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5 SQMP
6 QMP Supported Commands
7 ----------------------
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
47 QEMU is available
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)
55 2. Regular Commands
56 ===================
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.
61 EQMP
64 .name = "quit",
65 .args_type = "",
66 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_quit,
69 SQMP
70 quit
71 ----
73 Quit the emulator.
75 Arguments: None.
77 Example:
79 -> { "execute": "quit" }
80 <- { "return": {} }
82 EQMP
85 .name = "eject",
86 .args_type = "force:-f,device:B",
87 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_eject,
90 SQMP
91 eject
92 -----
94 Eject a removable medium.
96 Arguments:
98 - force: force ejection (json-bool, optional)
99 - device: device name (json-string)
101 Example:
103 -> { "execute": "eject", "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0" } }
104 <- { "return": {} }
106 Note: The "force" argument defaults to false.
108 EQMP
111 .name = "change",
112 .args_type = "device:B,target:F,arg:s?",
113 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change,
116 SQMP
117 change
118 ------
120 Change a removable medium or VNC configuration.
122 Arguments:
124 - "device": device name (json-string)
125 - "target": filename or item (json-string)
126 - "arg": additional argument (json-string, optional)
128 Examples:
130 1. Change a removable medium
132 -> { "execute": "change",
133 "arguments": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
134 "target": "/srv/images/Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD.iso" } }
135 <- { "return": {} }
137 2. Change VNC password
139 -> { "execute": "change",
140 "arguments": { "device": "vnc", "target": "password",
141 "arg": "foobar1" } }
142 <- { "return": {} }
144 EQMP
147 .name = "screendump",
148 .args_type = "filename:F",
149 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_screendump,
152 SQMP
153 screendump
154 ----------
156 Save screen into PPM image.
158 Arguments:
160 - "filename": file path (json-string)
162 Example:
164 -> { "execute": "screendump", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/image" } }
165 <- { "return": {} }
167 EQMP
170 .name = "stop",
171 .args_type = "",
172 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_stop,
175 SQMP
176 stop
177 ----
179 Stop the emulator.
181 Arguments: None.
183 Example:
185 -> { "execute": "stop" }
186 <- { "return": {} }
188 EQMP
191 .name = "cont",
192 .args_type = "",
193 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cont,
196 SQMP
197 cont
198 ----
200 Resume emulation.
202 Arguments: None.
204 Example:
206 -> { "execute": "cont" }
207 <- { "return": {} }
209 EQMP
212 .name = "system_wakeup",
213 .args_type = "",
214 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_wakeup,
217 SQMP
218 system_wakeup
219 -------------
221 Wakeup guest from suspend.
223 Arguments: None.
225 Example:
227 -> { "execute": "system_wakeup" }
228 <- { "return": {} }
230 EQMP
233 .name = "system_reset",
234 .args_type = "",
235 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_reset,
238 SQMP
239 system_reset
240 ------------
242 Reset the system.
244 Arguments: None.
246 Example:
248 -> { "execute": "system_reset" }
249 <- { "return": {} }
251 EQMP
254 .name = "system_powerdown",
255 .args_type = "",
256 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_system_powerdown,
259 SQMP
260 system_powerdown
261 ----------------
263 Send system power down event.
265 Arguments: None.
267 Example:
269 -> { "execute": "system_powerdown" }
270 <- { "return": {} }
272 EQMP
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 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_device_add,
282 SQMP
283 device_add
284 ----------
286 Add a device.
288 Arguments:
290 - "driver": the name of the new device's driver (json-string)
291 - "bus": the device's parent bus (device tree path, json-string, optional)
292 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
293 - device properties
295 Example:
297 -> { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000", "id": "net1" } }
298 <- { "return": {} }
300 Notes:
302 (1) For detailed information about this command, please refer to the
303 'docs/qdev-device-use.txt' file.
305 (2) It's possible to list device properties by running QEMU with the
306 "-device DEVICE,\?" command-line argument, where DEVICE is the device's name
308 EQMP
311 .name = "device_del",
312 .args_type = "id:s",
313 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_device_del,
316 SQMP
317 device_del
318 ----------
320 Remove a device.
322 Arguments:
324 - "id": the device's ID or QOM path (json-string)
326 Example:
328 -> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "net1" } }
329 <- { "return": {} }
331 Example:
333 -> { "execute": "device_del", "arguments": { "id": "/machine/peripheral-anon/device[0]" } }
334 <- { "return": {} }
336 EQMP
339 .name = "send-key",
340 .args_type = "keys:q,hold-time:i?",
341 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_send_key,
344 SQMP
345 send-key
346 ----------
348 Send keys to VM.
350 Arguments:
352 keys array:
353 - "key": key sequence (a json-array of key union values,
354 union can be number or qcode enum)
356 - hold-time: time to delay key up events, milliseconds. Defaults to 100
357 (json-int, optional)
359 Example:
361 -> { "execute": "send-key",
362 "arguments": { "keys": [ { "type": "qcode", "data": "ctrl" },
363 { "type": "qcode", "data": "alt" },
364 { "type": "qcode", "data": "delete" } ] } }
365 <- { "return": {} }
367 EQMP
370 .name = "cpu",
371 .args_type = "index:i",
372 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cpu,
375 SQMP
379 Set the default CPU.
381 Arguments:
383 - "index": the CPU's index (json-int)
385 Example:
387 -> { "execute": "cpu", "arguments": { "index": 0 } }
388 <- { "return": {} }
390 Note: CPUs' indexes are obtained with the 'query-cpus' command.
392 EQMP
395 .name = "cpu-add",
396 .args_type = "id:i",
397 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_cpu_add,
400 SQMP
401 cpu-add
402 -------
404 Adds virtual cpu
406 Arguments:
408 - "id": cpu id (json-int)
410 Example:
412 -> { "execute": "cpu-add", "arguments": { "id": 2 } }
413 <- { "return": {} }
415 EQMP
418 .name = "memsave",
419 .args_type = "val:l,size:i,filename:s,cpu:i?",
420 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_memsave,
423 SQMP
424 memsave
425 -------
427 Save to disk virtual memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
429 Arguments:
431 - "val": the starting address (json-int)
432 - "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
433 - "filename": file path (json-string)
434 - "cpu": virtual CPU index (json-int, optional)
436 Example:
438 -> { "execute": "memsave",
439 "arguments": { "val": 10,
440 "size": 100,
441 "filename": "/tmp/virtual-mem-dump" } }
442 <- { "return": {} }
444 EQMP
447 .name = "pmemsave",
448 .args_type = "val:l,size:i,filename:s",
449 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_pmemsave,
452 SQMP
453 pmemsave
454 --------
456 Save to disk physical memory dump starting at 'val' of size 'size'.
458 Arguments:
460 - "val": the starting address (json-int)
461 - "size": the memory size, in bytes (json-int)
462 - "filename": file path (json-string)
464 Example:
466 -> { "execute": "pmemsave",
467 "arguments": { "val": 10,
468 "size": 100,
469 "filename": "/tmp/physical-mem-dump" } }
470 <- { "return": {} }
472 EQMP
475 .name = "inject-nmi",
476 .args_type = "",
477 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_inject_nmi,
480 SQMP
481 inject-nmi
482 ----------
484 Inject an NMI on the default CPU (x86/s390) or all CPUs (ppc64).
486 Arguments: None.
488 Example:
490 -> { "execute": "inject-nmi" }
491 <- { "return": {} }
493 Note: inject-nmi fails when the guest doesn't support injecting.
495 EQMP
498 .name = "ringbuf-write",
499 .args_type = "device:s,data:s,format:s?",
500 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_ringbuf_write,
503 SQMP
504 ringbuf-write
505 -------------
507 Write to a ring buffer character device.
509 Arguments:
511 - "device": ring buffer character device name (json-string)
512 - "data": data to write (json-string)
513 - "format": data format (json-string, optional)
514 - Possible values: "utf8" (default), "base64"
515 Bug: invalid base64 is currently not rejected.
516 Whitespace *is* invalid.
518 Example:
520 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
521 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
522 "data": "abcdefgh",
523 "format": "utf8" } }
524 <- { "return": {} }
526 EQMP
529 .name = "ringbuf-read",
530 .args_type = "device:s,size:i,format:s?",
531 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_ringbuf_read,
534 SQMP
535 ringbuf-read
536 -------------
538 Read from a ring buffer character device.
540 Arguments:
542 - "device": ring buffer character device name (json-string)
543 - "size": how many bytes to read at most (json-int)
544 - Number of data bytes, not number of characters in encoded data
545 - "format": data format (json-string, optional)
546 - Possible values: "utf8" (default), "base64"
547 - Naturally, format "utf8" works only when the ring buffer
548 contains valid UTF-8 text. Invalid UTF-8 sequences get
549 replaced. Bug: replacement doesn't work. Bug: can screw
550 up on encountering NUL characters, after the ring buffer
551 lost data, and when reading stops because the size limit
552 is reached.
554 Example:
556 -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
557 "arguments": { "device": "foo",
558 "size": 1000,
559 "format": "utf8" } }
560 <- {"return": "abcdefgh"}
562 EQMP
565 .name = "xen-save-devices-state",
566 .args_type = "filename:F",
567 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_xen_save_devices_state,
570 SQMP
571 xen-save-devices-state
572 -------
574 Save the state of all devices to file. The RAM and the block devices
575 of the VM are not saved by this command.
577 Arguments:
579 - "filename": the file to save the state of the devices to as binary
580 data. See xen-save-devices-state.txt for a description of the binary
581 format.
583 Example:
585 -> { "execute": "xen-save-devices-state",
586 "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/save" } }
587 <- { "return": {} }
589 EQMP
592 .name = "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
593 .args_type = "enable:b",
594 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_xen_set_global_dirty_log,
597 SQMP
598 xen-set-global-dirty-log
599 -------
601 Enable or disable the global dirty log mode.
603 Arguments:
605 - "enable": Enable it or disable it.
607 Example:
609 -> { "execute": "xen-set-global-dirty-log",
610 "arguments": { "enable": true } }
611 <- { "return": {} }
613 EQMP
616 .name = "migrate",
617 .args_type = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
618 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate,
621 SQMP
622 migrate
623 -------
625 Migrate to URI.
627 Arguments:
629 - "blk": block migration, full disk copy (json-bool, optional)
630 - "inc": incremental disk copy (json-bool, optional)
631 - "uri": Destination URI (json-string)
633 Example:
635 -> { "execute": "migrate", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp:0:4446" } }
636 <- { "return": {} }
638 Notes:
640 (1) The 'query-migrate' command should be used to check migration's progress
641 and final result (this information is provided by the 'status' member)
642 (2) All boolean arguments default to false
643 (3) The user Monitor's "detach" argument is invalid in QMP and should not
644 be used
646 EQMP
649 .name = "migrate_cancel",
650 .args_type = "",
651 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_cancel,
654 SQMP
655 migrate_cancel
656 --------------
658 Cancel the current migration.
660 Arguments: None.
662 Example:
664 -> { "execute": "migrate_cancel" }
665 <- { "return": {} }
667 EQMP
670 .name = "migrate-incoming",
671 .args_type = "uri:s",
672 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_incoming,
675 SQMP
676 migrate-incoming
677 ----------------
679 Continue an incoming migration
681 Arguments:
683 - "uri": Source/listening URI (json-string)
685 Example:
687 -> { "execute": "migrate-incoming", "arguments": { "uri": "tcp::4446" } }
688 <- { "return": {} }
690 Notes:
692 (1) QEMU must be started with -incoming defer to allow migrate-incoming to
693 be used
694 (2) The uri format is the same as for -incoming
696 EQMP
698 .name = "migrate-set-cache-size",
699 .args_type = "value:o",
700 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_cache_size,
703 SQMP
704 migrate-set-cache-size
705 ----------------------
707 Set cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration, the cache size will be rounded
708 down to the nearest power of 2
710 Arguments:
712 - "value": cache size in bytes (json-int)
714 Example:
716 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-cache-size", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
717 <- { "return": {} }
719 EQMP
721 .name = "query-migrate-cache-size",
722 .args_type = "",
723 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_cache_size,
726 SQMP
727 query-migrate-cache-size
728 ------------------------
730 Show cache size to be used by XBZRLE migration
732 returns a json-object with the following information:
733 - "size" : json-int
735 Example:
737 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-cache-size" }
738 <- { "return": 67108864 }
740 EQMP
743 .name = "migrate_set_speed",
744 .args_type = "value:o",
745 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_speed,
748 SQMP
749 migrate_set_speed
750 -----------------
752 Set maximum speed for migrations.
754 Arguments:
756 - "value": maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int)
758 Example:
760 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_speed", "arguments": { "value": 1024 } }
761 <- { "return": {} }
763 EQMP
766 .name = "migrate_set_downtime",
767 .args_type = "value:T",
768 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_downtime,
771 SQMP
772 migrate_set_downtime
773 --------------------
775 Set maximum tolerated downtime (in seconds) for migrations.
777 Arguments:
779 - "value": maximum downtime (json-number)
781 Example:
783 -> { "execute": "migrate_set_downtime", "arguments": { "value": 0.1 } }
784 <- { "return": {} }
786 EQMP
789 .name = "client_migrate_info",
790 .args_type = "protocol:s,hostname:s,port:i?,tls-port:i?,cert-subject:s?",
791 .params = "protocol hostname port tls-port cert-subject",
792 .help = "set migration information for remote display",
793 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_client_migrate_info,
796 SQMP
797 client_migrate_info
798 -------------------
800 Set migration information for remote display. This makes the server
801 ask the client to automatically reconnect using the new parameters
802 once migration finished successfully. Only implemented for SPICE.
