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1. Drop separate admin.vm.microphone.* calls - lets use admin.vm.device.mic.* for this. Yes, this means microphone cannot be attached to multiple VMs at the same time (which is regression vs Qubes 3.2). But this is a good thing from security point of view. 2. Drop admin.backup.Restore - use standard Admin API methods (admin.vm.Create, admin.vm.volume.Import etc) Cc: @kalkin
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layout: doc-full
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title: Admin API
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permalink: /doc/admin-api/
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redirect_from:
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- /doc/mgmt/
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- /doc/mgmt1/
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---
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# Admin API
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*(This page is the current draft of the proposal. It is not implemented yet.)*
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The API should be implemented as a set of qrexec calls. This is to make it easy
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to set the policy using current mechanism.
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## The calls
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| call | dest | argument | inside | return | note |
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| ------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
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| `admin.vmclass.List` | `dom0` | - | - | `<class>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.List` | `dom0|<vm>` | - | - | `<name> class=<class> state=<state>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.Create.<class>` | `dom0` | template | `name=<name> label=<label>` | - |
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| `admin.vm.CreateInPool.<class>` | `dom0` | template | `name=<name> label=<label> `<br/>`pool=<pool> pool:<volume>=<pool>` | - | either use `pool=` to put all volumes there, <br/>or `pool:<volume>=` for individual volumes - both forms are not allowed at the same time
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| `admin.vm.CreateTemplate` | `dom0` | name | `root.img` | - |
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| `admin.vm.Clone` | vm | - | `name=<name>` | - |
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| `admin.vm.CloneInPool` | vm | - | `name=<name> `<br/>`pool=<pool> pool:<volume>=<pool>` | - | same as for `admin.vm.CreateInPool`
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| `admin.vm.Remove` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.label.List` | `dom0` | - | - | `<property>\n` |
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| `admin.label.Create` | `dom0` | label | `0xRRGGBB` | - |
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| `admin.label.Get` | `dom0` | label | - | `0xRRGGBB` |
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| `admin.label.Index` | `dom0` | label | - | `<label-index>` |
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| `admin.label.Remove` | `dom0` | label | - | - |
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| `admin.property.List` | `dom0` | - | - | `<property>\n` |
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| `admin.property.Get` | `dom0` | property | - | `default={yes|no} `<br/>`type={str|int|bool|vm|label} <value>` |
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| `admin.property.Help` | `dom0` | property | - | `help` |
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| `admin.property.HelpRst` | `dom0` | property | - | `help.rst` |
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| `admin.property.Reset` | `dom0` | property | - | - |
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| `admin.property.Set` | `dom0` | property | value | - |
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| `admin.vm.property.List` | vm | - | - | `<property>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.property.Get` | vm | property | - | `default={yes|no} <value>` |
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| `admin.vm.property.Help` | vm | property | - | `help` |
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| `admin.vm.property.HelpRst` | vm | property | - | `help.rst` |
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| `admin.vm.property.Reset` | vm | property | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.property.Set` | vm | property | value | - |
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| `admin.vm.feature.List` | vm | - | - | `<feature>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.feature.Get` | vm | feature | - | value |
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| `admin.vm.feature.CheckWithTemplate` | vm | feature | - | value |
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| `admin.vm.feature.Remove` | vm | feature | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.feature.Set` | vm | feature | value | - |
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| `admin.vm.tag.List` | vm | - | - | `<tag>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.tag.Get` | vm | tag | - | `0` or `1` | retcode? |
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| `admin.vm.tag.Remove` | vm | tag | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.tag.Set` | vm | tag | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.firewall.Get` | vm | - | - | `<rule>\n` | rules syntax as in [firewall interface](/doc/vm-interface/#firewall-rules-in-4x) with addition of `expire=` and `comment=` options; `comment=` (if present) must be the last option
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| `admin.vm.firewall.Set` | vm | - | `<rule>\n` | - | set firewall rules, see `admin.vm.firewall.Get` for syntax
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| `admin.vm.firewall.Flush` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.firewall.SetPolicy` | vm | - | `accept|drop` | - |
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| `admin.vm.firewall.GetPolicy` | vm | - | - | `accept|drop` |
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| `admin.vm.firewall.Reload` | vm | - | - | - | force reload firewall without changing any rule
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| `admin.vm.device.<class>.Attach` | vm | device | options | - | `device` is in form `<backend-name>+<device-ident>` <br/>optional options given in `key=value` format, separated with spaces; <br/>options can include `persistent=yes` to "persistently" attach the device (default is temporary)
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| `admin.vm.device.<class>.Detach` | vm | device | - | - | `device` is in form `<backend-name>+<device-ident>`
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| `admin.vm.device.<class>.List` | vm | - | - | `<device> <options>\n` | options can include `persistent=yes` for "persistently" attached devices (default is temporary)
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| `admin.vm.device.<class>.Available` | vm | device-ident | - | `<device-ident> <properties> description=<desc>\n` | optional service argument may be used to get info about a single device, <br/>optional (device class specific) properties are in `key=value` form, <br/>`description` must be the last one and is the only one allowed to contain spaces
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| `admin.pool.List` | `dom0` | - | - | `<pool>\n` |
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| `admin.pool.ListDrivers` | `dom0` | - | - | `<pool-driver> <property> ...\n` | Properties allowed in `admin.pool.Add`
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| `admin.pool.Info` | `dom0` | pool | - | `<property>=<value>\n` |
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| `admin.pool.Add` | `dom0` | driver | `<property>=<value>\n` | - |
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| `admin.pool.Remove` | `dom0` | pool | - | - |
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| `admin.pool.volume.List` | `dom0` | pool | - | volume id |
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| `admin.pool.volume.Info` | `dom0` | pool | vid | `<property>=<value>\n` |
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| `admin.pool.volume.ListSnapshots` | `dom0` | pool | vid | `<snapshot>\n` |
