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/usr/bin/virt-admin

Libvirt shared daemon helpers and systemd glue

From libvirt-daemon-common 12.9.0-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running virt-admin --help (exit 0). permalink

virt-admin [options]... [<command_string>]
virt-admin [options]... <command> [args...]

  options:
    -c | --connect=URI      daemon admin connection URI
    -d | --debug=NUM        debug level [0-4]
    -h | --help             this help
    -l | --log=FILE         output logging to file
    -q | --quiet            quiet mode
    -v                      short version
    -V                      long version
         --version[=TYPE]   version, TYPE is short or long (default short)
  commands (non interactive mode):

 Virt-admin itself (help keyword 'virt-admin')
    cd                             change the current directory
    echo                           echo arguments. Used for internal testing.
    exit                           quit this interactive terminal
    help                           print help
    pwd                            print the current directory
    quit                           quit this interactive terminal
    uri                            print the admin server URI
    version                        show version
    connect                        connect to daemon's admin server

 Monitoring commands (help keyword 'monitor')
    server-list                    list available servers on a daemon
    server-threadpool-info         get server workerpool parameters
    client-list                    list clients connected to <server>
    client-info                    retrieve client's identity info from server
    server-clients-info            get server's client-related configuration limits

 Management commands (help keyword 'management')
    server-threadpool-set          set server workerpool parameters
    client-disconnect              force disconnect a client from the given server
    server-clients-set             set server's client-related configuration limits
    server-update-tls              notify server to update TLS related files online.
    daemon-log-filters             fetch or set the currently defined set of logging filters on daemon
    daemon-log-outputs             fetch or set the currently defined set of logging outputs on daemon
    daemon-timeout                 set the auto shutdown timeout of the daemon
    daemon-shutdown                stop the daemon


  (specify help <group> for details about the commands in the group)

  (specify help <command> for details about the command)
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --connect URIConnect to the specified URI, as if by the connect command, instead of the default connection.help + man
-d, --debug NUMEnable debug messages at integer LEVEL and above.help + man
-h, --helpIgnore all other arguments, and behave as if the help command were given instead.help + man
-l, --log FILEOutput logging details to FILE.help + man
-q, --quietAvoid extra informational messages.help + man
-v shortIgnore all other arguments, and prints the version of the libvirt library virt-admin is coming fromhelp + man
-Vlong versionhelp
--version TYPEversion, TYPE is short or long (default short)help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.