virget

Runs some commands similar to virsh and returns the results in JSON format. Therefore, it can be conveniently used for batch processing in shell scripts.

For example virsh list, virsh domblklist etc.

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• Getting Started
• Examples

Getting Started

To make installation easier, grab the file and add the path to bin

Dependencies

• Linux virtualization environment with libvirt
• jmespath: 1.0.1 or greater
• xmltodict: 0.13.0 or greater

Note

virget was tested with version python3.11.

Installation

Here, the path is set to bin in the directory obtained from github.

$ sudo -i
# git clone https://github.com/cbh34680/virget.git
# chmod u+x ./virget/bin/virget
# export PATH="${PWD}/virget/bin:${PATH}"
# which virget

Examples

See help for all available commands.

# virget help

or have a look at this command-files

Comparison with virsh.

list

# virsh list
 Id   Name         State
----------------------------
 1    vhcalnplci   running

# virget --pretty list
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "vhcalnplci",
      "state": "running"
    }
  ]
}

domblklist

# virsh domblklist 1
 Target   Source
-----------------------------------------------------
 vda      /disk/2/clone.d/ubuntu16/vhcalnplci.qcow2

# virget --pretty domblklist 1
{
  "data": [
    {
      "target": "vda",
      "source": "/disk/2/clone.d/ubuntu16/vhcalnplci.qcow2"
    }
  ]
}