virtvboxd(8)

1VIRTVBOXD(8)                Virtualization Support                VIRTVBOXD(8)
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NAME

6       virtvboxd - libvirt VirtualBox management daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       virtvboxd [OPTION]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  virtvboxd program is a server side daemon component of the libvirt
13       virtualization management system.
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15       It is one of a collection of modular daemons that replace functionality
16       previously provided by the monolithic libvirtd daemon.
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18       This daemon runs on virtualization hosts to provide management for Vir‐
19       tualBox virtual machines.
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21       The virtvboxd daemon only listens for requests on a local  Unix  domain
22       socket.  Remote off-host access and backwards compatibility with legacy
23       clients expecting libvirtd is provided by the virtproxy daemon.
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25       Restarting virtvboxd does not interrupt running guests. Guests continue
26       to operate and changes in their state will generally be picked up auto‐
27       matically during startup.
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SYSTEM SOCKET ACTIVATION

30       The virtvboxd daemon is capable of starting in two modes.
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32       In the traditional mode, it will create and listen on UNIX sockets  it‐
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35       In socket activation mode, it will rely on systemd to create and listen
36       on the UNIX sockets and pass them as pre-opened  file  descriptors.  In
37       this  mode  most  of  the  socket  related  config options in /etc/lib‐
38       virt/virtvboxd.conf will no longer have any effect.
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40       Socket activation mode is generally the default when running on a  host
41       OS that uses systemd. To revert to the traditional mode, all the socket
42       unit files must be masked:
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44          $ systemctl mask virtvboxd.socket virtvboxd-ro.socket \
45             virtvboxd-admin.socket
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OPTIONS

48       -h, --help
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50       Display command line help usage then exit.
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52       -d, --daemon
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54       Run as a daemon & write PID file.
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56       -f, --config *FILE*
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58       Use this configuration file, overriding the default value.
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60       -p, --pid-file *FILE*
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62       Use this name for the PID file, overriding the default value.
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64       -t, --timeout *SECONDS*
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66       Exit after timeout period (in seconds), provided there are neither  any
67       client connections nor any running domains.
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69       -v, --verbose
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71       Enable output of verbose messages.
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73       --version
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75       Display version information then exit.
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SIGNALS

78       On receipt of SIGHUP virtvboxd will reload its configuration.
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FILES

81   When run as root
82       • /etc/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf
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84       The  default configuration file used by virtvboxd, unless overridden on
85       the command line using the -f | --config option.
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87       • /run/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock
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89       • /run/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock-ro
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91       • /run/libvirt/virtvboxd-admin-sock
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93       The sockets virtvboxd will use.
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95       The TLS Server private key virtvboxd will use.
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97       • /run/virtvboxd.pid
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99       The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p | --pid-file option.
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101   When run as non-root
102       • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf
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104       The default configuration file used by virtvboxd, unless overridden  on
105       the command line using the -f``|--config`` option.
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107       • $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd-sock
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109       • $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd-admin-sock
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111       The sockets virtvboxd will use.
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113       • $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtvboxd.pid
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115       The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p``|--pid-file`` option.
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117       If  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set in your environment, virtvboxd will use
118       $HOME/.config
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120       If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set in your environment, virtvboxd will  use
121       $HOME/.cache
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EXAMPLES

124       To retrieve the version of virtvboxd:
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126          # virtvboxd --version
127          virtvboxd (libvirt) 7.6.0
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129       To start virtvboxd, instructing it to daemonize and create a PID file:
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131          # virtvboxd -d
132          # ls -la /run/virtvboxd.pid
133          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul  9 02:40 /run/virtvboxd.pid
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BUGS

136       Please report all bugs you discover.  This should be done via either:
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138       1. the mailing list
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140          https://libvirt.org/contact.html
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142       2. the bug tracker
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144          https://libvirt.org/bugs.html
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146       Alternatively,  you may report bugs to your software distributor / ven‐
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AUTHORS

150       Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with libvirt.
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COPYRIGHT

153       Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Red Hat, Inc., and the authors  listed  in  the
154       libvirt AUTHORS file.
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LICENSE

157       virtvboxd  is  distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.  This
158       is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  is  NO
159       warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR‐
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