virt-host-validate(1)

virt-host-validate1

Validate host virtualization setup

Usage

virt-host-validate [OPTIONS ...] [HV-TYPE]

Overview

This tool validates that the host is configured in a suitable way to run libvirt hypervisor drivers. If invoked without any arguments it will check support for all hypervisor drivers it is aware of. Optionally it can be given a particular hypervisor type (qemu, lxc or bhyve) to restrict the checks to those relevant for that virtualization technology

Options

-v, --version

Display the command version

-h, --help

Display the command line help

-q, --quiet

Don't display details of individual checks being performed. Only display output if a check does not pass.

Exit status

Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure a non-zero status will be set.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

Author

Daniel P. Berrangé

Bugs

Please report all bugs you discover. This should be done via either:

1.

the mailing list

<https://libvirt.org/contact.html>

2.

the bug tracker

<https://libvirt.org/bugs.html>

Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.

License

virt-host-validate is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2+. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

From libvirt 1:12.8.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.