virt-manager
Graphical virtual machine manager
TLDR
Start the manager
$ virt-manager
Manage the system libvirt daemon explicitly$ virt-manager --connect qemu:///system
Manage a remote host over SSH$ virt-manager --connect qemu+ssh://[user]@[host]/system
Open straight into a machine's graphical console$ virt-manager --show-domain-console [vm_name]
Open a machine's hardware settings$ virt-manager --show-domain-editor [vm_name]
Open a machine's performance graphs$ virt-manager --show-domain-performance [vm_name]
Jump straight to the new machine wizard$ virt-manager --show-domain-creator
Open the delete confirmation for a machine$ virt-manager --show-domain-delete [vm_name]
Keep the process in the foreground with debug logging$ virt-manager --no-fork --debug
Stop SPICE from redirecting USB devices automatically$ virt-manager --spice-disable-auto-usbredir
SYNOPSIS
virt-manager [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
virt-manager is a desktop user interface for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines and LXC containers. It provides a graphical interface for creating, configuring, and monitoring virtual machines.The tool connects to libvirt and can manage both local and remote hypervisors.
PARAMETERS
--connect URI
Connect to specified hypervisor--no-fork
Don't fork into background--debug
Print debug output--show-domain-creator
Open new VM wizard--show-domain-editor VM
Show VM details window--show-domain-performance VM
Show VM performance window--show-host-summary
Show connection details--show-domain-console VM
Open the console window for a domain--spice-disable-auto-usbredir
Disable automatic USB redirection via SPICE--version
Show program version and exit
INSTALL
sudo dnf install virt-manager
sudo pacman -S virt-manager
sudo apk add virt-manager
sudo zypper install virt-manager
brew install virt-manager
nix profile install nixpkgs#virt-manager
CAVEATS
Requires libvirt and a hypervisor (KVM, Xen, etc.). Remote management requires proper libvirt configuration. Hardware virtualization support recommended.
SEE ALSO
virsh(1), virt-install(1), virt-clone(1), virt-viewer(1), qemu(1), kvm(1)