804 Arguments:
806 - "protocol": must be "spice" (json-string)
807 - "hostname": migration target hostname (json-string)
808 - "port": spice tcp port for plaintext channels (json-int, optional)
809 - "tls-port": spice tcp port for tls-secured channels (json-int, optional)
810 - "cert-subject": server certificate subject (json-string, optional)
812 Example:
814 -> { "execute": "client_migrate_info",
815 "arguments": { "protocol": "spice",
816 "hostname": "virt42.lab.kraxel.org",
817 "port": 1234 } }
818 <- { "return": {} }
820 EQMP
823 .name = "dump-guest-memory",
824 .args_type = "paging:b,protocol:s,begin:i?,end:i?,format:s?",
825 .params = "-p protocol [begin] [length] [format]",
826 .help = "dump guest memory to file",
827 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_dump_guest_memory,
830 SQMP
831 dump
834 Dump guest memory to file. The file can be processed with crash or gdb.
836 Arguments:
838 - "paging": do paging to get guest's memory mapping (json-bool)
839 - "protocol": destination file(started with "file:") or destination file
840 descriptor (started with "fd:") (json-string)
841 - "begin": the starting physical address. It's optional, and should be specified
842 with length together (json-int)
843 - "length": the memory size, in bytes. It's optional, and should be specified
844 with begin together (json-int)
845 - "format": the format of guest memory dump. It's optional, and can be
846 elf|kdump-zlib|kdump-lzo|kdump-snappy, but non-elf formats will
847 conflict with paging and filter, ie. begin and length (json-string)
849 Example:
851 -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory", "arguments": { "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
852 <- { "return": {} }
854 Notes:
856 (1) All boolean arguments default to false
858 EQMP
861 .name = "query-dump-guest-memory-capability",
862 .args_type = "",
863 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_dump_guest_memory_capability,
866 SQMP
867 query-dump-guest-memory-capability
868 ----------
870 Show available formats for 'dump-guest-memory'
872 Example:
874 -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
875 <- { "return": { "formats":
876 ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] }
878 EQMP
880 #if defined TARGET_S390X
882 .name = "dump-skeys",
883 .args_type = "filename:F",
884 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_dump_skeys,
886 #endif
888 SQMP
889 dump-skeys
890 ----------
892 Save guest storage keys to file.
894 Arguments:
896 - "filename": file path (json-string)
898 Example:
900 -> { "execute": "dump-skeys", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/skeys" } }
901 <- { "return": {} }
903 EQMP
906 .name = "netdev_add",
907 .args_type = "netdev:O",
908 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_netdev_add,
911 SQMP
912 netdev_add
913 ----------
915 Add host network device.
917 Arguments:
919 - "type": the device type, "tap", "user", ... (json-string)
920 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
921 - device options
923 Example:
925 -> { "execute": "netdev_add",
926 "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1",
927 "dnssearch": "example.org" } }
928 <- { "return": {} }
930 Note: The supported device options are the same ones supported by the '-netdev'
931 command-line argument, which are listed in the '-help' output or QEMU's
932 manual
934 EQMP
937 .name = "netdev_del",
938 .args_type = "id:s",
939 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_netdev_del,
942 SQMP
943 netdev_del
944 ----------
946 Remove host network device.
948 Arguments:
950 - "id": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
952 Example:
954 -> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
955 <- { "return": {} }
958 EQMP
961 .name = "object-add",
962 .args_type = "qom-type:s,id:s,props:q?",
963 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_object_add,
966 SQMP
967 object-add
968 ----------
970 Create QOM object.
972 Arguments:
974 - "qom-type": the object's QOM type, i.e. the class name (json-string)
975 - "id": the object's ID, must be unique (json-string)
976 - "props": a dictionary of object property values (optional, json-dict)
978 Example:
980 -> { "execute": "object-add", "arguments": { "qom-type": "rng-random", "id": "rng1",
981 "props": { "filename": "/dev/hwrng" } } }
982 <- { "return": {} }
984 EQMP
987 .name = "object-del",
988 .args_type = "id:s",
989 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_object_del,
992 SQMP
993 object-del
994 ----------
996 Remove QOM object.
998 Arguments:
1000 - "id": the object's ID (json-string)
1002 Example:
1004 -> { "execute": "object-del", "arguments": { "id": "rng1" } }
1005 <- { "return": {} }
1008 EQMP
1012 .name = "block_resize",
1013 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,size:o",
1014 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_resize,
1017 SQMP
1018 block_resize
1019 ------------
1021 Resize a block image while a guest is running.
1023 Arguments:
1025 - "device": the device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1026 - "node-name": the node name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
1027 - "size": new size
1029 Example:
1031 -> { "execute": "block_resize", "arguments": { "device": "scratch", "size": 1073741824 } }
1032 <- { "return": {} }
1034 EQMP
1037 .name = "block-stream",
1038 .args_type = "device:B,base:s?,speed:o?,backing-file:s?,on-error:s?",
1039 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_stream,
1042 SQMP
1043 block-stream
1044 ------------
1046 Copy data from a backing file into a block device.
1048 Arguments:
1050 - "device": The device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1051 - "base": The file name of the backing image above which copying starts
1052 (json-string, optional)
1053 - "backing-file": The backing file string to write into the active layer. This
1054 filename is not validated.
1056 If a pathname string is such that it cannot be resolved by
1057 QEMU, that means that subsequent QMP or HMP commands must use
1058 node-names for the image in question, as filename lookup
1059 methods will fail.
1061 If not specified, QEMU will automatically determine the
1062 backing file string to use, or error out if there is no
1063 obvious choice. Care should be taken when specifying the
1064 string, to specify a valid filename or protocol.
1065 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1066 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1067 - "on-error": the action to take on an error (default 'report'). 'stop' and
1068 'enospc' can only be used if the block device supports io-status.
1069 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1071 Example:
1073 -> { "execute": "block-stream", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1074 "base": "/tmp/master.qcow2" } }
1075 <- { "return": {} }
1077 EQMP
1080 .name = "block-commit",
1081 .args_type = "device:B,base:s?,top:s?,backing-file:s?,speed:o?",
1082 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_commit,
1085 SQMP
1086 block-commit
1087 ------------
1089 Live commit of data from overlay image nodes into backing nodes - i.e., writes
1090 data between 'top' and 'base' into 'base'.
1092 Arguments:
1094 - "device": The device's ID, must be unique (json-string)
1095 - "base": The file name of the backing image to write data into.
1096 If not specified, this is the deepest backing image
1097 (json-string, optional)
1098 - "top": The file name of the backing image within the image chain,
1099 which contains the topmost data to be committed down. If
1100 not specified, this is the active layer. (json-string, optional)
1102 - backing-file: The backing file string to write into the overlay
1103 image of 'top'. If 'top' is the active layer,
1104 specifying a backing file string is an error. This
1105 filename is not validated.
1107 If a pathname string is such that it cannot be
1108 resolved by QEMU, that means that subsequent QMP or
1109 HMP commands must use node-names for the image in
1110 question, as filename lookup methods will fail.
1112 If not specified, QEMU will automatically determine
1113 the backing file string to use, or error out if
1114 there is no obvious choice. Care should be taken
1115 when specifying the string, to specify a valid
1116 filename or protocol.
1117 (json-string, optional) (Since 2.1)
1119 If top == base, that is an error.
1120 If top == active, the job will not be completed by itself,
1121 user needs to complete the job with the block-job-complete
1122 command after getting the ready event. (Since 2.0)
1124 If the base image is smaller than top, then the base image
1125 will be resized to be the same size as top. If top is
1126 smaller than the base image, the base will not be
1127 truncated. If you want the base image size to match the
1128 size of the smaller top, you can safely truncate it
1129 yourself once the commit operation successfully completes.
1130 (json-string)
1131 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1134 Example:
1136 -> { "execute": "block-commit", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1137 "top": "/tmp/snap1.qcow2" } }
1138 <- { "return": {} }
1140 EQMP
1143 .name = "drive-backup",
1144 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1145 "bitmap:s?,on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
1146 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_drive_backup,
1149 SQMP
1150 drive-backup
1151 ------------
1153 Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination. The
1154 status of ongoing drive-backup operations can be checked with
1155 query-block-jobs where the BlockJobInfo.type field has the value 'backup'.
1156 The operation can be stopped before it has completed using the
1157 block-job-cancel command.
1159 Arguments:
1161 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
1162 (json-string)
1163 - "target": the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a
1164 device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
1165 destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
1166 (json-string)
1167 - "format": the format of the new destination, default is to probe if 'mode' is
1168 'existing', else the format of the source
1169 (json-string, optional)
1170 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1171 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1172 allocated in the topmost image, "incremental" for only the dirty sectors in
1173 the bitmap, or "none" to only replicate new I/O (MirrorSyncMode).
1174 - "bitmap": dirty bitmap name for sync==incremental. Must be present if sync
1175 is "incremental", must NOT be present otherwise.
1176 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create a new image
1177 (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute-paths')
1178 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1179 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source, default
1180 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
1181 if the block device supports io-status.
1182 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1183 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target, default
1184 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
1185 a different block device than device).
1186 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1188 Example:
1189 -> { "execute": "drive-backup", "arguments": { "device": "drive0",
1190 "sync": "full",
1191 "target": "backup.img" } }
1192 <- { "return": {} }
1194 EQMP
1197 .name = "blockdev-backup",
1198 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:B,speed:i?,"
1199 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
1200 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_backup,
1203 SQMP
1204 blockdev-backup
1205 ---------------
1207 The device version of drive-backup: this command takes an existing named device
1208 as backup target.
1210 Arguments:
1212 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
1213 (json-string)
1214 - "target": the name of the backup target device. (json-string)
1215 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1216 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the
1217 sectors allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate
1218 new I/O (MirrorSyncMode).
1219 - "speed": the maximum speed, in bytes per second (json-int, optional)
1220 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source, default
1221 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
1222 if the block device supports io-status.
1223 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1224 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target, default
1225 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
1226 a different block device than device).
1227 (BlockdevOnError, optional)
1229 Example:
1230 -> { "execute": "blockdev-backup", "arguments": { "device": "src-id",
1231 "sync": "full",
1232 "target": "tgt-id" } }
1233 <- { "return": {} }
1235 EQMP
1238 .name = "block-job-set-speed",
1239 .args_type = "device:B,speed:o",
1240 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_set_speed,
1244 .name = "block-job-cancel",
1245 .args_type = "device:B,force:b?",
1246 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_cancel,
1249 .name = "block-job-pause",
1250 .args_type = "device:B",
1251 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_pause,
1254 .name = "block-job-resume",
1255 .args_type = "device:B",
1256 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_resume,
1259 .name = "block-job-complete",
1260 .args_type = "device:B",
1261 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_job_complete,
1264 .name = "transaction",
1265 .args_type = "actions:q",
1266 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_transaction,
1269 SQMP
1270 transaction
1271 -----------
1273 Atomically operate on one or more block devices. Operations that are
1274 currently supported:
1276 - drive-backup
1277 - blockdev-backup
1278 - blockdev-snapshot-sync
1279 - blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
1280 - abort
1281 - block-dirty-bitmap-add
1282 - block-dirty-bitmap-clear
1284 Refer to the qemu/qapi-schema.json file for minimum required QEMU
1285 versions for these operations. A list of dictionaries is accepted,
1286 that contains the actions to be performed. If there is any failure
1287 performing any of the operations, all operations for the group are
1288 abandoned.
1290 For external snapshots, the dictionary contains the device, the file to use for
1291 the new snapshot, and the format. The default format, if not specified, is
1292 qcow2.
1294 Each new snapshot defaults to being created by QEMU (wiping any
1295 contents if the file already exists), but it is also possible to reuse
1296 an externally-created file. In the latter case, you should ensure that
1297 the new image file has the same contents as the current one; QEMU cannot
1298 perform any meaningful check. Typically this is achieved by using the
1299 current image file as the backing file for the new image.
1301 On failure, the original disks pre-snapshot attempt will be used.
1303 For internal snapshots, the dictionary contains the device and the snapshot's
1304 name. If an internal snapshot matching name already exists, the request will
1305 be rejected. Only some image formats support it, for example, qcow2, rbd,
1306 and sheepdog.
1308 On failure, qemu will try delete the newly created internal snapshot in the
1309 transaction. When an I/O error occurs during deletion, the user needs to fix
1310 it later with qemu-img or other command.
1312 Arguments:
1314 actions array:
1315 - "type": the operation to perform (json-string). Possible
1316 values: "drive-backup", "blockdev-backup",
1317 "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
1318 "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1319 "abort", "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
1320 "block-dirty-bitmap-clear"
1321 - "data": a dictionary. The contents depend on the value
1322 of "type". When "type" is "blockdev-snapshot-sync":
1323 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1324 - "node-name": graph node name to snapshot (json-string)
1325 - "snapshot-file": name of new image file (json-string)
1326 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1327 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1328 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1329 (NewImageMode, optional, default "absolute-paths")
1330 When "type" is "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync":
1331 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1332 - "name": name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1334 Example:
1336 -> { "execute": "transaction",
1337 "arguments": { "actions": [
1338 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "device": "ide-hd0",
1339 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image",
1340 "format": "qcow2" } },
1341 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "node-name": "myfile",
1342 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1343 "snapshot-node-name": "node3432",
1344 "mode": "existing",
1345 "format": "qcow2" } },
1346 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "data" : { "device": "ide-hd1",
1347 "snapshot-file": "/some/place/my-image2",
1348 "mode": "existing",
1349 "format": "qcow2" } },
1350 { "type": "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync", "data" : {
1351 "device": "ide-hd2",
1352 "name": "snapshot0" } } ] } }
1353 <- { "return": {} }
1355 EQMP
1358 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
1359 .args_type = "node:B,name:s,granularity:i?",
1360 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_add,
1363 SQMP
1365 block-dirty-bitmap-add
1366 ----------------------
1367 Since 2.4
1369 Create a dirty bitmap with a name on the device, and start tracking the writes.
1371 Arguments:
1373 - "node": device/node on which to create dirty bitmap (json-string)
1374 - "name": name of the new dirty bitmap (json-string)
1375 - "granularity": granularity to track writes with (int, optional)
1377 Example:
1379 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-add", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1380 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1381 <- { "return": {} }
1383 EQMP
1386 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
1387 .args_type = "node:B,name:s",
1388 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_remove,
1391 SQMP
1393 block-dirty-bitmap-remove
1394 -------------------------
1395 Since 2.4
1397 Stop write tracking and remove the dirty bitmap that was created with
1398 block-dirty-bitmap-add.
1400 Arguments:
1402 - "node": device/node on which to remove dirty bitmap (json-string)
1403 - "name": name of the dirty bitmap to remove (json-string)
1405 Example:
1407 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1408 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1409 <- { "return": {} }
1411 EQMP
1414 .name = "block-dirty-bitmap-clear",
1415 .args_type = "node:B,name:s",
1416 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_dirty_bitmap_clear,
1419 SQMP
1421 block-dirty-bitmap-clear
1422 ------------------------
1423 Since 2.4
1425 Reset the dirty bitmap associated with a node so that an incremental backup
1426 from this point in time forward will only backup clusters modified after this
1427 clear operation.
1429 Arguments:
1431 - "node": device/node on which to remove dirty bitmap (json-string)
1432 - "name": name of the dirty bitmap to remove (json-string)
1434 Example:
1436 -> { "execute": "block-dirty-bitmap-clear", "arguments": { "node": "drive0",
1437 "name": "bitmap0" } }
1438 <- { "return": {} }
1440 EQMP
1443 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
1444 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,snapshot-file:s,snapshot-node-name:s?,format:s?,mode:s?",
1445 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_sync,
1448 SQMP
1449 blockdev-snapshot-sync
1450 ----------------------
1452 Synchronous snapshot of a block device. snapshot-file specifies the
1453 target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a device, the
1454 snapshot will be created in the existing file/device. If does not
1455 exist, a new file will be created. format specifies the format of the
1456 snapshot image, default is qcow2.
1458 Arguments:
1460 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1461 - "node-name": graph node name to snapshot (json-string)
1462 - "snapshot-file": name of new image file (json-string)
1463 - "snapshot-node-name": graph node name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1464 - "mode": whether and how QEMU should create the snapshot file
1465 (NewImageMode, optional, default "absolute-paths")
1466 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1468 Example:
1470 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-sync", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1471 "snapshot-file":
1472 "/some/place/my-image",
1473 "format": "qcow2" } }
1474 <- { "return": {} }
1476 EQMP
1479 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1480 .args_type = "device:B,name:s",
1481 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_internal_sync,
1484 SQMP
1485 blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
1486 -------------------------------
1488 Synchronously take an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1489 image used supports it. If the name is an empty string, or a snapshot with
1490 name already exists, the operation will fail.
1492 Arguments:
1494 - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
1495 - "name": name of the new snapshot (json-string)
1497 Example:
1499 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
1500 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1501 "name": "snapshot0" }
1503 <- { "return": {} }
1505 EQMP
1508 .name = "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1509 .args_type = "device:B,id:s?,name:s?",
1510 .mhandler.cmd_new =
1511 qmp_marshal_blockdev_snapshot_delete_internal_sync,
1514 SQMP
1515 blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync
1516 --------------------------------------
1518 Synchronously delete an internal snapshot of a block device when the format of
1519 image used supports it. The snapshot is identified by name or id or both. One
1520 of name or id is required. If the snapshot is not found, the operation will
1521 fail.
1523 Arguments:
1525 - "device": device name (json-string)
1526 - "id": ID of the snapshot (json-string, optional)
1527 - "name": name of the snapshot (json-string, optional)
1529 Example:
1531 -> { "execute": "blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync",
1532 "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1533 "name": "snapshot0" }
1535 <- { "return": {
1536 "id": "1",
1537 "name": "snapshot0",
1538 "vm-state-size": 0,
1539 "date-sec": 1000012,
1540 "date-nsec": 10,
1541 "vm-clock-sec": 100,
1542 "vm-clock-nsec": 20
1546 EQMP
1549 .name = "drive-mirror",
1550 .args_type = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
1551 "node-name:s?,replaces:s?,"
1552 "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?,"
1553 "unmap:b?,"
1554 "granularity:i?,buf-size:i?",
1555 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_drive_mirror,
1558 SQMP
1559 drive-mirror
1560 ------------
1562 Start mirroring a block device's writes to a new destination. target
1563 specifies the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is
1564 a device, it will be used as the new destination for writes. If it does not
1565 exist, a new file will be created. format specifies the format of the
1566 mirror image, default is to probe if mode='existing', else the format
1567 of the source.
1569 Arguments:
1571 - "device": device name to operate on (json-string)
1572 - "target": name of new image file (json-string)
1573 - "format": format of new image (json-string, optional)
1574 - "node-name": the name of the new block driver state in the node graph
1575 (json-string, optional)
1576 - "replaces": the block driver node name to replace when finished
1577 (json-string, optional)
1578 - "mode": how an image file should be created into the target
1579 file/device (NewImageMode, optional, default 'absolute-paths')
1580 - "speed": maximum speed of the streaming job, in bytes per second
1581 (json-int)
1582 - "granularity": granularity of the dirty bitmap, in bytes (json-int, optional)
1583 - "buf_size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
1584 (json-int, default 10M)
1585 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
1586 possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
1587 allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate new I/O
1588 (MirrorSyncMode).
1589 - "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source
1590 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
1591 - "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target
1592 (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
1593 - "unmap": whether the target sectors should be discarded where source has only
1594 zeroes. (json-bool, optional, default true)
1596 The default value of the granularity is the image cluster size clamped
1597 between 4096 and 65536, if the image format defines one. If the format
1598 does not define a cluster size, the default value of the granularity
1599 is 65536.
1602 Example:
1604 -> { "execute": "drive-mirror", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
1605 "target": "/some/place/my-image",
1606 "sync": "full",
1607 "format": "qcow2" } }
1608 <- { "return": {} }
1610 EQMP
1613 .name = "change-backing-file",
1614 .args_type = "device:s,image-node-name:s,backing-file:s",
1615 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change_backing_file,
1618 SQMP
1619 change-backing-file
1620 -------------------
1621 Since: 2.1
1623 Change the backing file in the image file metadata. This does not cause
1624 QEMU to reopen the image file to reparse the backing filename (it may,
1625 however, perform a reopen to change permissions from r/o -> r/w -> r/o,
1626 if needed). The new backing file string is written into the image file
1627 metadata, and the QEMU internal strings are updated.
1629 Arguments:
1631 - "image-node-name": The name of the block driver state node of the
1632 image to modify. The "device" is argument is used to
1633 verify "image-node-name" is in the chain described by
1634 "device".
1635 (json-string, optional)
1637 - "device": The name of the device.
1638 (json-string)
1640 - "backing-file": The string to write as the backing file. This string is
1641 not validated, so care should be taken when specifying
1642 the string or the image chain may not be able to be
1643 reopened again.
1644 (json-string)
1646 Returns: Nothing on success
1647 If "device" does not exist or cannot be determined, DeviceNotFound
1649 EQMP
1652 .name = "balloon",
1653 .args_type = "value:M",
1654 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_balloon,
1657 SQMP
1658 balloon
1659 -------
1661 Request VM to change its memory allocation (in bytes).
1663 Arguments:
1665 - "value": New memory allocation (json-int)
1667 Example:
1669 -> { "execute": "balloon", "arguments": { "value": 536870912 } }
1670 <- { "return": {} }
1672 EQMP
1675 .name = "set_link",
1676 .args_type = "name:s,up:b",
1677 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_set_link,
1680 SQMP
1681 set_link
1682 --------
1684 Change the link status of a network adapter.
1686 Arguments:
1688 - "name": network device name (json-string)
1689 - "up": status is up (json-bool)
1691 Example:
1693 -> { "execute": "set_link", "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
1694 <- { "return": {} }
1696 EQMP
1699 .name = "getfd",
1700 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1701 .params = "getfd name",
1702 .help = "receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name",
1703 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_getfd,
1706 SQMP
1707 getfd
1708 -----
1710 Receive a file descriptor via SCM rights and assign it a name.
1712 Arguments:
1714 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1716 Example:
1718 -> { "execute": "getfd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1719 <- { "return": {} }
1721 Notes:
1723 (1) If the name specified by the "fdname" argument already exists,
1724 the file descriptor assigned to it will be closed and replaced
1725 by the received file descriptor.
1726 (2) The 'closefd' command can be used to explicitly close the file
1727 descriptor when it is no longer needed.
1729 EQMP
1732 .name = "closefd",
1733 .args_type = "fdname:s",
1734 .params = "closefd name",
1735 .help = "close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights",
1736 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_closefd,
1739 SQMP
1740 closefd
1741 -------
1743 Close a file descriptor previously passed via SCM rights.
1745 Arguments:
1747 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
1749 Example:
1751 -> { "execute": "closefd", "arguments": { "fdname": "fd1" } }
1752 <- { "return": {} }
1754 EQMP
1757 .name = "add-fd",
1758 .args_type = "fdset-id:i?,opaque:s?",
1759 .params = "add-fd fdset-id opaque",
1760 .help = "Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set",
1761 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_add_fd,
1764 SQMP
1765 add-fd
1766 -------
1768 Add a file descriptor, that was passed via SCM rights, to an fd set.
1770 Arguments:
1772 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set to add the file descriptor to.
