1 QEMU Monitor Protocol Events
2 ============================
7 Emitted when the guest changes the actual BALLOON level. This
8 value is equivalent to the 'actual' field return by the
9 'query-balloon' command
13 - "actual": actual level of the guest memory balloon in bytes (json-number)
17 { "event": "BALLOON_CHANGE",
18 "data": { "actual": 944766976 },
19 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
24 Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs.
28 - "device": device name (json-string)
29 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
30 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
31 "ignore": error has been ignored
32 "report": error has been reported to the device
33 "stop": error caused VM to be stopped
37 { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR",
38 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
41 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
43 Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the
49 Emitted when a block job has been cancelled.
53 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
54 "commit" for block commit)
55 - "device": Device name (json-string)
56 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
57 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
58 On success this is equal to len.
59 On failure this is less than len.
60 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
64 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED",
65 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
66 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 134217728,
68 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
73 Emitted when a block job has completed.
77 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
78 "commit" for block commit)
79 - "device": Device name (json-string)
80 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
81 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
82 On success this is equal to len.
83 On failure this is less than len.
84 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
85 - "error": Error message (json-string, optional)
86 Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable
87 error message. There are no semantics other than that streaming
88 has failed and clients should not try to interpret the error
93 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED",
94 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
95 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 10737418240,
97 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
102 Emitted when a block job encounters an error.
106 - "device": device name (json-string)
107 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
108 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
109 "ignore": error has been ignored, the job may fail later
110 "report": error will be reported and the job canceled
111 "stop": error caused job to be paused
115 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR",
116 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
117 "operation": "write",
119 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
124 Emitted when a block job is ready to complete.
128 - "device": device name (json-string)
132 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY",
133 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1" },
134 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
136 Note: The "ready to complete" status is always reset by a BLOCK_JOB_ERROR
142 It's emitted whenever the tray of a removable device is moved by the guest
143 or by HMP/QMP commands.
147 - "device": device name (json-string)
148 - "tray-open": true if the tray has been opened or false if it has been closed
151 { "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
152 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
155 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
160 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is reseted.
167 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041653, "microseconds": 9518 } }
172 Emitted when the Virtual Machine resumes execution.
179 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1271770767, "microseconds": 582542 } }
184 Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time.
188 - "offset": delta against the host UTC in seconds (json-number)
192 { "event": "RTC_CHANGE",
193 "data": { "offset": 78 },
194 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
199 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is powered down.
205 { "event": "SHUTDOWN",
206 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
208 Note: If the command-line option "-no-shutdown" has been specified, a STOP
209 event will eventually follow the SHUTDOWN event.
211 SPICE_CONNECTED, SPICE_DISCONNECTED
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214 Emitted when a SPICE client connects or disconnects.
218 - "server": Server information (json-object)
219 - "host": IP address (json-string)
220 - "port": port number (json-string)
221 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
222 - "client": Client information (json-object)
223 - "host": IP address (json-string)
224 - "port": port number (json-string)
225 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
229 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
230 "event": "SPICE_CONNECTED",
232 "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
233 "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
239 Emitted after initial handshake and authentication takes place (if any)
240 and the SPICE channel is up'n'running
244 - "server": Server information (json-object)
245 - "host": IP address (json-string)
246 - "port": port number (json-string)
247 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
248 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
249 - "client": Client information (json-object)
250 - "host": IP address (json-string)
251 - "port": port number (json-string)
252 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
253 - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
254 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
255 - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
256 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
257 - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
258 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
259 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
260 - "tls": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
264 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
265 "event": "SPICE_INITIALIZED",
266 "data": {"server": {"auth": "spice", "port": "5921",
267 "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
268 "client": {"port": "49004", "family": "ipv4", "channel-type": 3,
269 "connection-id": 1804289383, "host": "127.0.0.1",
270 "channel-id": 0, "tls": true}
276 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is stopped.
283 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041730, "microseconds": 281295 } }
288 Emitted when guest enters S3 state.
294 { "event": "SUSPEND",
295 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
300 Emitted when the guest makes a request to enter S4 state.
306 { "event": "SUSPEND_DISK",
307 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
309 Note: QEMU shuts down when entering S4 state.
314 Emitted when a VNC client establishes a connection.
318 - "server": Server information (json-object)
319 - "host": IP address (json-string)
320 - "service": port number (json-string)
321 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
322 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
323 - "client": Client information (json-object)
324 - "host": IP address (json-string)
325 - "service": port number (json-string)
326 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
330 { "event": "VNC_CONNECTED",
332 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
333 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
334 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
335 "host": "127.0.0.1" } },
336 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
339 Note: This event is emitted before any authentication takes place, thus
340 the authentication ID is not provided.
345 Emitted when the connection is closed.
349 - "server": Server information (json-object)
350 - "host": IP address (json-string)
351 - "service": port number (json-string)
352 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
353 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
354 - "client": Client information (json-object)
355 - "host": IP address (json-string)
356 - "service": port number (json-string)
357 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
358 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
359 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
363 { "event": "VNC_DISCONNECTED",
365 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
366 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
367 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
368 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
369 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
374 Emitted after authentication takes place (if any) and the VNC session is
379 - "server": Server information (json-object)
380 - "host": IP address (json-string)
381 - "service": port number (json-string)
382 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
383 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
384 - "client": Client information (json-object)
385 - "host": IP address (json-string)
386 - "service": port number (json-string)
387 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
388 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
389 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
393 { "event": "VNC_INITIALIZED",
395 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
396 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0"},
397 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "46089",
398 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
399 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1263475302, "microseconds": 150772 } }
404 Emitted when the guest has woken up from S3 and is running.
410 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
411 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
416 Emitted when the watchdog device's timer is expired.
420 - "action": Action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
421 "reset", "shutdown", "poweroff", "pause", "debug", or "none"
425 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
426 "data": { "action": "reset" },
427 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
429 Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is
430 followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.