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VM-BHYVE(8)		FreeBSD	System Manager's Manual		   VM-BHYVE(8)

NAME
     vm	-- utility to manage bhyve virtual machines

SYNOPSIS
     vm	version
     vm	init

     vm	get all	[setting] [...]
     vm	set setting=value [...]

     vm	switch list
     vm	switch info [name] [...]
     vm	switch create [-t type]	[-i interface] [-n vlan-id] [-b	bridge]
	[-m mtu] [-a address] [-p] name
     vm	switch vlan name vlan-id
     vm	switch nat name	on|off
     vm	switch address name a.b.c.d/xx|none
     vm	switch private name on|off
     vm	switch add name	interface
     vm	switch remove name interface
     vm	switch destroy name

     vm	datastore list
     vm	datastore add name spec
     vm	datastore remove name
     vm	datastore iso name path

     vm	create [-d datastore] [-t template] [-s	size] name
     vm	destroy	[-f] name
     vm	list
     vm	info [name] [...]
     vm	install	[-fi] name iso
     vm	start [-fi] name ...
     vm	stop name ...
     vm	restart	name
     vm	console	name [com1|com2]
     vm	rename name new-name
     vm	add [-d	device]	[-t type] [-s size|switch] name
     vm	reset [-f] name
     vm	poweroff [-f] name
     vm	startall
     vm	stopall	[-f]
     vm	configure name
     vm	passthru
     vm	clone name[@snapshot] new-name
     vm	snapshot [-f] name|name@snapshot
     vm	rollback [-r] name@snapshot
     vm	migrate	[-s12t]	[-r name] [-i snapshot]	[-d datastore] guest host

     vm	iso [-d	datastore] [url]

     vm	image list
     vm	image create [-d description] [-u] name
     vm	image provision	[-d datastore] uuid new-name
     vm	image destroy uuid

DESCRIPTION
     The vm utility is used to provide simplified management of	bhyve(8) vir-
     tual machines, including networking and console access.

     Networking	is handled by creating one or more virtual switches.  Each
     switch has	a simple name which is referenced in the virtual machine con-
     figuration	file.  The vm utility automatically creates a bridge(4)	device
     for each virtual switch and assigns virtual machine tap(4)	interfaces dy-
     namically.

     All configuration for virtual machines is stored in a simple rc style
     configuration file.  When virtual machines	are first created, the config-
     uration file is copied from a template which can be specified by the
     user.  Multiple templates can be created providing	an easy	way to provi-
     sion guests with specific configurations.

     vm	gracefully handles reboot and shutdown commands	from inside the
     guests, whilst providing full management of the virtual machine from the
     host system.

BASIC SETUP
     Once vm is	installed, create the directory	which will store your virtual
     machine configuration and data.  This directory will be referred to as
     $vm_dir throughput	this man page.

     Add the following into /etc/rc.conf

	   vm_enable="YES"
	   vm_dir="/your/vm/path"
	   vm_list=""
	   vm_delay="5"

     The first and second lines	are required to	enable the vm utility.	Please
     see the startall command description for more information on the third
     and fourth	settings.

     Now run the vm init command to finish initialisation.  This will create
     subdirectories inside $vm_dir to hold configuration and templates.	 It
     will also load any	required kernel	modules.  This command needs to	be run
     on	each boot, which is normally handled by	the rc.d script.

     Sample templates are installed to /usr/local/share/examples/vm-bhyve/.
     You can make use of these by copying them into your $vm_dir/.templates/
     directory.	 You can create	and edit the templates as required.  It	is
     recommended to keep a template called default.conf, as this will be used
     when no template is manually specified.

ZFS
     If	you are	using a	ZFS dataset to store your virtual machines, and	want a
     new child dataset created for each	one, specify the dataset to use	in
     /etc/rc.conf as follows:

	   vm_dir="zfs:pool/dataset"

     In	contrast to earlier versions, if $vm_dir is a normal path, a standard
     subdirectory will be created for each virtual machine, regardless of the
     file system type.	However, vm is now able	to handle situations where the
     dataset mountpoint	does not match the dataset name.

QUICKSTART
     Create a virtual switch called public (which is the switch	name specified
     in	the default templates) and attach it to	a real interface.  Use your
     own interface in place of em0 as required.

	  # vm switch create public
	  # vm switch add public em0

     Download an ISO file to use for installation:

	  # vm iso ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso

     Create a new guest	using the default template and disk size, then start
     the installation.	The install subcommand will immediately	return you to
     your shell.  Once started,	use the	console	command	to connect to the
     guest and complete	the installation.

