virt-index-validate(1)

virt-index-validate1

Validate virt-builder index file

Usage

virt-index-validate index

Overview

virt-builder(1) uses an index file to store metadata about templates that it knows how to use. This index file has a specific format which virt-index-validate knows how to validate.

Note that virt-index-validate can validate either the signed or unsigned index file (ie. either index or index.asc). It can only validate a local file, not a URL.

Options

--compat-1.24.0

Check for compatibility with virt-builder 1.24.0. (Using this option implies --compat-1.24.1, so you don't need to use both.)

In particular:

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This version of virt-builder could not handle "[...]" (square brackets) in field names (eg. "checksum[sha512]=...").

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It required detached signatures ("sig=...").

--compat-1.24.1

Check for compatibility with virt-builder ≥ 1.24.1.

In particular:

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This version of virt-builder could not handle "." (period) in field names or "," (comma) in subfield names.

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It could not handle comments appearing in the file.

--help

Display help.

-V
--version

Display version number and exit.

Exit status

This program returns 0 if the index file validates, or non-zero if there was an error.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

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

Author

Richard W.M. Jones http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

Bugs

To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

When reporting a bug, please supply:

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The version of libguestfs.

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Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from source, etc)

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Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.

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Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output into the bug report.

From guestfs-tools 1.56.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.