How do i extend libvirtd tools to manage virtual machines.



  • Link to libguestfs tools: http://libguestfs.org

    # yum install libguestfs-tools
    

    Some of the tools it installs are:

    guestmount & guestunmount to mount virtual machine disk images on the host machine.
    virt-builder, build & customise virtual machines.
    virt-cat, cat a file in the virtual machine disk image.
    virt-copy-in & virt-copy-out, copying files in or out of guest or host system.
    virt-customise, for customising disk images, password, packages, files.
    virt-df, show the physical virtual machine size.
    virt-diff, show the differences between two virtual machines files(s).
    virt-edit, to edit files on an existing virtual machine.
    virt-filesystems, to show file systems, partitions, logical volumes and their sizes in a disk image or virtual machine.
    virt-format, to format logical volumes on host systems & guest images
    files.
    virt-inspector, to inspect a virtual machine to determine operating system version and other information.
    virt-log, to list log files from virtual machines.
    virt-ls, list files or directories from virtual machines.
    virt-make-fs, create a file system based on a tar archive, it can create ext2, ext3 and NTFS file systems.
    virt-rescue, provides a rescue shell for unbootable virtual machines.
    virt-resize, to resize virtual machine disks, and resize or delete any partitions on a virtual machine disk.
    virt-sparsify, to make a virtual disk image thin provisioned.
    virt-sysprep, to reset, customize, or unconfigure virtual machines, ready for cloning or templating.
    virt-tar-in & virt-tar-out, creating a tarball of a virtual machine disk image, or unpacking a tarball into a virtual machine disk image.



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