	  # vm create my-guest
	  # vm install my-guest	FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
	  # vm console my-guest

     Please note that Linux guests currently require the sysutils/grub2-bhyve
     package to	be installed.  This is used in place of	bhyveload(8) to	load
     the guest kernel into memory.

WINDOWS	SUPPORT
     Windows guests are	supported on versions of FreeBSD that have UEFI	sup-
     port in bhyve(8).	As of April 2016, UEFI support should be available in
     FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 11-CURRENT.

     You will also need	a copy of the UEFI firmware.  This can either be in-
     stalled using the sysutils/uefi-edk2-bhyve	port, or you can manually
     download a	copy (see URL below) to	$vm_dir/.config/BHYVE_UEFI.fd and
     configure a guest to use it by setting loader="uefi-custom".

     If	you are	running	FreeBSD	10 , there is no VGA console in	bhyve(8), and
     so	an unattended installation ISO is required which allows	Windows	to in-
     stall and boot without any	user interaction.  Instructions	for creating a
     suitable ISO can be found at the URL below.

     On	FreeBSD	11, VGA	access can be enabled by setting the graphics="yes"
     option in the guest configuration file.  Once the guest has started, vnc
     IP	& port details can be seen in vm list output.  See the configuration
     format documentation below	for more detailed information on configuring
     graphics.	If network drivers are required, I recommend re-running	the vm
     install command once the guest has	been installed,	but providing an ISO
     of	the virtio-net drivers instead.

     Once the installation ISO is ready, has been placed in the	$vm_dir/.iso
     directory,	and you	have the UEFI firmware,	installation can be performed
     as	normal.

	   # vm	create -t windows -s 30G winguest
	   # vm	install	winguest win_repack.iso

     Windows installation has been tested with 2012r2 and takes	around 20-25
     minutes.  During install, the guest will reboot twice (three runs in to-
     tal).  You	can see	the guest reboot by watching the log file
     $vm_dir/guestname/vm-bhyve.log.  The third	run should boot	fully into
     Windows.  The virtio network adapter will request an IP address using
     DHCP.  Connect to the guest console and press i to	see the	IP address
     that has been assigned.  The default unattended installation files	should
     make RDP available, using Administrator and Test123 as the	default	login
     details.

     A pre-compiled copy of the	UEFI firmware (BHYVE_UEFI_20160526.fd),	as
     well as instructions for creating an unattended installation ISO can cur-
     rently be obtained	from https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/bhyve_uefi/

SUBCOMMANDS
     version
	     Show the version number of	vm-bhyve installed.

     init
	     This should be run	once after each	host reboot before running any
	     other vm commands.	 The main function of the init command is as
	     follows:

	     o Load all	necessary kernel modules if not	already	loaded
	     o Set tap devices to come up automatically	when opened
	     o Create any configured virtual switches

     get all|setting
	     Get a global configuration	setting.  These	are settings that af-
	     fect the functionality of vm-bhyve, such as configuring the type
	     of	serial console to use.	The keyword all	can be used to re-
	     trieve all	user configurable settings, or you can specify one or
	     more settings by name, separated by a space.

     set setting=value
	     Sets the value of a global	configuration setting.	Multiple set-
	     tings can be changed at the same time by seperating the
	     setting=value pairs with a	space.

	     These settings are	stored in $vm_dir/.config/system.conf

     switch list
	     List virtual switches.  This reads	all configured virtual
	     switches from the $vm_dir/.config/switch file and displays	them.
	     If	the virtual switches are loaded, it also tries to display the
	     bridge(4) interface that has been assigned	to each	one.

     switch info [name [...]]
	     This command shows	detailed information about the specified vir-
	     tual switch(es).  If no switch names are provided,	information is
	     output for	all configured switches.  Information displayed	in-
	     cludes the	following:

	     o Basic switch settings
	     o Overall bytes sent and received via this	switch
	     o Physical	ports connected
	     o Virtual ports, including	the associated virtual machine

     switch create [-t type] [-i interface] [-n	vlan-id] [-b bridge] [-m mtu]
	     [-a address] [-p] name
	     Create a new virtual switch.  The name must be supplied and may
	     only contain letters, numbers and dashes.	However, it may	not
	     contain a dash at the beginning or	end.  Note that	the maximum
	     length of a switch	name is	also limited to	12 characters, due to
	     the way we	use this as the	interface name.

	     There are currently 4 types of virtual switch that	can be cre-
	     ated.  These are standard,	manual,	netgraph, vale and vxlan.  The
	     default type is standard, which creates a basic bridge(4) inter-
	     face and bridges clients to it.  manual allows you	to attach
	     guests to a bridge	that you have created and configured manually.
	     netgraph switches use the netgraph	ng_bridg esystem to create a
	     virtual switch connecting guests.	vale switches use the netmap
	     VALE system to create a virtual switch connecting guests.	vxlan
	     allows you	to create virtual LANs (similar	to a VLAN) which tun-
	     nel L2 guest traffic over L3.

