NAME

nbdkit-libvirt-plugin - nbdkit libvirt plugin using virDomainBlockPeek

SYNOPSIS

 nbdkit libvirt [connect=URI] domain=DOMAIN disk=DISK

EXAMPLE

 nbdkit libvirt domain=MyGuest disk=sda
 guestfish --ro --format=raw -a nbd://localhost

DESCRIPTION

nbdkit-libvirt-plugin is an nbdkit(1) plugin that lets you access libvirt guest disks. Only read-only access is possible. It is implemented using the libvirt virDomainBlockPeek API. It can also be used over remote libvirt connections.

PARAMETERS

connect=URI

This optional parameter specifies the libvirt connection URI.

domain=DOMAIN

This required parameter specifies the libvirt domain name (guest name).

disk=DISK

This required parameter specifies the guest's disk that we want to read.

You can either give the path to the backing device (/path/to/disk) or the target name (eg. sda).

In either case use virsh dumpxml DOMAIN to list possible disks. Look for <source dev=...> or <source file=...> or <target dev=...> in the XML.

FILES

$plugindir/nbdkit-libvirt-plugin.so

The plugin.

Use nbdkit --dump-config to find the location of $plugindir.

VERSION

nbdkit-libvirt-plugin first appeared in nbdkit 1.0.

SEE ALSO

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), http://libvirt.org, https://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virDomainBlockPeek.

AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

Copyright Red Hat

LICENSE

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