10.2.2. Setting up Communication between Guest Agent and Host

Procedure 10.1. Setting up communication between guest agent and host

1. Open the guest XML

   Open the guest XML with the QEMU guest agent configuration. You will need the guest name to open the file. Use the command # virsh list on the host machine to list the guests that it can recognize. In this example, the guest's name is rhel6:

   # virsh edit rhel6

2. Edit the guest XML file

   Add the following elements to the XML file and save the changes.

   <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/rhel6.agent'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
   </channel>
   
   

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   Figure 10.1. Editing the guest XML to configure the QEMU guest agent

3. Start the QEMU guest agent in the guest

   Download and install the guest agent in the guest virtual machine using yum install qemu-guest-agent if you have not done so already. Once installed, start the service as follows:

   # service start qemu-guest-agent