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nbdkit-libvirt-plugin - nbdkit libvirt plugin using virDomainBlockPeek
nbdkit libvirt [connect=URI] domain=DOMAIN disk=DISK
nbdkit libvirt domain=MyGuest disk=sda guestfish --ro --format=raw -a nbd://localhost
"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.
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.
Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $plugindir.
"nbdkit-libvirt-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.0.
nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), http://libvirt.org, https://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virDomainBlockPeek.
Richard W.M. Jones
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2021-01-20 | nbdkit-1.24.1 |