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| VIRT-XML-VALIDATE(1) | Virtualization Support | VIRT-XML-VALIDATE(1) |
NAME¶
virt-xml-validate - validate libvirt XML files against a schema
SYNOPSIS¶
virt-xml-validate XML-FILE [SCHEMA-NAME]
virt-xml-validate OPTION
DESCRIPTION¶
Validates a libvirt XML for compliance with the published schema. The first compulsory argument is the path to the XML file to be validated. The optional second argument is the name of the schema to validate against. If omitted, the schema name will be inferred from the name of the root element in the XML document.
Valid schema names currently include
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- cpu
The schema for the XML format of cpu
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- domainsnapshot
The schema for the XML format used by domain snapshot configuration
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- domaincheckpoint
The schema for the XML format used by domain checkpoint configuration
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- domainbackup
The schema for the XML format used by domain backup configuration
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- domaincaps
The schema for the XML format of domain capabilities
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- domain
The schema for the XML format used by guest domains configuration
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- networkport
The schema for the XML format used by network port configuration
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- network
The schema for the XML format used by virtual network configuration
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- storagepoolcaps
The schema for the XML format of storage pool capabilities
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- storagepool
The schema for the XML format used by storage pool configuration
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- storagevol
The schema for the XML format used by storage volume descriptions
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- nodedev
The schema for the XML format used by node device descriptions
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- capability
The schema for the XML format used to declare driver capabilities
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- nwfilter
The schema for the XML format used by network traffic filters
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- nwfilterbinding
The schema for XML format used by network filter bindings.
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- secret
The schema for the XML format used by secrets descriptions
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- interface
The schema for the XML format used by physical host interfaces
OPTIONS¶
-h, --help
Display command line help usage then exit.
-V, --version
Display version information then exit.
EXIT STATUS¶
Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon failure a non-zero status will be set.
AUTHOR¶
Daniel P. Berrangé
BUGS¶
Please report all bugs you discover. This should be done via either:
- 1.
- the mailing list
- 2.
- the bug tracker
Alternatively, you may report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2009-2013 by Red Hat, Inc. Copyright (C) 2009 by Daniel P. Berrangé
LICENSE¶
virt-xml-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
SEE ALSO¶
virsh(1), online XML format descriptions
<https://libvirt.org/format.html> ,
<https://libvirt.org/>