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qvm-prefs
NAME
qvm-prefs - list/set various per-VM properties
Date
2012-04-11
SYNOPSIS
qvm-prefs -l [options] <vm-name> qvm-prefs -g [options] <vm-name> <property> qvm-prefs -s [options] <vm-name> <property> [...]
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show this help message and exit
-l, --list
List properties of a specified VM
-g, --get
Get a single property of a specified VM
-s, --set
Set properties of a specified VM
PROPERTIES
include_in_backups
Accepted values: True, False
Control whenever this VM will be included in backups by default (for now works only in qubes-manager). You can always manually select or deselect any VM for backup.
pcidevs
PCI devices assigned to the VM. Should be edited using qvm-pci tool.
pci_strictreset
Accepted values: True, False
Control whether prevent assigning to VM a device which does not support any reset method. Generally such devices should not be assigned to any VM, because there will be no way to reset device state after VM shutdown, so the device could attack next VM to which it will be assigned. But in some cases it could make sense - for example when the VM to which it is assigned is trusted one, or is running all the time.
label
Accepted values: red, orange, yellow, green, gray, blue, purple, black
Color of VM label (icon, appmenus, windows border). If VM is running, change will be applied at first VM restart.
netvm
Accepted values: netvm name, default, none
To which NetVM connect. Setting to default will follow system-global default NetVM (managed by qubes-prefs). Setting to none will disable networking in this VM.
dispvm_netvm
Accepted values: netvm name, default, none
Which NetVM should be used for Disposable VMs started by this one. default is to use the same NetVM as the VM itself.
maxmem
Accepted values: memory size in MB
Maximum memory size available for this VM. Dynamic memory management (aka qmemman) will not be able to balloon over this limit. For VMs with qmemman disabled, this will be overridden by memory property (at VM startup).
memory
Accepted values: memory size in MB
Initial memory size for VM. This should be large enough to allow VM startup - before qmemman starts managing memory for this VM. For VM with qmemman disabled, this is static memory size.
kernel
Accepted values: kernel version, default, none
Kernel version to use (only for PV VMs). Available kernel versions will be listed when no value given (there are in /var/lib/qubes/vm-kernels). Setting to default will follow system-global default kernel (managed via qubes-prefs). Setting to none will use "kernels" subdir in VM directory - this allows having VM-specific kernel; also this the only case when /lib/modules is writable from within VM.
template
Accepted values: TemplateVM name
TemplateVM on which VM base. It can be changed only when VM isn't running.
vcpus
Accepted values: no of CPUs
Number of CPU (cores) available to VM. Some VM types (eg DispVM) will not work properly with more than one CPU.
kernelopts
Accepted values: string, default
VM kernel parameters (available only for PV VMs). This can be used to workaround some hardware specific problems (eg for NetVM). Setting to default will use some reasonable defaults (currently different for VMs with PCI devices and without). For VM without PCI devices default option means inherit this value from the VM template (if any). Some helpful options (for debugging purposes): earlyprintk=xen, init=/bin/bash
name
Accepted values: alphanumerical name
Name of the VM. Can be only changed when VM isn't running.
drive
Accepted values: [hd:|cdrom:][backend-vm:]path
Additional drive for the VM (available only for HVMs). This can be used to attach installation image. path can be file or physical device (eg. /dev/sr0). The same syntax can be used in qvm-start --drive - to attach drive only temporarily.
mac
Accepted values: MAC address, auto
Can be used to force specific of virtual ethernet card in the VM. Setting to auto will use automatic-generated MAC - based on VM id. Especially useful when licensing requires a static MAC address. For template-based HVM auto mode means to clone template MAC.
default_user
Accepted values: username
Default user used by qvm-run. Note that it make sense only on non-standard template, as the standard one always have "user" account.
debug
Accepted values: on, off
Enables debug mode for VM. This can be used to turn on/off verbose logging in many Qubes components at once (gui virtualization, VM kernel, some other services). For template-based HVM, enabling debug mode also disables automatic reset root.img (actually volatile.img) before each VM startup, so changes made to root filesystem stays intact. To force reset root.img when debug mode enabled, either change something in the template (simple start+stop will do, even touch its root.img is enough), or remove VM's volatile.img (check the path with qvm-prefs).
qrexec_installed
Accepted values: True, False
This HVM have qrexec agent installed. When VM have qrexec agent installed, one can use qvm-run to start VM process, VM will benefit from Qubes RPC services (like file copy, or inter-vm clipboard). This option will be automatically turned on during Qubes Windows Tools installation, but if you install qrexec agent in some other OS, you need to turn this option on manually.
guiagent_installed
Accepted values: True, False
This HVM have gui agent installed. This option disables full screen GUI virtualization and enables per-window seemless GUI mode. This option will be automatically turned on during Qubes Windows Tools installation, but if you install Qubes gui agent in some other OS, you need to turn this option on manually. You can turn this option off to troubleshoot some early HVM OS boot problems (enter safe mode etc), but the option will be automatically enabled at first VM normal startup (and will take effect from the next startup).
Notice: when Windows GUI agent is installed in the VM, SVGA device (used to full screen video) is disabled, so even if you disable this option, you will not get functional full desktop access (on normal VM startup). Use some other means for that (VNC, RDP or so).
autostart
Accepted values: True, False
Start the VM during system startup. The default netvm is autostarted regardless of this setting.
timezone
Accepted values: localtime, time offset in seconds
Set emulated HVM clock timezone. Use localtime (the default) to use the same time as dom0 have. Note that HVM will get only clock value, not the timezone itself, so if you use localtime setting, OS inside of HVM should also be configured to treat hardware clock as local time (and have proper timezone set).
AUTHORS
Joanna Rutkowska <joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com> Rafal Wojtczuk <rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com> Marek Marczykowski <marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com>