1773 (json-int, optional)
1774 - "opaque": A free-form string that can be used to describe the fd.
1775 (json-string, optional)
1777 Return a json-object with the following information:
1779 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the fd was added to. (json-int)
1780 - "fd": The file descriptor that was received via SCM rights and added to the
1781 fd set. (json-int)
1783 Example:
1785 -> { "execute": "add-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1 } }
1786 <- { "return": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1788 Notes:
1790 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1791 (2) If "fdset-id" is not specified, a new fd set will be created.
1793 EQMP
1796 .name = "remove-fd",
1797 .args_type = "fdset-id:i,fd:i?",
1798 .params = "remove-fd fdset-id fd",
1799 .help = "Remove a file descriptor from an fd set",
1800 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_remove_fd,
1803 SQMP
1804 remove-fd
1805 ---------
1807 Remove a file descriptor from an fd set.
1809 Arguments:
1811 - "fdset-id": The ID of the fd set that the file descriptor belongs to.
1812 (json-int)
1813 - "fd": The file descriptor that is to be removed. (json-int, optional)
1815 Example:
1817 -> { "execute": "remove-fd", "arguments": { "fdset-id": 1, "fd": 3 } }
1818 <- { "return": {} }
1820 Notes:
1822 (1) The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1823 (2) If "fd" is not specified, all file descriptors in "fdset-id" will be
1824 removed.
1826 EQMP
1829 .name = "query-fdsets",
1830 .args_type = "",
1831 .help = "Return information describing all fd sets",
1832 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_fdsets,
1835 SQMP
1836 query-fdsets
1837 -------------
1839 Return information describing all fd sets.
1841 Arguments: None
1843 Example:
1845 -> { "execute": "query-fdsets" }
1846 <- { "return": [
1848 "fds": [
1850 "fd": 30,
1851 "opaque": "rdonly:/path/to/file"
1854 "fd": 24,
1855 "opaque": "rdwr:/path/to/file"
1858 "fdset-id": 1
1861 "fds": [
1863 "fd": 28
1866 "fd": 29
1869 "fdset-id": 0
1874 Note: The list of fd sets is shared by all monitor connections.
1876 EQMP
1879 .name = "block_passwd",
1880 .args_type = "device:s?,node-name:s?,password:s",
1881 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_passwd,
1884 SQMP
1885 block_passwd
1886 ------------
1888 Set the password of encrypted block devices.
1890 Arguments:
1892 - "device": device name (json-string)
1893 - "node-name": name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
1894 - "password": password (json-string)
1896 Example:
1898 -> { "execute": "block_passwd", "arguments": { "device": "ide0-hd0",
1899 "password": "12345" } }
1900 <- { "return": {} }
1902 EQMP
1905 .name = "block_set_io_throttle",
1906 .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?,group:s?",
1907 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_set_io_throttle,
1910 SQMP
1911 block_set_io_throttle
1912 ------------
1914 Change I/O throttle limits for a block drive.
1916 Arguments:
1918 - "device": device name (json-string)
1919 - "bps": total throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1920 - "bps_rd": read throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1921 - "bps_wr": write throughput limit in bytes per second (json-int)
1922 - "iops": total I/O operations per second (json-int)
1923 - "iops_rd": read I/O operations per second (json-int)
1924 - "iops_wr": write I/O operations per second (json-int)
1925 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
1926 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
1927 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
1928 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
1929 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
1930 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
1931 - "iops_size": I/O size in bytes when limiting (json-int)
1932 - "group": throttle group name (json-string)
1934 Example:
1936 -> { "execute": "block_set_io_throttle", "arguments": { "device": "virtio0",
1937 "bps": 1000000,
1938 "bps_rd": 0,
1939 "bps_wr": 0,
1940 "iops": 0,
1941 "iops_rd": 0,
1942 "iops_wr": 0,
1943 "bps_max": 8000000,
1944 "bps_rd_max": 0,
1945 "bps_wr_max": 0,
1946 "iops_max": 0,
1947 "iops_rd_max": 0,
1948 "iops_wr_max": 0,
1949 "iops_size": 0 } }
1950 <- { "return": {} }
1952 EQMP
1955 .name = "set_password",
1956 .args_type = "protocol:s,password:s,connected:s?",
1957 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_set_password,
1960 SQMP
1961 set_password
1962 ------------
1964 Set the password for vnc/spice protocols.
1966 Arguments:
1968 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
1969 - "password": password (json-string)
1970 - "connected": [ keep | disconnect | fail ] (json-string, optional)
1972 Example:
1974 -> { "execute": "set_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
1975 "password": "secret" } }
1976 <- { "return": {} }
1978 EQMP
1981 .name = "expire_password",
1982 .args_type = "protocol:s,time:s",
1983 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_expire_password,
1986 SQMP
1987 expire_password
1988 ---------------
1990 Set the password expire time for vnc/spice protocols.
1992 Arguments:
1994 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
1995 - "time": [ now | never | +secs | secs ] (json-string)
1997 Example:
1999 -> { "execute": "expire_password", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
2000 "time": "+60" } }
2001 <- { "return": {} }
2003 EQMP
2006 .name = "add_client",
2007 .args_type = "protocol:s,fdname:s,skipauth:b?,tls:b?",
2008 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_add_client,
2011 SQMP
2012 add_client
2013 ----------
2015 Add a graphics client
2017 Arguments:
2019 - "protocol": protocol name (json-string)
2020 - "fdname": file descriptor name (json-string)
2021 - "skipauth": whether to skip authentication (json-bool, optional)
2022 - "tls": whether to perform TLS (json-bool, optional)
2024 Example:
2026 -> { "execute": "add_client", "arguments": { "protocol": "vnc",
2027 "fdname": "myclient" } }
2028 <- { "return": {} }
2030 EQMP
2032 .name = "qmp_capabilities",
2033 .args_type = "",
2034 .params = "",
2035 .help = "enable QMP capabilities",
2036 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_capabilities,
2039 SQMP
2040 qmp_capabilities
2041 ----------------
2043 Enable QMP capabilities.
2045 Arguments: None.
2047 Example:
2049 -> { "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
2050 <- { "return": {} }
2052 Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
2054 EQMP
2057 .name = "human-monitor-command",
2058 .args_type = "command-line:s,cpu-index:i?",
2059 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_human_monitor_command,
2062 SQMP
2063 human-monitor-command
2064 ---------------------
2066 Execute a Human Monitor command.
2068 Arguments:
2070 - command-line: the command name and its arguments, just like the
2071 Human Monitor's shell (json-string)
2072 - cpu-index: select the CPU number to be used by commands which access CPU
2073 data, like 'info registers'. The Monitor selects CPU 0 if this
2074 argument is not provided (json-int, optional)
2076 Example:
2078 -> { "execute": "human-monitor-command", "arguments": { "command-line": "info kvm" } }
2079 <- { "return": "kvm support: enabled\r\n" }
2081 Notes:
2083 (1) The Human Monitor is NOT an stable interface, this means that command
2084 names, arguments and responses can change or be removed at ANY time.
2085 Applications that rely on long term stability guarantees should NOT
2086 use this command
2088 (2) Limitations:
2090 o This command is stateless, this means that commands that depend
2091 on state information (such as getfd) might not work
2093 o Commands that prompt the user for data (eg. 'cont' when the block
2094 device is encrypted) don't currently work
2096 3. Query Commands
2097 =================
2099 HXCOMM Each query command below is inside a SQMP/EQMP section, do NOT change
2100 HXCOMM this! We will possibly move query commands definitions inside those
2101 HXCOMM sections, just like regular commands.
2103 EQMP
2105 SQMP
2106 query-version
2107 -------------
2109 Show QEMU version.
2111 Return a json-object with the following information:
2113 - "qemu": A json-object containing three integer values:
2114 - "major": QEMU's major version (json-int)
2115 - "minor": QEMU's minor version (json-int)
2116 - "micro": QEMU's micro version (json-int)
2117 - "package": package's version (json-string)
2119 Example:
2121 -> { "execute": "query-version" }
2122 <- {
2123 "return":{
2124 "qemu":{
2125 "major":0,
2126 "minor":11,
2127 "micro":5
2129 "package":""
2133 EQMP
2136 .name = "query-version",
2137 .args_type = "",
2138 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_version,
2141 SQMP
2142 query-commands
2143 --------------
2145 List QMP available commands.
2147 Each command is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2148 of all commands.
2150 Each json-object contain:
2152 - "name": command's name (json-string)
2154 Example:
2156 -> { "execute": "query-commands" }
2157 <- {
2158 "return":[
2160 "name":"query-balloon"
2163 "name":"system_powerdown"
2168 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2170 EQMP
2173 .name = "query-commands",
2174 .args_type = "",
2175 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_commands,
2178 SQMP
2179 query-events
2180 --------------
2182 List QMP available events.
2184 Each event is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2185 of all events.
2187 Each json-object contains:
2189 - "name": event's name (json-string)
2191 Example:
2193 -> { "execute": "query-events" }
2194 <- {
2195 "return":[
2197 "name":"SHUTDOWN"
2200 "name":"RESET"
2205 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2207 EQMP
2210 .name = "query-events",
2211 .args_type = "",
2212 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_events,
2215 SQMP
2216 query-qmp-schema
2217 ----------------
2219 Return the QMP wire schema. The returned value is a json-array of
2220 named schema entities. Entities are commands, events and various
2221 types. See docs/qapi-code-gen.txt for information on their structure
2222 and intended use.
2224 EQMP
2227 .name = "query-qmp-schema",
2228 .args_type = "",
2229 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_query_qmp_schema,
2232 SQMP
2233 query-chardev
2234 -------------
2236 Each device is represented by a json-object. The returned value is a json-array
2237 of all devices.
2239 Each json-object contain the following:
2241 - "label": device's label (json-string)
2242 - "filename": device's file (json-string)
2243 - "frontend-open": open/closed state of the frontend device attached to this
2244 backend (json-bool)
2246 Example:
2248 -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
2249 <- {
2250 "return": [
2252 "label": "charchannel0",
2253 "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server",
2254 "frontend-open": false
2257 "label": "charmonitor",
2258 "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server",
2259 "frontend-open": true
2262 "label": "charserial0",
2263 "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
2264 "frontend-open": true
2269 EQMP
2272 .name = "query-chardev",
2273 .args_type = "",
2274 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_chardev,
2277 SQMP
2278 query-chardev-backends
2279 -------------
2281 List available character device backends.
2283 Each backend is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
2284 of all backends.
2286 Each json-object contains:
2288 - "name": backend name (json-string)
2290 Example:
2292 -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
2293 <- {
2294 "return":[
2296 "name":"udp"
2299 "name":"tcp"
2302 "name":"unix"
2305 "name":"spiceport"
2310 EQMP
2313 .name = "query-chardev-backends",
2314 .args_type = "",
2315 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_chardev_backends,
2318 SQMP
2319 query-block
2320 -----------
2322 Show the block devices.
2324 Each block device information is stored in a json-object and the returned value
2325 is a json-array of all devices.
