Libguestfs-tools

wikipedia:libguestfs (2009) is a C library and a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual disk images used in platform virtualization.

• apt install libguestfs-tools

All Binaries

• guestfish guest filesystem shell
• guestmount
• guestunmount
• libguestfs-test-tool
• virt-alignment-scan
• virt-builder
• virt-cat
• virt-copy-in
• virt-copy-out
• virt-customize
• virt-df
• virt-dib
• virt-diff
• virt-edit
• virt-filesystems
• virt-format
• virt-get-kernel
• virt-index-validate
• virt-inspector
• virt-list-filesystems
• virt-list-partitions
• virt-log (2014, libguestfs ≥ 1.27.17)
• virt-ls
• virt-make-fs
• virt-p2v-make-disk
• virt-p2v-make-kickstart
• virt-p2v-make-kiwi
• virt-rescue Run a rescue shell on a virtual machine
• virt-resize
• virt-sparsify
• virt-sysprep - Reset, unconfigure or customize a virtual machine so clones (virt-clone included in virtinst package) can be made
• virt-tail
• virt-tar
• virt-tar-in
• virt-tar-out
• virt-v2v
• virt-v2v-copy-to-local
• virt-win-reg

Storage related commands

• virt-filesystems
• virt-resize

Releases

• 1.40 http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-release-notes.1.html#release-notes-for-libguestfs-1.40
  • 1.40.1 https://libguestfs.org/guestfs-release-notes-1.40.1.html
  • virt-inspector now displays the libosinfo short ID for guests
• 1.38 http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-release-notes.1.html#release-notes-for-libguestfs-1.38
• 1.36 http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-release-notes.1.html#release-notes-for-libguestfs-1.36
• 1.28 http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-release-notes.1.html#release-notes-for-libguestfs-1.28

Related commands

• virt-top from virt-top package
• virt-viewer from virt-viewer package
• virt-xml-validate
• virt-xml

Activities

1. Install KVM in an Ubuntu Server following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation instructions.

Related terms

• Author: Richard Jones

See also

• libguestfs-tools: virt-sysprep, virt-clone, virt-builder, virt-customize, virt-resize, virt-rescue, virt-sparsify, guestmount, guestfish, virt-inspector, virt-cat, virt-log, virt-df, virt-ls, virt-filesystems, virt-list-filesystems, virt-edit
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM