NAME
vmd
—
virtual machine daemon
SYNOPSIS
vmd |
[-dnv ] [-D
macro=value]
[-f file] |
DESCRIPTION
vmd
is a daemon responsible for the
execution of virtual machines (VMs) on a host. vmd
is typically started at boot time and is controlled via
vmctl(8).
vmd
can be enabled during system boot by
setting the following in /etc/rc.conf.local:
vmd_flags=""
vmd
interfaces with the virtual machine
monitor (VMM) built into the kernel. One instance of
vmd
will be spawned for each VM running on the host,
plus an extra instance for control operations. Each child
vmd
will in turn create one or more VCPU (virtual
CPU) threads responsible for driving the VM's operations using
vmm(4).
vmd
is also responsible for proxying
various other commands/requests from
vmctl(8), such as stopping VMs, and retrieving information from
vmm(4) about running VMs.
The options are as follows:
-D
macro=value- Define macro to be set to value on the command line. Overrides the definition of macro in the configuration file.
-d
- Do not daemonize and log to stderr.
-f
file- Specify an alternative configuration file. The default is /etc/vm.conf.
-n
- Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity.
-v
- Verbose mode. Multiple
-v
options increase the verbosity.
FILES
- /etc/firmware/vmm-bios
- Default BIOS boot image. The BIOS is an external firmware file that is distributed separately due to an incompatible license. A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using fw_update(1).
- /etc/vm.conf
- Default configuration file. This is optional.
- /var/run/vmd.sock
- UNIX-domain socket used for communication with vmctl(8).
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The vmd
command first appeared in
OpenBSD 5.9.
AUTHORS
Mike Larkin
<mlarkin@openbsd.org>
and
Reyk Floeter
<reyk@openbsd.org>