2327 Each json-object contain the following:
2329 - "device": device name (json-string)
2330 - "type": device type (json-string)
2331 - deprecated, retained for backward compatibility
2332 - Possible values: "unknown"
2333 - "removable": true if the device is removable, false otherwise (json-bool)
2334 - "locked": true if the device is locked, false otherwise (json-bool)
2335 - "tray_open": only present if removable, true if the device has a tray,
2336 and it is open (json-bool)
2337 - "inserted": only present if the device is inserted, it is a json-object
2338 containing the following:
2339 - "file": device file name (json-string)
2340 - "ro": true if read-only, false otherwise (json-bool)
2341 - "drv": driver format name (json-string)
2342 - Possible values: "blkdebug", "bochs", "cloop", "dmg",
2343 "file", "file", "ftp", "ftps", "host_cdrom",
2344 "host_device", "http", "https",
2345 "nbd", "parallels", "qcow", "qcow2", "raw",
2346 "tftp", "vdi", "vmdk", "vpc", "vvfat"
2347 - "backing_file": backing file name (json-string, optional)
2348 - "backing_file_depth": number of files in the backing file chain (json-int)
2349 - "encrypted": true if encrypted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2350 - "bps": limit total bytes per second (json-int)
2351 - "bps_rd": limit read bytes per second (json-int)
2352 - "bps_wr": limit write bytes per second (json-int)
2353 - "iops": limit total I/O operations per second (json-int)
2354 - "iops_rd": limit read operations per second (json-int)
2355 - "iops_wr": limit write operations per second (json-int)
2356 - "bps_max": total max in bytes (json-int)
2357 - "bps_rd_max": read max in bytes (json-int)
2358 - "bps_wr_max": write max in bytes (json-int)
2359 - "iops_max": total I/O operations max (json-int)
2360 - "iops_rd_max": read I/O operations max (json-int)
2361 - "iops_wr_max": write I/O operations max (json-int)
2362 - "iops_size": I/O size when limiting by iops (json-int)
2363 - "detect_zeroes": detect and optimize zero writing (json-string)
2364 - Possible values: "off", "on", "unmap"
2365 - "write_threshold": write offset threshold in bytes, a event will be
2366 emitted if crossed. Zero if disabled (json-int)
2367 - "image": the detail of the image, it is a json-object containing
2368 the following:
2369 - "filename": image file name (json-string)
2370 - "format": image format (json-string)
2371 - "virtual-size": image capacity in bytes (json-int)
2372 - "dirty-flag": true if image is not cleanly closed, not present
2373 means clean (json-bool, optional)
2374 - "actual-size": actual size on disk in bytes of the image, not
2375 present when image does not support thin
2376 provision (json-int, optional)
2377 - "cluster-size": size of a cluster in bytes, not present if image
2378 format does not support it (json-int, optional)
2379 - "encrypted": true if the image is encrypted, not present means
2380 false or the image format does not support
2381 encryption (json-bool, optional)
2382 - "backing_file": backing file name, not present means no backing
2383 file is used or the image format does not
2384 support backing file chain
2385 (json-string, optional)
2386 - "full-backing-filename": full path of the backing file, not
2387 present if it equals backing_file or no
2388 backing file is used
2389 (json-string, optional)
2390 - "backing-filename-format": the format of the backing file, not
2391 present means unknown or no backing
2392 file (json-string, optional)
2393 - "snapshots": the internal snapshot info, it is an optional list
2394 of json-object containing the following:
2395 - "id": unique snapshot id (json-string)
2396 - "name": snapshot name (json-string)
2397 - "vm-state-size": size of the VM state in bytes (json-int)
2398 - "date-sec": UTC date of the snapshot in seconds (json-int)
2399 - "date-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used with
2400 date-sec (json-int)
2401 - "vm-clock-sec": VM clock relative to boot in seconds
2402 (json-int)
2403 - "vm-clock-nsec": fractional part in nanoseconds to be used
2404 with vm-clock-sec (json-int)
2405 - "backing-image": the detail of the backing image, it is an
2406 optional json-object only present when a
2407 backing image present for this image
2409 - "io-status": I/O operation status, only present if the device supports it
2410 and the VM is configured to stop on errors. It's always reset
2411 to "ok" when the "cont" command is issued (json_string, optional)
2412 - Possible values: "ok", "failed", "nospace"
2414 Example:
2416 -> { "execute": "query-block" }
2417 <- {
2418 "return":[
2420 "io-status": "ok",
2421 "device":"ide0-hd0",
2422 "locked":false,
2423 "removable":false,
2424 "inserted":{
2425 "ro":false,
2426 "drv":"qcow2",
2427 "encrypted":false,
2428 "file":"disks/test.qcow2",
2429 "backing_file_depth":1,
2430 "bps":1000000,
2431 "bps_rd":0,
2432 "bps_wr":0,
2433 "iops":1000000,
2434 "iops_rd":0,
2435 "iops_wr":0,
2436 "bps_max": 8000000,
2437 "bps_rd_max": 0,
2438 "bps_wr_max": 0,
2439 "iops_max": 0,
2440 "iops_rd_max": 0,
2441 "iops_wr_max": 0,
2442 "iops_size": 0,
2443 "detect_zeroes": "on",
2444 "write_threshold": 0,
2445 "image":{
2446 "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
2447 "format":"qcow2",
2448 "virtual-size":2048000,
2449 "backing_file":"base.qcow2",
2450 "full-backing-filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
2451 "backing-filename-format":"qcow2",
2452 "snapshots":[
2454 "id": "1",
2455 "name": "snapshot1",
2456 "vm-state-size": 0,
2457 "date-sec": 10000200,
2458 "date-nsec": 12,
2459 "vm-clock-sec": 206,
2460 "vm-clock-nsec": 30
2463 "backing-image":{
2464 "filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
2465 "format":"qcow2",
2466 "virtual-size":2048000
2470 "type":"unknown"
2473 "io-status": "ok",
2474 "device":"ide1-cd0",
2475 "locked":false,
2476 "removable":true,
2477 "type":"unknown"
2480 "device":"floppy0",
2481 "locked":false,
2482 "removable":true,
2483 "type":"unknown"
2486 "device":"sd0",
2487 "locked":false,
2488 "removable":true,
2489 "type":"unknown"
2494 EQMP
2497 .name = "query-block",
2498 .args_type = "",
2499 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_block,
2502 SQMP
2503 query-blockstats
2504 ----------------
2506 Show block device statistics.
2508 Each device statistic information is stored in a json-object and the returned
2509 value is a json-array of all devices.
2511 Each json-object contain the following:
2513 - "device": device name (json-string)
2514 - "stats": A json-object with the statistics information, it contains:
2515 - "rd_bytes": bytes read (json-int)
2516 - "wr_bytes": bytes written (json-int)
2517 - "rd_operations": read operations (json-int)
2518 - "wr_operations": write operations (json-int)
2519 - "flush_operations": cache flush operations (json-int)
2520 - "wr_total_time_ns": total time spend on writes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2521 - "rd_total_time_ns": total time spend on reads in nano-seconds (json-int)
2522 - "flush_total_time_ns": total time spend on cache flushes in nano-seconds (json-int)
2523 - "wr_highest_offset": The offset after the greatest byte written to the
2524 BlockDriverState since it has been opened (json-int)
2525 - "rd_merged": number of read requests that have been merged into
2526 another request (json-int)
2527 - "wr_merged": number of write requests that have been merged into
2528 another request (json-int)
2529 - "parent": Contains recursively the statistics of the underlying
2530 protocol (e.g. the host file for a qcow2 image). If there is
2531 no underlying protocol, this field is omitted
2532 (json-object, optional)
2534 Example:
2536 -> { "execute": "query-blockstats" }
2537 <- {
2538 "return":[
2540 "device":"ide0-hd0",
2541 "parent":{
2542 "stats":{
2543 "wr_highest_offset":3686448128,
2544 "wr_bytes":9786368,
2545 "wr_operations":751,
2546 "rd_bytes":122567168,
2547 "rd_operations":36772
2548 "wr_total_times_ns":313253456
2549 "rd_total_times_ns":3465673657
2550 "flush_total_times_ns":49653
2551 "flush_operations":61,
2552 "rd_merged":0,
2553 "wr_merged":0
2556 "stats":{
2557 "wr_highest_offset":2821110784,
2558 "wr_bytes":9786368,
2559 "wr_operations":692,
2560 "rd_bytes":122739200,
2561 "rd_operations":36604
2562 "flush_operations":51,
2563 "wr_total_times_ns":313253456
2564 "rd_total_times_ns":3465673657
2565 "flush_total_times_ns":49653,
2566 "rd_merged":0,
2567 "wr_merged":0
2571 "device":"ide1-cd0",
2572 "stats":{
2573 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2574 "wr_bytes":0,
2575 "wr_operations":0,
2576 "rd_bytes":0,
2577 "rd_operations":0
2578 "flush_operations":0,
2579 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2580 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2581 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2582 "rd_merged":0,
2583 "wr_merged":0
2587 "device":"floppy0",
2588 "stats":{
2589 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2590 "wr_bytes":0,
2591 "wr_operations":0,
2592 "rd_bytes":0,
2593 "rd_operations":0
2594 "flush_operations":0,
2595 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2596 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2597 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2598 "rd_merged":0,
2599 "wr_merged":0
2603 "device":"sd0",
2604 "stats":{
2605 "wr_highest_offset":0,
2606 "wr_bytes":0,
2607 "wr_operations":0,
2608 "rd_bytes":0,
2609 "rd_operations":0
2610 "flush_operations":0,
2611 "wr_total_times_ns":0
2612 "rd_total_times_ns":0
2613 "flush_total_times_ns":0,
2614 "rd_merged":0,
2615 "wr_merged":0
2621 EQMP
2624 .name = "query-blockstats",
2625 .args_type = "query-nodes:b?",
2626 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_blockstats,
2629 SQMP
2630 query-cpus
2631 ----------
2633 Show CPU information.
2635 Return a json-array. Each CPU is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2637 - "CPU": CPU index (json-int)
2638 - "current": true if this is the current CPU, false otherwise (json-bool)
2639 - "halted": true if the cpu is halted, false otherwise (json-bool)
2640 - "qom_path": path to the CPU object in the QOM tree (json-str)
2641 - Current program counter. The key's name depends on the architecture:
2642 "pc": i386/x86_64 (json-int)
2643 "nip": PPC (json-int)
2644 "pc" and "npc": sparc (json-int)
2645 "PC": mips (json-int)
2646 - "thread_id": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2648 Example:
2650 -> { "execute": "query-cpus" }
2651 <- {
2652 "return":[
2654 "CPU":0,
2655 "current":true,
2656 "halted":false,
2657 "qom_path":"/machine/unattached/device[0]",
2658 "pc":3227107138,
2659 "thread_id":3134
2662 "CPU":1,
2663 "current":false,
2664 "halted":true,
2665 "qom_path":"/machine/unattached/device[2]",
2666 "pc":7108165,
2667 "thread_id":3135
2672 EQMP
2675 .name = "query-cpus",
2676 .args_type = "",
2677 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_cpus,
2680 SQMP
2681 query-iothreads
2682 ---------------
2684 Returns a list of information about each iothread.
2686 Note this list excludes the QEMU main loop thread, which is not declared
2687 using the -object iothread command-line option. It is always the main thread
2688 of the process.
2690 Return a json-array. Each iothread is represented by a json-object, which contains:
2692 - "id": name of iothread (json-str)
2693 - "thread-id": ID of the underlying host thread (json-int)
2695 Example:
2697 -> { "execute": "query-iothreads" }
2698 <- {
2699 "return":[
2701 "id":"iothread0",
2702 "thread-id":3134
2705 "id":"iothread1",
2706 "thread-id":3135
2711 EQMP
2714 .name = "query-iothreads",
2715 .args_type = "",
2716 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_iothreads,
2719 SQMP
2720 query-pci
2721 ---------
2723 PCI buses and devices information.
2725 The returned value is a json-array of all buses. Each bus is represented by
2726 a json-object, which has a key with a json-array of all PCI devices attached
2727 to it. Each device is represented by a json-object.
2729 The bus json-object contains the following:
2731 - "bus": bus number (json-int)
2732 - "devices": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2733 PCI device
2735 The PCI device json-object contains the following:
2737 - "bus": identical to the parent's bus number (json-int)
2738 - "slot": slot number (json-int)
2739 - "function": function number (json-int)
2740 - "class_info": a json-object containing:
2741 - "desc": device class description (json-string, optional)
2742 - "class": device class number (json-int)
2743 - "id": a json-object containing:
2744 - "device": device ID (json-int)
2745 - "vendor": vendor ID (json-int)
2746 - "irq": device's IRQ if assigned (json-int, optional)
2747 - "qdev_id": qdev id string (json-string)
2748 - "pci_bridge": It's a json-object, only present if this device is a
2749 PCI bridge, contains:
2750 - "bus": bus number (json-int)
2751 - "secondary": secondary bus number (json-int)
2752 - "subordinate": subordinate bus number (json-int)
2753 - "io_range": I/O memory range information, a json-object with the
2754 following members:
2755 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2756 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2757 - "memory_range": memory range information, a json-object with the
2758 following members:
2759 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2760 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2761 - "prefetchable_range": Prefetchable memory range information, a
2762 json-object with the following members:
2763 - "base": base address, in bytes (json-int)
2764 - "limit": limit address, in bytes (json-int)
2765 - "devices": a json-array of PCI devices if there's any attached, each
2766 each element is represented by a json-object, which contains
2767 the same members of the 'PCI device json-object' described
2768 above (optional)
2769 - "regions": a json-array of json-objects, each json-object represents a
2770 memory region of this device
2772 The memory range json-object contains the following:
2774 - "base": base memory address (json-int)
2775 - "limit": limit value (json-int)
2777 The region json-object can be an I/O region or a memory region, an I/O region
2778 json-object contains the following:
2780 - "type": "io" (json-string, fixed)
2781 - "bar": BAR number (json-int)
2782 - "address": memory address (json-int)
2783 - "size": memory size (json-int)
2785 A memory region json-object contains the following:
2787 - "type": "memory" (json-string, fixed)
2788 - "bar": BAR number (json-int)
2789 - "address": memory address (json-int)
2790 - "size": memory size (json-int)
2791 - "mem_type_64": true or false (json-bool)
2792 - "prefetch": true or false (json-bool)
2794 Example:
2796 -> { "execute": "query-pci" }
2797 <- {
2798 "return":[
2800 "bus":0,
2801 "devices":[
2803 "bus":0,
2804 "qdev_id":"",
2805 "slot":0,
2806 "class_info":{
2807 "class":1536,
2808 "desc":"Host bridge"
2810 "id":{
2811 "device":32902,
2812 "vendor":4663
2814 "function":0,
2815 "regions":[
2820 "bus":0,
2821 "qdev_id":"",
2822 "slot":1,
2823 "class_info":{
2824 "class":1537,
2825 "desc":"ISA bridge"
2827 "id":{
2828 "device":32902,
2829 "vendor":28672
2831 "function":0,
2832 "regions":[
2837 "bus":0,
2838 "qdev_id":"",
2839 "slot":1,
2840 "class_info":{
2841 "class":257,
2842 "desc":"IDE controller"
2844 "id":{
2845 "device":32902,
2846 "vendor":28688
2848 "function":1,
2849 "regions":[
2851 "bar":4,
2852 "size":16,
2853 "address":49152,
2854 "type":"io"
2859 "bus":0,
2860 "qdev_id":"",
2861 "slot":2,
2862 "class_info":{
2863 "class":768,
2864 "desc":"VGA controller"
2866 "id":{
2867 "device":4115,
2868 "vendor":184
2870 "function":0,
2871 "regions":[
2873 "prefetch":true,
2874 "mem_type_64":false,
2875 "bar":0,
2876 "size":33554432,
2877 "address":4026531840,
2878 "type":"memory"
2881 "prefetch":false,
2882 "mem_type_64":false,
2883 "bar":1,
2884 "size":4096,
2885 "address":4060086272,
2886 "type":"memory"
2889 "prefetch":false,
2890 "mem_type_64":false,
2891 "bar":6,
2892 "size":65536,
2893 "address":-1,
2894 "type":"memory"
2899 "bus":0,
2900 "qdev_id":"",
2901 "irq":11,
2902 "slot":4,
2903 "class_info":{
2904 "class":1280,
2905 "desc":"RAM controller"
2907 "id":{
2908 "device":6900,
2909 "vendor":4098
2911 "function":0,
2912 "regions":[
2914 "bar":0,
2915 "size":32,
2916 "address":49280,
2917 "type":"io"
2926 Note: This example has been shortened as the real response is too long.
2928 EQMP
2931 .name = "query-pci",
2932 .args_type = "",
2933 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_pci,
2936 SQMP
2937 query-kvm
2938 ---------
2940 Show KVM information.
2942 Return a json-object with the following information:
2944 - "enabled": true if KVM support is enabled, false otherwise (json-bool)
2945 - "present": true if QEMU has KVM support, false otherwise (json-bool)
2947 Example:
2949 -> { "execute": "query-kvm" }
2950 <- { "return": { "enabled": true, "present": true } }
2952 EQMP
2955 .name = "query-kvm",
2956 .args_type = "",
2957 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_kvm,
2960 SQMP
2961 query-status
2962 ------------
2964 Return a json-object with the following information:
2966 - "running": true if the VM is running, or false if it is paused (json-bool)
2967 - "singlestep": true if the VM is in single step mode,
2968 false otherwise (json-bool)
2969 - "status": one of the following values (json-string)
2970 "debug" - QEMU is running on a debugger
2971 "inmigrate" - guest is paused waiting for an incoming migration
2972 "internal-error" - An internal error that prevents further guest
2973 execution has occurred
2974 "io-error" - the last IOP has failed and the device is configured
2975 to pause on I/O errors
2976 "paused" - guest has been paused via the 'stop' command
2977 "postmigrate" - guest is paused following a successful 'migrate'
2978 "prelaunch" - QEMU was started with -S and guest has not started
2979 "finish-migrate" - guest is paused to finish the migration process
2980 "restore-vm" - guest is paused to restore VM state
2981 "running" - guest is actively running
2982 "save-vm" - guest is paused to save the VM state
2983 "shutdown" - guest is shut down (and -no-shutdown is in use)
2984 "watchdog" - the watchdog action is configured to pause and
2985 has been triggered
2987 Example:
2989 -> { "execute": "query-status" }
2990 <- { "return": { "running": true, "singlestep": false, "status": "running" } }
2992 EQMP
2995 .name = "query-status",
2996 .args_type = "",
2997 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_status,
3000 SQMP
3001 query-mice
3002 ----------
3004 Show VM mice information.
3006 Each mouse is represented by a json-object, the returned value is a json-array
3007 of all mice.
3009 The mouse json-object contains the following:
3011 - "name": mouse's name (json-string)
3012 - "index": mouse's index (json-int)
3013 - "current": true if this mouse is receiving events, false otherwise (json-bool)
3014 - "absolute": true if the mouse generates absolute input events (json-bool)
3016 Example:
3018 -> { "execute": "query-mice" }
3019 <- {
3020 "return":[
3022 "name":"QEMU Microsoft Mouse",
3023 "index":0,
3024 "current":false,
3025 "absolute":false
3028 "name":"QEMU PS/2 Mouse",
3029 "index":1,
3030 "current":true,
3031 "absolute":true
3036 EQMP
3039 .name = "query-mice",
3040 .args_type = "",
3041 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_mice,
3044 SQMP
3045 query-vnc
3046 ---------
3048 Show VNC server information.
3050 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
3051 as a json-array of json-objects.
3053 The main json-object contains the following:
3055 - "enabled": true or false (json-bool)
3056 - "host": server's IP address (json-string)
3057 - "family": address family (json-string)
3058 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3059 - "service": server's port number (json-string)
3060 - "auth": authentication method (json-string)
3061 - Possible values: "invalid", "none", "ra2", "ra2ne", "sasl", "tight",
3062 "tls", "ultra", "unknown", "vencrypt", "vencrypt",
3063 "vencrypt+plain", "vencrypt+tls+none",
3064 "vencrypt+tls+plain", "vencrypt+tls+sasl",
3065 "vencrypt+tls+vnc", "vencrypt+x509+none",
3066 "vencrypt+x509+plain", "vencrypt+x509+sasl",
3067 "vencrypt+x509+vnc", "vnc"
3068 - "clients": a json-array of all connected clients
3070 Clients are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
3072 - "host": client's IP address (json-string)
3073 - "family": address family (json-string)
3074 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3075 - "service": client's port number (json-string)
3076 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
3077 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
3079 Example:
3081 -> { "execute": "query-vnc" }
3082 <- {
3083 "return":{
3084 "enabled":true,
3085 "host":"0.0.0.0",
3086 "service":"50402",
3087 "auth":"vnc",
3088 "family":"ipv4",
3089 "clients":[
3091 "host":"127.0.0.1",
3092 "service":"50401",
3093 "family":"ipv4"
3099 EQMP
3102 .name = "query-vnc",
3103 .args_type = "",
3104 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_vnc,
3107 .name = "query-vnc-servers",
3108 .args_type = "",
3109 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_vnc_servers,
3112 SQMP
3113 query-spice
3114 -----------
3116 Show SPICE server information.
3118 Return a json-object with server information. Connected clients are returned
3119 as a json-array of json-objects.
3121 The main json-object contains the following:
3123 - "enabled": true or false (json-bool)
3124 - "host": server's IP address (json-string)
3125 - "port": server's port number (json-int, optional)
3126 - "tls-port": server's port number (json-int, optional)
3127 - "auth": authentication method (json-string)
3128 - Possible values: "none", "spice"
3129 - "channels": a json-array of all active channels clients
3131 Channels are described by a json-object, each one contain the following:
3133 - "host": client's IP address (json-string)
3134 - "family": address family (json-string)
3135 - Possible values: "ipv4", "ipv6", "unix", "unknown"
3136 - "port": client's port number (json-string)
3137 - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
3138 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
3139 - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
3140 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
3141 - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
3142 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
3143 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
3144 - "tls": whether the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
3146 Example:
3148 -> { "execute": "query-spice" }
3149 <- {
3150 "return": {
3151 "enabled": true,
3152 "auth": "spice",
3153 "port": 5920,
3154 "tls-port": 5921,
3155 "host": "0.0.0.0",
3156 "channels": [
3158 "port": "54924",
3159 "family": "ipv4",
3160 "channel-type": 1,
3161 "connection-id": 1804289383,
3162 "host": "127.0.0.1",
3163 "channel-id": 0,
3164 "tls": true
3167 "port": "36710",
3168 "family": "ipv4",
3169 "channel-type": 4,
3170 "connection-id": 1804289383,
3171 "host": "127.0.0.1",
3172 "channel-id": 0,
3173 "tls": false
3175 [ ... more channels follow ... ]
3180 EQMP
3182 #if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
3184 .name = "query-spice",
3185 .args_type = "",
3186 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_spice,
3188 #endif
3190 SQMP
3191 query-name
3192 ----------
3194 Show VM name.
3196 Return a json-object with the following information:
3198 - "name": VM's name (json-string, optional)
3200 Example:
3202 -> { "execute": "query-name" }
3203 <- { "return": { "name": "qemu-name" } }
3205 EQMP
3208 .name = "query-name",
3209 .args_type = "",
3210 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_name,
3213 SQMP
3214 query-uuid
3215 ----------
3217 Show VM UUID.
3219 Return a json-object with the following information:
3221 - "UUID": Universally Unique Identifier (json-string)
3223 Example:
3225 -> { "execute": "query-uuid" }
3226 <- { "return": { "UUID": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" } }
3228 EQMP
3231 .name = "query-uuid",
3232 .args_type = "",
3233 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_uuid,
3236 SQMP
3237 query-command-line-options
3238 --------------------------
3240 Show command line option schema.
3242 Return a json-array of command line option schema for all options (or for
3243 the given option), returning an error if the given option doesn't exist.
3245 Each array entry contains the following:
3247 - "option": option name (json-string)
3248 - "parameters": a json-array describes all parameters of the option:
3249 - "name": parameter name (json-string)
3250 - "type": parameter type (one of 'string', 'boolean', 'number',
3251 or 'size')
3252 - "help": human readable description of the parameter
3253 (json-string, optional)
3254 - "default": default value string for the parameter
3255 (json-string, optional)
3257 Example:
3259 -> { "execute": "query-command-line-options", "arguments": { "option": "option-rom" } }
3260 <- { "return": [
3262 "parameters": [
3264 "name": "romfile",
3265 "type": "string"
3268 "name": "bootindex",
3269 "type": "number"
3272 "option": "option-rom"
3277 EQMP
3280 .name = "query-command-line-options",
3281 .args_type = "option:s?",
3282 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_command_line_options,
3285 SQMP
3286 query-migrate
3287 -------------
3289 Migration status.
3291 Return a json-object. If migration is active there will be another json-object
3292 with RAM migration status and if block migration is active another one with
3293 block migration status.
3295 The main json-object contains the following:
3297 - "status": migration status (json-string)
3298 - Possible values: "setup", "active", "completed", "failed", "cancelled"
3299 - "total-time": total amount of ms since migration started. If
3300 migration has ended, it returns the total migration
3301 time (json-int)
3302 - "setup-time" amount of setup time in milliseconds _before_ the
3303 iterations begin but _after_ the QMP command is issued.
3304 This is designed to provide an accounting of any activities
3305 (such as RDMA pinning) which may be expensive, but do not
3306 actually occur during the iterative migration rounds
3307 themselves. (json-int)
3308 - "downtime": only present when migration has finished correctly
3309 total amount in ms for downtime that happened (json-int)
3310 - "expected-downtime": only present while migration is active
3311 total amount in ms for downtime that was calculated on
3312 the last bitmap round (json-int)
3313 - "ram": only present if "status" is "active", it is a json-object with the
3314 following RAM information:
3315 - "transferred": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
3316 - "remaining": amount remaining to transfer in bytes (json-int)
3317 - "total": total amount of memory in bytes (json-int)
3318 - "duplicate": number of pages filled entirely with the same
3319 byte (json-int)
3320 These are sent over the wire much more efficiently.
3321 - "skipped": number of skipped zero pages (json-int)
3322 - "normal" : number of whole pages transferred. I.e. they
3323 were not sent as duplicate or xbzrle pages (json-int)
3324 - "normal-bytes" : number of bytes transferred in whole
3325 pages. This is just normal pages times size of one page,
3326 but this way upper levels don't need to care about page
3327 size (json-int)
3328 - "dirty-sync-count": times that dirty ram was synchronized (json-int)
3329 - "disk": only present if "status" is "active" and it is a block migration,
3330 it is a json-object with the following disk information:
3331 - "transferred": amount transferred in bytes (json-int)
3332 - "remaining": amount remaining to transfer in bytes json-int)
3333 - "total": total disk size in bytes (json-int)
3334 - "xbzrle-cache": only present if XBZRLE is active.
3335 It is a json-object with the following XBZRLE information:
3336 - "cache-size": XBZRLE cache size in bytes
3337 - "bytes": number of bytes transferred for XBZRLE compressed pages
3338 - "pages": number of XBZRLE compressed pages
3339 - "cache-miss": number of XBRZRLE page cache misses
3340 - "cache-miss-rate": rate of XBRZRLE page cache misses
3341 - "overflow": number of times XBZRLE overflows. This means
3342 that the XBZRLE encoding was bigger than just sent the
3343 whole page, and then we sent the whole page instead (as as
3344 normal page).
3346 Examples:
3348 1. Before the first migration
3350 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3351 <- { "return": {} }
3353 2. Migration is done and has succeeded
3355 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3356 <- { "return": {
3357 "status": "completed",
3358 "ram":{
3359 "transferred":123,
3360 "remaining":123,
3361 "total":246,
3362 "total-time":12345,
3363 "setup-time":12345,
3364 "downtime":12345,
3365 "duplicate":123,
3366 "normal":123,
3367 "normal-bytes":123456,
3368 "dirty-sync-count":15
3373 3. Migration is done and has failed
3375 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3376 <- { "return": { "status": "failed" } }
3378 4. Migration is being performed and is not a block migration:
3380 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3381 <- {
3382 "return":{
3383 "status":"active",
3384 "ram":{
3385 "transferred":123,
3386 "remaining":123,
3387 "total":246,
3388 "total-time":12345,
3389 "setup-time":12345,
3390 "expected-downtime":12345,
3391 "duplicate":123,
3392 "normal":123,
3393 "normal-bytes":123456,
3394 "dirty-sync-count":15
3399 5. Migration is being performed and is a block migration:
3401 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3402 <- {
3403 "return":{
3404 "status":"active",
3405 "ram":{
3406 "total":1057024,
3407 "remaining":1053304,
3408 "transferred":3720,
3409 "total-time":12345,
3410 "setup-time":12345,
3411 "expected-downtime":12345,
3412 "duplicate":123,
3413 "normal":123,
3414 "normal-bytes":123456,
3415 "dirty-sync-count":15
3417 "disk":{
3418 "total":20971520,
3419 "remaining":20880384,
3420 "transferred":91136
3425 6. Migration is being performed and XBZRLE is active:
3427 -> { "execute": "query-migrate" }
3428 <- {
3429 "return":{
3430 "status":"active",
3431 "capabilities" : [ { "capability": "xbzrle", "state" : true } ],
3432 "ram":{
3433 "total":1057024,
3434 "remaining":1053304,
3435 "transferred":3720,
3436 "total-time":12345,
3437 "setup-time":12345,
3438 "expected-downtime":12345,
3439 "duplicate":10,
3440 "normal":3333,
3441 "normal-bytes":3412992,
3442 "dirty-sync-count":15
3444 "xbzrle-cache":{
3445 "cache-size":67108864,
3446 "bytes":20971520,
3447 "pages":2444343,
3448 "cache-miss":2244,
3449 "cache-miss-rate":0.123,
3450 "overflow":34434
3455 EQMP
3458 .name = "query-migrate",
3459 .args_type = "",
3460 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate,
3463 SQMP
3464 migrate-set-capabilities
3465 ------------------------
3467 Enable/Disable migration capabilities
3469 - "xbzrle": XBZRLE support
3470 - "rdma-pin-all": pin all pages when using RDMA during migration
3471 - "auto-converge": throttle down guest to help convergence of migration
3472 - "zero-blocks": compress zero blocks during block migration
3473 - "events": generate events for each migration state change
3475 Arguments:
3477 Example:
3479 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-capabilities" , "arguments":
3480 { "capabilities": [ { "capability": "xbzrle", "state": true } ] } }
3482 EQMP
3485 .name = "migrate-set-capabilities",
3486 .args_type = "capabilities:q",
3487 .params = "capability:s,state:b",
3488 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_capabilities,
3490 SQMP
3491 query-migrate-capabilities
3492 --------------------------
3494 Query current migration capabilities
3496 - "capabilities": migration capabilities state
3497 - "xbzrle" : XBZRLE state (json-bool)
3498 - "rdma-pin-all" : RDMA Pin Page state (json-bool)
3499 - "auto-converge" : Auto Converge state (json-bool)
3500 - "zero-blocks" : Zero Blocks state (json-bool)
3502 Arguments:
3504 Example:
3506 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-capabilities" }
3507 <- { "return": [ { "state": false, "capability": "xbzrle" } ] }
3509 EQMP
3512 .name = "query-migrate-capabilities",
3513 .args_type = "",
3514 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_capabilities,
3517 SQMP
3518 migrate-set-parameters
3519 ----------------------
3521 Set migration parameters
3523 - "compress-level": set compression level during migration (json-int)
3524 - "compress-threads": set compression thread count for migration (json-int)
3525 - "decompress-threads": set decompression thread count for migration (json-int)
3527 Arguments:
3529 Example:
3531 -> { "execute": "migrate-set-parameters" , "arguments":
3532 { "compress-level": 1 } }
3534 EQMP
3537 .name = "migrate-set-parameters",
3538 .args_type =
3539 "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?",
3540 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_parameters,
3542 SQMP
3543 query-migrate-parameters
3544 ------------------------
3546 Query current migration parameters
3548 - "parameters": migration parameters value
3549 - "compress-level" : compression level value (json-int)
3550 - "compress-threads" : compression thread count value (json-int)
3551 - "decompress-threads" : decompression thread count value (json-int)
3553 Arguments:
3555 Example:
3557 -> { "execute": "query-migrate-parameters" }
3558 <- {
3559 "return": {
3560 "decompress-threads", 2,
3561 "compress-threads", 8,
3562 "compress-level", 1
3566 EQMP
3569 .name = "query-migrate-parameters",
3570 .args_type = "",
3571 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_migrate_parameters,
3574 SQMP
3575 query-balloon
3576 -------------
3578 Show balloon information.
3580 Make an asynchronous request for balloon info. When the request completes a
3581 json-object will be returned containing the following data:
3583 - "actual": current balloon value in bytes (json-int)
3585 Example:
3587 -> { "execute": "query-balloon" }
3588 <- {
3589 "return":{
3590 "actual":1073741824,
3594 EQMP
3597 .name = "query-balloon",
3598 .args_type = "",
3599 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_balloon,
3603 .name = "query-block-jobs",
3604 .args_type = "",
3605 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_block_jobs,
3609 .name = "qom-list",
3610 .args_type = "path:s",
3611 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_list,
3615 .name = "qom-set",
3616 .args_type = "path:s,property:s,value:q",
3617 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_set,
3621 .name = "qom-get",
3622 .args_type = "path:s,property:s",
3623 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_get,
3627 .name = "nbd-server-start",
3628 .args_type = "addr:q",
3629 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_start,
3632 .name = "nbd-server-add",
3633 .args_type = "device:B,writable:b?",
3634 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_add,
3637 .name = "nbd-server-stop",
3638 .args_type = "",
3639 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_nbd_server_stop,
3643 .name = "change-vnc-password",
3644 .args_type = "password:s",
3645 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_change_vnc_password,
3648 .name = "qom-list-types",
3649 .args_type = "implements:s?,abstract:b?",
3650 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_qom_list_types,
3654 .name = "device-list-properties",
3655 .args_type = "typename:s",
3656 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_device_list_properties,
3660 .name = "query-machines",
3661 .args_type = "",
3662 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_machines,
3666 .name = "query-cpu-definitions",
3667 .args_type = "",
3668 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_cpu_definitions,
3672 .name = "query-target",
3673 .args_type = "",
3674 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_target,
3678 .name = "query-tpm",
3679 .args_type = "",
3680 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm,
3683 SQMP
3684 query-tpm
3685 ---------
3687 Return information about the TPM device.
3689 Arguments: None
3691 Example:
3693 -> { "execute": "query-tpm" }
3694 <- { "return":
3696 { "model": "tpm-tis",
3697 "options":
3698 { "type": "passthrough",
3699 "data":
3700 { "cancel-path": "/sys/class/misc/tpm0/device/cancel",
3701 "path": "/dev/tpm0"
3704 "id": "tpm0"
3709 EQMP
3712 .name = "query-tpm-models",
3713 .args_type = "",
3714 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm_models,
3717 SQMP
3718 query-tpm-models
3719 ----------------
3721 Return a list of supported TPM models.
3723 Arguments: None
3725 Example:
3727 -> { "execute": "query-tpm-models" }
3728 <- { "return": [ "tpm-tis" ] }
3730 EQMP
3733 .name = "query-tpm-types",
3734 .args_type = "",
3735 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_tpm_types,
3738 SQMP
3739 query-tpm-types
3740 ---------------
3742 Return a list of supported TPM types.
3744 Arguments: None
3746 Example:
3748 -> { "execute": "query-tpm-types" }
3749 <- { "return": [ "passthrough" ] }
3751 EQMP
3754 .name = "chardev-add",
3755 .args_type = "id:s,backend:q",
3756 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_chardev_add,
3759 SQMP
3760 chardev-add
3761 ----------------
3763 Add a chardev.
3765 Arguments:
3767 - "id": the chardev's ID, must be unique (json-string)
3768 - "backend": chardev backend type + parameters
3770 Examples:
3772 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3773 "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
3774 "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
3775 <- { "return": {} }
3777 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3778 "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
3779 "backend" : { "type" : "file",
3780 "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
3781 <- { "return": {} }
3783 -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
3784 "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
3785 "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
3786 <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
3788 EQMP
3791 .name = "chardev-remove",
3792 .args_type = "id:s",
3793 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_chardev_remove,
3797 SQMP
3798 chardev-remove
3799 --------------
3801 Remove a chardev.
3803 Arguments:
3805 - "id": the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use (json-string)
3807 Example:
3809 -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
3810 <- { "return": {} }
3812 EQMP
3814 .name = "query-rx-filter",
3815 .args_type = "name:s?",
3816 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rx_filter,
3819 SQMP
3820 query-rx-filter
3821 ---------------
3823 Show rx-filter information.
3825 Returns a json-array of rx-filter information for all NICs (or for the
3826 given NIC), returning an error if the given NIC doesn't exist, or
3827 given NIC doesn't support rx-filter querying, or given net client
3828 isn't a NIC.
3830 The query will clear the event notification flag of each NIC, then qemu
3831 will start to emit event to QMP monitor.
