get,
3205 .name = "nbd
-server
-start
",
3206 .args_type = "addr
:q
",
3207 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_nbd_server_start,
3210 .name = "nbd
-server
-add
",
3211 .args_type = "device
:B
,writable
:b?
",
3212 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_nbd_server_add,
3215 .name = "nbd
-server
-stop
",
3217 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_nbd_server_stop,
3221 .name = "change
-vnc
-password
",
3222 .args_type = "password
:s
",
3223 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_change_vnc_password,
3226 .name = "qom
-list
-types
",
3227 .args_type = "implements:s?
,abstract
:b?
",
3228 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_qom_list_types,
3232 .name = "device
-list
-properties
",
3233 .args_type = "typename
:s
",
3234 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_device_list_properties,
3238 .name = "query
-machines
",
3240 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_machines,
3244 .name = "query
-cpu
-definitions
",
3246 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_cpu_definitions,
3250 .name = "query
-target
",
3252 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_target,
3256 .name = "query
-tpm
",
3258 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_tpm,
3265 Return information about the TPM device.
3271 -> { "execute
": "query
-tpm
" }
3274 { "model
": "tpm
-tis
",
3276 { "type
": "passthrough
",
3278 { "cancel
-path
": "/sys
/class/misc
/tpm0
/device
/cancel
",
3290 .name = "query
-tpm
-models
",
3292 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_tpm_models,
3299 Return a list of supported TPM models.
3305 -> { "execute
": "query
-tpm
-models
" }
3306 <- { "return": [ "tpm
-tis
" ] }
3311 .name = "query
-tpm
-types
",
3313 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_tpm_types,
3320 Return a list of supported TPM types.
3326 -> { "execute
": "query
-tpm
-types
" }
3327 <- { "return": [ "passthrough
" ] }
3332 .name = "chardev
-add
",
3333 .args_type = "id
:s
,backend
:q
",
3334 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_chardev_add,
3345 - "id
": the chardev's ID, must be unique (json-string)
3346 - "backend
": chardev backend type + parameters
3350 -> { "execute
" : "chardev
-add
",
3351 "arguments
" : { "id
" : "foo
",
3352 "backend
" : { "type
" : "null", "data
" : {} } } }
3355 -> { "execute
" : "chardev
-add
",
3356 "arguments
" : { "id
" : "bar
",
3357 "backend
" : { "type
" : "file
",
3358 "data
" : { "out
" : "/tmp
/bar
.log
" } } } }
3361 -> { "execute
" : "chardev
-add
",
3362 "arguments
" : { "id
" : "baz
",
3363 "backend
" : { "type
" : "pty
", "data
" : {} } } }
3364 <- { "return": { "pty
" : "/dev
/pty
/42" } }
3369 .name = "chardev
-remove
",
3370 .args_type = "id
:s
",
3371 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_chardev_remove,
3383 - "id
": the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use (json-string)
3387 -> { "execute
": "chardev
-remove
", "arguments
": { "id
" : "foo
" } }
3392 .name = "query
-rx
-filter
",
3393 .args_type = "name
:s?
",
3394 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_rx_filter,
3401 Show rx-filter information.
3403 Returns a json-array of rx-filter information for all NICs (or for the
3404 given NIC), returning an error if the given NIC doesn't exist, or
3405 given NIC doesn't support rx-filter querying, or given net client
3408 The query will clear the event notification flag of each NIC, then qemu
3409 will start to emit event to QMP monitor.
3411 Each array entry contains the following:
3413 - "name
": net client name (json-string)
3414 - "promiscuous
": promiscuous mode is enabled (json-bool)
3415 - "multicast
": multicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3416 - "unicast
": unicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3417 - "vlan
": vlan receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all') (Since 2.0)
3418 - "broadcast
-allowed
": allow to receive broadcast (json-bool)
3419 - "multicast
-overflow
": multicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3420 - "unicast
-overflow
": unicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3421 - "main
-mac
": main macaddr string (json-string)
3422 - "vlan
-table
": a json-array of active vlan id
3423 - "unicast
-table
": a json-array of unicast macaddr string
3424 - "multicast
-table
": a json-array of multicast macaddr string
3428 -> { "execute
": "query
-rx
-filter
", "arguments
": { "name
": "vnet0
" } }
3431 "promiscuous
": true,
3433 "main
-mac
": "52:54:00:12:34:56",
3434 "unicast
": "normal
",
3442 "multicast
": "normal
",
3443 "multicast
-overflow
": false,
3444 "unicast
-overflow
": false,
3445 "multicast
-table
": [
3446 "01:00:5e
:00:00:01",
3447 "33:33:00:00:00:01",
3450 "broadcast
-allowed
": false
3458 .name = "blockdev
-add
",
3459 .args_type = "options
:q
",
3460 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_blockdev_add,
3471 - "options
": block driver options
3475 -> { "execute
": "blockdev
-add
",
3476 "arguments
": { "options
" : { "driver
": "qcow2
",
3477 "file
": { "driver
": "file
",
3478 "filename
": "test
.qcow2
" } } } }
3483 -> { "execute
": "blockdev
-add
",
3495 "filename
": "/tmp
/test
.qcow2
"
3501 "filename
": "/dev
/fdset
/4"
3513 .name = "query
-named
-block
-nodes
",
3515 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_named_block_nodes,
3519 @query-named-block-nodes
3520 ------------------------
3522 Return a list of BlockDeviceInfo for all the named block driver nodes
3526 -> { "execute
": "query
-named
-block
-nodes
" }
3527 <- { "return": [ { "ro
":false,
3530 "file
":"disks
/test
.qcow2
",
3531 "node
-name
": "my
-node
",
3532 "backing_file_depth
":1,
3547 "filename
":"disks
/test
.qcow2
",
3549 "virtual
-size
":2048000,
3550 "backing_file
":"base
.qcow2
",
3551 "full
-backing
-filename
":"disks
/base
.qcow2
",
3552 "backing
-filename
-format
:"qcow2",
3556 "name": "snapshot1",
3558 "date-sec": 10000200,
3560 "vm-clock-sec": 206,
3565 "filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
3567 "virtual-size":2048000