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| `admin.pool.volume.Snapshot` | `dom0` | pool | vid | snapshot |
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| `admin.pool.volume.Revert` | `dom0` | pool | `<vid> <snapshot>` | - |
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| `admin.pool.volume.Resize` | `dom0` | pool | `<vid> <size_in_bytes>` | - |
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| `admin.pool.volume.Import` | `dom0` | pool | `<vid>\n<raw volume data>` | - |
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| `admin.vm.volume.List` | vm | - | - | `<volume>\n` | `<volume>` is per-VM volume name, `<vid>` is pool-unique volume id
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| `admin.vm.volume.Info` | vm | volume | - | `<property>=<value>\n` |
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| `admin.vm.volume.ListSnapshots` | vm | volume | - | snapshot | duplicate of `admin.pool.volume.`, but with other call params |
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| `admin.vm.volume.Snapshot` | vm | volume | - | snapshot | id. |
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| `admin.vm.volume.Revert` | vm | volume | snapshot | - | id. |
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| `admin.vm.volume.Resize` | vm | volume | size_in_bytes | - | id. |
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| `admin.vm.volume.Import` | vm | volume | raw volume data | - | id. |
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| `admin.vm.Start` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.Shutdown` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.Pause` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.Unpause` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.vm.Kill` | vm | - | - | - |
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| `admin.backup.Execute` | `dom0` | config id | - | - | config in `/etc/qubes/backup/<id>.conf`, only one backup operation of given `config id` can be running at once |
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| `admin.backup.Info` | `dom0` | config id | - | backup info | info what would be included in the backup
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| `admin.Events` | `dom0|vm` | - | - | events |
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Volume properties:
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- `pool`
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- `vid`
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- `size`
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- `usage`
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- `rw`
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- `internal`
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- `source`
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- `save_on_stop`
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- `snap_on_start`
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## Returned messages
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First byte of a message is a message type. This is 8 bit non-zero integer.
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Values start at 0x30 (48, `'0'`, zero digit in ASCII) for readability in hexdump.
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Next byte must be 0x00 (a separator).
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This alternatively can be thought of as zero-terminated string containing
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single ASCII digit.
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### OK (0)
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```
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30 00 <content>
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```
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Server will close the connection after delivering single message.
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### EVENT (1)
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```
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31 00 <subject> 00 <event> 00 ( <key> 00 <value> 00 )* 00
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```
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Events are returned as stream of messages in selected API calls. Normally server
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will not close the connection.
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A method yielding events will not ever return a `OK` or `EXCEPTION` message.
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When calling such method, it will produce an artificial event
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`connection-established` just after connection, to help avoiding race
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conditions during event handler registration.
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### EXCEPTION (2)
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```
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32 00 <type> 00 ( <traceback> )? 00 <format string> 00 ( <field> 00 )*
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```
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Server will close the connection.
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Traceback may be empty, can be enabled server-side as part of debug mode.
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Delimiting zero-byte is always present.
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Fields are should substituted into `%`-style format string, possibly after
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client-side translation, to form final message to be displayed unto user. Server
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does not by itself support translation.
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## Tags
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- `created-by-<vm>`
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- `managed-by-<vm>`
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- `backup-<id>`
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## General notes
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- there is no provision for `qvm-run`, but there already exists `qubes.VMShell` call
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- generally actions `*.List` return a list of objects and have "object
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identifier" as first word in a row. Such action can be also called with "object
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identifier" in argument to get only a single entry (in the same format).
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- closing qrexec connection normally does _not_ interrupt running operation; this is important to avoid leaving the system in inconsistent state
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- actual operation starts only after caller send all the parameters (including a payload), signaled by sending EOF mark; there is no support for interactive protocols, to keep the protocol reasonable simple
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## TODO
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- something to configure/update policy
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- notifications
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- how to constrain the events?
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- how to pass the parameters? maybe XML, since this is trusted anyway and
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parser may be complicated
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- how to constrain the possible values for `admin.vm.property.Set` etc, like
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"you can change `netvm`, but you have to pick from this set"; this currently
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can be done by writing an extension
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- a call for executing `*.desktop` file from `/usr/share/applications`, for use
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with appmenus without giving access to `qubes.VMShell`; currently this can be
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done by writing custom qrexec calls
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- maybe some generator for `.desktop` for appmenus, which would wrap calls in
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`qrexec-client-vm`
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