3833 Each array entry contains the following:
3835 - "name": net client name (json-string)
3836 - "promiscuous": promiscuous mode is enabled (json-bool)
3837 - "multicast": multicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3838 - "unicast": unicast receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all')
3839 - "vlan": vlan receive state (one of 'normal', 'none', 'all') (Since 2.0)
3840 - "broadcast-allowed": allow to receive broadcast (json-bool)
3841 - "multicast-overflow": multicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3842 - "unicast-overflow": unicast table is overflowed (json-bool)
3843 - "main-mac": main macaddr string (json-string)
3844 - "vlan-table": a json-array of active vlan id
3845 - "unicast-table": a json-array of unicast macaddr string
3846 - "multicast-table": a json-array of multicast macaddr string
3848 Example:
3850 -> { "execute": "query-rx-filter", "arguments": { "name": "vnet0" } }
3851 <- { "return": [
3853 "promiscuous": true,
3854 "name": "vnet0",
3855 "main-mac": "52:54:00:12:34:56",
3856 "unicast": "normal",
3857 "vlan": "normal",
3858 "vlan-table": [
3862 "unicast-table": [
3864 "multicast": "normal",
3865 "multicast-overflow": false,
3866 "unicast-overflow": false,
3867 "multicast-table": [
3868 "01:00:5e:00:00:01",
3869 "33:33:00:00:00:01",
3870 "33:33:ff:12:34:56"
3872 "broadcast-allowed": false
3877 EQMP
3880 .name = "blockdev-add",
3881 .args_type = "options:q",
3882 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_add,
3885 SQMP
3886 blockdev-add
3887 ------------
3889 Add a block device.
3891 This command is still a work in progress. It doesn't support all
3892 block drivers, it lacks a matching blockdev-del, and more. Stay away
3893 from it unless you want to help with its development.
3895 Arguments:
3897 - "options": block driver options
3899 Example (1):
3901 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
3902 "arguments": { "options" : { "driver": "qcow2",
3903 "file": { "driver": "file",
3904 "filename": "test.qcow2" } } } }
3905 <- { "return": {} }
3907 Example (2):
3909 -> { "execute": "blockdev-add",
3910 "arguments": {
3911 "options": {
3912 "driver": "qcow2",
3913 "id": "my_disk",
3914 "discard": "unmap",
3915 "cache": {
3916 "direct": true,
3917 "writeback": true
3919 "file": {
3920 "driver": "file",
3921 "filename": "/tmp/test.qcow2"
3923 "backing": {
3924 "driver": "raw",
3925 "file": {
3926 "driver": "file",
3927 "filename": "/dev/fdset/4"
3934 <- { "return": {} }
3936 EQMP
3939 .name = "query-named-block-nodes",
3940 .args_type = "",
3941 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_named_block_nodes,
3944 SQMP
3945 @query-named-block-nodes
3946 ------------------------
3948 Return a list of BlockDeviceInfo for all the named block driver nodes
3950 Example:
3952 -> { "execute": "query-named-block-nodes" }
3953 <- { "return": [ { "ro":false,
3954 "drv":"qcow2",
3955 "encrypted":false,
3956 "file":"disks/test.qcow2",
3957 "node-name": "my-node",
3958 "backing_file_depth":1,
3959 "bps":1000000,
3960 "bps_rd":0,
3961 "bps_wr":0,
3962 "iops":1000000,
3963 "iops_rd":0,
3964 "iops_wr":0,
3965 "bps_max": 8000000,
3966 "bps_rd_max": 0,
3967 "bps_wr_max": 0,
3968 "iops_max": 0,
3969 "iops_rd_max": 0,
3970 "iops_wr_max": 0,
3971 "iops_size": 0,
3972 "write_threshold": 0,
3973 "image":{
3974 "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
3975 "format":"qcow2",
3976 "virtual-size":2048000,
3977 "backing_file":"base.qcow2",
3978 "full-backing-filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
3979 "backing-filename-format":"qcow2",
3980 "snapshots":[
3982 "id": "1",
3983 "name": "snapshot1",
3984 "vm-state-size": 0,
3985 "date-sec": 10000200,
3986 "date-nsec": 12,
3987 "vm-clock-sec": 206,
3988 "vm-clock-nsec": 30
3991 "backing-image":{
3992 "filename":"disks/base.qcow2",
3993 "format":"qcow2",
3994 "virtual-size":2048000
3996 } } ] }
3998 EQMP
4001 .name = "query-memdev",
4002 .args_type = "",
4003 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_memdev,
4006 SQMP
4007 query-memdev
4008 ------------
4010 Show memory devices information.
4013 Example (1):
4015 -> { "execute": "query-memdev" }
4016 <- { "return": [
4018 "size": 536870912,
4019 "merge": false,
4020 "dump": true,
4021 "prealloc": false,
4022 "host-nodes": [0, 1],
4023 "policy": "bind"
4026 "size": 536870912,
4027 "merge": false,
4028 "dump": true,
4029 "prealloc": true,
4030 "host-nodes": [2, 3],
4031 "policy": "preferred"
4036 EQMP
4039 .name = "query-memory-devices",
4040 .args_type = "",
4041 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_memory_devices,
4044 SQMP
4045 @query-memory-devices
4046 --------------------
4048 Return a list of memory devices.
4050 Example:
4051 -> { "execute": "query-memory-devices" }
4052 <- { "return": [ { "data":
4053 { "addr": 5368709120,
4054 "hotpluggable": true,
4055 "hotplugged": true,
4056 "id": "d1",
4057 "memdev": "/objects/memX",
4058 "node": 0,
4059 "size": 1073741824,
4060 "slot": 0},
4061 "type": "dimm"
4062 } ] }
4063 EQMP
4066 .name = "query-acpi-ospm-status",
4067 .args_type = "",
4068 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_acpi_ospm_status,
4071 SQMP
4072 @query-acpi-ospm-status
4073 --------------------
4075 Return list of ACPIOSTInfo for devices that support status reporting
4076 via ACPI _OST method.
4078 Example:
4079 -> { "execute": "query-acpi-ospm-status" }
4080 <- { "return": [ { "device": "d1", "slot": "0", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 1, "status": 0},
4081 { "slot": "1", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0},
4082 { "slot": "2", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0},
4083 { "slot": "3", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 0, "status": 0}
4085 EQMP
4087 #if defined TARGET_I386
4089 .name = "rtc-reset-reinjection",
4090 .args_type = "",
4091 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_rtc_reset_reinjection,
4093 #endif
4095 SQMP
4096 rtc-reset-reinjection
4097 ---------------------
4099 Reset the RTC interrupt reinjection backlog.
4101 Arguments: None.
4103 Example:
4105 -> { "execute": "rtc-reset-reinjection" }
4106 <- { "return": {} }
4107 EQMP
4110 .name = "trace-event-get-state",
4111 .args_type = "name:s",
4112 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_trace_event_get_state,
4115 SQMP
4116 trace-event-get-state
4117 ---------------------
4119 Query the state of events.
4121 Example:
4123 -> { "execute": "trace-event-get-state", "arguments": { "name": "qemu_memalign" } }
4124 <- { "return": [ { "name": "qemu_memalign", "state": "disabled" } ] }
4125 EQMP
4128 .name = "trace-event-set-state",
4129 .args_type = "name:s,enable:b,ignore-unavailable:b?",
4130 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_trace_event_set_state,
4133 SQMP
4134 trace-event-set-state
4135 ---------------------
4137 Set the state of events.
4139 Example:
4141 -> { "execute": "trace-event-set-state", "arguments": { "name": "qemu_memalign", "enable": "true" } }
4142 <- { "return": {} }
4143 EQMP
4146 .name = "x-input-send-event",
4147 .args_type = "console:i?,events:q",
4148 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_x_input_send_event,
4151 SQMP
4152 @x-input-send-event
4153 -----------------
4155 Send input event to guest.
4157 Arguments:
4159 - "console": console index. (json-int, optional)
4160 - "events": list of input events.
4162 The consoles are visible in the qom tree, under
4163 /backend/console[$index]. They have a device link and head property, so
4164 it is possible to map which console belongs to which device and display.
4166 Note: this command is experimental, and not a stable API.
4168 Example (1):
4170 Press left mouse button.
4172 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4173 "arguments": { "console": 0,
4174 "events": [ { "type": "btn",
4175 "data" : { "down": true, "button": "Left" } } ] } }
4176 <- { "return": {} }
4178 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4179 "arguments": { "console": 0,
4180 "events": [ { "type": "btn",
4181 "data" : { "down": false, "button": "Left" } } ] } }
4182 <- { "return": {} }
4184 Example (2):
4186 Press ctrl-alt-del.
4188 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event",
4189 "arguments": { "console": 0, "events": [
4190 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4191 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "ctrl" } } },
4192 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4193 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "alt" } } },
4194 { "type": "key", "data" : { "down": true,
4195 "key": {"type": "qcode", "data": "delete" } } } ] } }
4196 <- { "return": {} }
4198 Example (3):
4200 Move mouse pointer to absolute coordinates (20000, 400).
4202 -> { "execute": "x-input-send-event" ,
4203 "arguments": { "console": 0, "events": [
4204 { "type": "abs", "data" : { "axis": "X", "value" : 20000 } },
4205 { "type": "abs", "data" : { "axis": "Y", "value" : 400 } } ] } }
4206 <- { "return": {} }
4208 EQMP
4211 .name = "block-set-write-threshold",
4212 .args_type = "node-name:s,write-threshold:l",
4213 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_block_set_write_threshold,
4216 SQMP
4217 block-set-write-threshold
4218 ------------
4220 Change the write threshold for a block drive. The threshold is an offset,
4221 thus must be non-negative. Default is no write threshold.
4222 Setting the threshold to zero disables it.
4224 Arguments:
4226 - "node-name": the node name in the block driver state graph (json-string)
4227 - "write-threshold": the write threshold in bytes (json-int)
4229 Example:
4231 -> { "execute": "block-set-write-threshold",
4232 "arguments": { "node-name": "mydev",
4233 "write-threshold": 17179869184 } }
4234 <- { "return": {} }
4236 EQMP
4239 .name = "query-rocker",
4240 .args_type = "name:s",
4241 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker,
4244 SQMP
4245 Show rocker switch
4246 ------------------
4248 Arguments:
4250 - "name": switch name
4252 Example:
4254 -> { "execute": "query-rocker", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4255 <- { "return": {"name": "sw1", "ports": 2, "id": 1327446905938}}
4257 EQMP
4260 .name = "query-rocker-ports",
4261 .args_type = "name:s",
4262 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_ports,
4265 SQMP
4266 Show rocker switch ports
4267 ------------------------
4269 Arguments:
4271 - "name": switch name
4273 Example:
4275 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-ports", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4276 <- { "return": [ {"duplex": "full", "enabled": true, "name": "sw1.1",
4277 "autoneg": "off", "link-up": true, "speed": 10000},
4278 {"duplex": "full", "enabled": true, "name": "sw1.2",
4279 "autoneg": "off", "link-up": true, "speed": 10000}
4282 EQMP
4285 .name = "query-rocker-of-dpa-flows",
4286 .args_type = "name:s,tbl-id:i?",
4287 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_of_dpa_flows,
4290 SQMP
4291 Show rocker switch OF-DPA flow tables
4292 -------------------------------------
4294 Arguments:
4296 - "name": switch name
4297 - "tbl-id": (optional) flow table ID
4299 Example:
4301 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-of-dpa-flows", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4302 <- { "return": [ {"key": {"in-pport": 0, "priority": 1, "tbl-id": 0},
4303 "hits": 138,
4304 "cookie": 0,
4305 "action": {"goto-tbl": 10},
4306 "mask": {"in-pport": 4294901760}
4308 {...more...},
4311 EQMP
4314 .name = "query-rocker-of-dpa-groups",
4315 .args_type = "name:s,type:i?",
4316 .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_query_rocker_of_dpa_groups,
4319 SQMP
4320 Show rocker OF-DPA group tables
4321 -------------------------------
4323 Arguments:
4325 - "name": switch name
4326 - "type": (optional) group type
4328 Example:
4330 -> { "execute": "query-rocker-of-dpa-groups", "arguments": { "name": "sw1" } }
4331 <- { "return": [ {"type": 0, "out-pport": 2, "pport": 2, "vlan-id": 3841,
4332 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251723778},
4333 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 0, "pport": 0, "vlan-id": 3841,
4334 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251723776},
4335 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 1, "pport": 1, "vlan-id": 3840,
4336 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251658241},
4337 {"type": 0, "out-pport": 0, "pport": 0, "vlan-id": 3840,
4338 "pop-vlan": 1, "id": 251658240}