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VIRTBHYVED(8)		     Virtualization Support		   VIRTBHYVED(8)

NAME
     virtbhyved - libvirt bhyve management daemon

SYNOPSIS
     virtbhyved [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
     The  virtbhyved  program  is  a server side daemon component of the libvirt
     virtualization management system.

     It is one of a collection of modular  daemons  that  replace  functionality
     previously provided by the monolithic libvirtd daemon.

     This  daemon  runs  on virtualization hosts to provide management for bhyve
     virtual machines.

     The virtbhyved daemon only listens for requests  on  a  local  Unix  domain
     socket.  Remote  access via TLS/TCP and backwards compatibility with legacy
     clients expecting libvirtd is provided by the virtproxyd daemon.

     Restarting virtbhyved does not interrupt running guests. Guests continue to
     operate and changes in their state will generally be  picked  up  automati-
     cally  during  startup. None the less it is recommended to avoid restarting
     with running guests whenever practical.

OPTIONS
     -h, --help

     Display command line help usage then exit.

     -d, --daemon

     Run as a daemon & write PID file.

     -f, --config *FILE*

     Use this configuration file, overriding the default value.

     -p, --pid-file *FILE*

     Use this name for the PID file, overriding the default value.

     -t, --timeout *SECONDS*

     Exit after timeout period (in seconds), provided there are no  client  con-
     nections.

     -v, --verbose

     Enable output of verbose messages.

     --version

     Display version information then exit.

SIGNALS
     On receipt of SIGHUP virtbhyved will reload its configuration.

FILES
   When run as root
     * /usr/local/etc/libvirt/virtbhyved.conf

     The default configuration file used by virtbhyved, unless overridden on the
     command line using the -f | --config option.

     * /var/run/libvirt/virtbhyved-sock

     * /var/run/libvirt/virtbhyved-sock-ro

     * /var/run/libvirt/virtbhyved-admin-sock

     The sockets virtbhyved will use.

     The TLS Server private key virtbhyved will use.

     * /var/run/virtbhyved.pid

     The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p | --pid-file option.

   When run as non-root
     * $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/virtbhyved.conf

     The default configuration file used by virtbhyved, unless overridden on the
     command line using the -f``|--config`` option.

     * $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtbhyved-sock

     * $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtbhyved-admin-sock

     The sockets virtbhyved will use.

     * $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtbhyved.pid

     The PID file to use, unless overridden by the -p``|--pid-file`` option.

     If  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME  is  not  set in your environment, virtbhyved will use
     $HOME/.config

     If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set in your  environment,  virtbhyved  will  use
     $HOME/.cache

EXAMPLES
     To retrieve the version of virtbhyved:

	# virtbhyved --version
	virtbhyved (libvirt) 12.5.0

     To start virtbhyved, instructing it to daemonize and create a PID file:

	# virtbhyved -d
	# ls -la /var/run/virtbhyved.pid
	-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jul  9 02:40 /var/run/virtbhyved.pid

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.

AUTHORS
     Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with libvirt.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright	(C)  2006-2020 Red Hat, Inc., and the authors listed in the lib-
     virt AUTHORS file.

LICENSE
     virtbhyved is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.	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), libvirtd(8),
      <https://libvirt.org/daemons.html> ,
      <https://libvirt.org/drvbhyve.html>

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