Linux

32.3    libvirt Commands

Now that I have presented Virtual Machine Manager as the most important representative of the libvirt tools in the previous section, here are some commands whose use does not require a graphical user interface.

32.3.1    virsh

You can use the virsh command to start the libvirt shell. In it, you can execute commands to manage all virtual machines known to libvirt:

root# virshvirsh# list --allvirsh # list --all Id   Name                    State---------------------------------------- 1    alma9-desktop           running 2    debian12                running 4    win11                   running -    alma9-minmal            shut off...virsh# start fedoraDomain fedora startedvirsh# exit 

Using virsh, you can use the following commands to start, temporarily suspend and resume, shut down in an orderly fashion ...