{"id":549,"date":"2023-08-02T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilbert.busana.lu\/?p=549"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T12:31:41","slug":"install-qemu-agents-inside-vms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/?p=549","title":{"rendered":"Install QEMU guest agent inside VM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Install the agent inside the VM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

apt install qemu-guest-agent<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2. Shut down the VM<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shutdown -h now<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
3. Enable the guest agent in Proxmox Interface<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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4. Start the VM and check if the agent is running<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl status qemu-guest-agent<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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  • <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    On FreeBSD 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Place\u00a0virtio_console.ko<\/em><\/code>\u00a0in\u00a0\/boot\/modules<\/code>.<\/em> (wget http:\/\/web.busana.lu\/qemu\/virtio_console.ko<\/code><\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Run kldload virtio_console.ko<\/code>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Place\u00a0qemu-ga<\/em><\/code>\u00a0in\u00a0\/usr\/local\/bin<\/em><\/code>. (wget http:\/\/web.busana.lu\/qemu\/qemu-ga<\/em><\/code><\/code><\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Place\u00a0qemu-guest-agent<\/code>\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0\/usr\/local\/etc\/rc.d<\/em><\/code>. (wget http:\/\/wwb.busana.lu\/qemu\/qemu-guest-agent<\/code><\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Place qemu-guest-agent<\/em><\/code> in another location of your choice. This will be a copy that is re-added to the rc.d directory each time TrueNAS boots (\/usr\/local\/qemuGB\/qemu-guest-agent<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Create Tunables in the TrueNAS web UI. System -> Tunables.\n
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      1. Variable=qemu_guest_agent_enable<\/em><\/code> Value=YES<\/em><\/code> Type=RC<\/em><\/code> Enabled=yes<\/em><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Variable=qemu_guest_agent_flags<\/em><\/code> Value=-d -v -l \/var\/log\/qemu-ga.log<\/em><\/code> Type=RC<\/em><\/code> Enabled=yes<\/em><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Variable=virtio_console_load<\/em><\/code> Value=YES<\/em><\/code> Type=LOADER<\/em><\/code> Enabled=yes<\/em><\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Create Init\/Shutdown Scripts in the TrueNAS web UI. Tasks -> Init\/Shutdown Scripts.\n
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        1. Type=Command<\/em><\/code> Command=service qemu-guest-agent start<\/em><\/code> When=POSTINIT<\/em><\/code> Enabled=yes<\/em><\/code> Timeout=10<\/em><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Type=Command<\/em><\/code> Command=cp \/[path to a local copy of qemu-guest-agent file] \/usr\/local\/etc\/rc.d<\/em><\/code>  When=PREINIT<\/em><\/code> Enabled=yes<\/em><\/code> Timeout=10<\/em><\/code> (cp \/usr\/local\/qemuGB\/qemu-guest-agent \/usr\/local\/etc\/rc.d<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Reboot TrueNAS.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          On Linux 1. Install the agent inside the VM: 2. Shut down the VM 3. Enable the guest agent in Proxmox Interface 4. Start the VM and check if the agent is running On FreeBSD 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proxmox","category-vm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeserver.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}