	     -t	type	   The type of virtual switch to create.  The avail-
			   able	types are listed above.	 This defaults to
			   standard if not specified.

	     -i	interface  For standard	and vxlan switches you can attach a
			   physical interface at creation time.	 This option
			   is required for vxlan switches.

	     -n	vlan-id	   Allows you to specify a VLAN	ID for standard	and
			   vxlan switches.  This option	is required for	vxlan
			   switches.

	     -b	bridge	   If creating a manual	switch using an	existing
			   bridge on your system, this option allows you to
			   specify the name of the bridge interface you	would
			   like	to use.	 This option is	required for manual
			   switches.

	     -m	mtu	   Specify an mtu to use for the bridge	interface.

	     -a	address	   This	allows you to specify an IP address that is
			   assigned to the bridge interface.  This should be
			   specified in	a.b.c.d/prefix-len CIDR	notation.

	     -p		   Use this option to create a private switch.	If
			   this	is enabled, no traffic will be allowed between
			   guests on the same switch, however then will	all be
			   able	to communicate with any	physical interfaces
			   added to the	switch.

     switch vlan name vlan-id
	     Assign a VLAN number to a virtual switch.	The VLAN number	must
	     be	between	0-4094.

	     When adding an interface to a VLAN	enabled	virtual	switch,	a new
	     vlan(4) interface is created.  This interface has the relevant
	     parent interface and VLAN tag configured.	This vlan interface is
	     then added	to the virtual switch.	As such, all traffic between
	     guests on the same	switch is untagged and travels freely.	How-
	     ever, all traffic exiting via physical interfaces is tagged.

	     If	the virtual switch already has physical	interfaces assigned,
	     they are all removed from the bridge, reconfigured, then re-
	     added.

	     To	remove the VLAN	configuration from a virtual switch, specify a
	     vlan-id of	0.

     switch address name a.b.c.d/xx|none
	     Configure an IP address for the specified virtual switch. The ad-
	     dress should be specified in CIDR notation. To remove an address,
	     specify none in place of the address.

	     If	NAT funtionality is required, please configure an address on
	     the switch	to become the gateway address for guests. Source NAT
	     rules can then be created using your choice of firewall or	NAT
	     daemon. If	DHCP is	desired, we recommend using a manual switch
	     and configuring this by hand.

     switch private name on|off
	     Enable of disable private mode for	a virtual switch.  In private
	     mode, guests will only be able to communicate with	the physical
	     interface(s), not with each other.

	     Please note that changing this setting does not affect guests
	     that are already running, but will	be applied to any guests
	     started from cold-boot thereafter.

     switch add	name interface
	     Add the specified interface to the	named virtual switch.

	     The interface will	immediately be added to	the relevant bridge if
	     possible, and stored in the persistent switch configuration file.
	     If	a vlan-id is specified on the virtual switch, this will	cause
	     a new vlan(4) interface to	be created.

     switch remove name	interface
	     Removes the specified interface from the named virtual switch and
	     updates the persistent configuration file.

     switch destroy name
	     Completely	remove the named virtual switch	and all	configuration.
	     The associated bridge(4) interface	will be	removed, as well as
	     any vlan(4) interfaces if they are	not in use by other virtual
	     switches.

     datastore list
	     List the configured datastores.  Normally vm-bhyve	will store all
	     guests under the directory	specified in /etc/rc.conf.  This is
	     the default datastore.  Additional	datastores can be added, pro-
	     viding the	ability	to store guests	in multiple locations on your
	     system.

     datastore add name	spec
	     Add a new datastore to the	system.	 The datastore name can	only
	     contain letters, numbers and _. characters.  The spec should use
	     the same format as	$vm_dir.  A standard directory can be speci-
	     fied by just providing the	path, whereas a	ZFS storage location
	     should be specified in zfs:pool/dataset format.

	     Please note that the directory or dataset should already exist.
	     We	do not try to create it.

     datastore remove name
	     Remove the	specified datastore from the list.  This does not de-
	     stroy the directory or dataset, leaving all files intact.

     datastore iso name	path
	     Adds a new	datastore location for storing iso files.  Guests can-
	     not be created in an iso store, but this provides an easy way to
	     configure vm-bhyve	to look	in any arbitrary location on your sys-
	     tem (or mounted network share) where you may want to store	iso
	     images.

     create [-d	datastore] [-t template] [-s size] name
	     Create a new virtual machine.

	     Unless specified, the default.conf	template will be used and a
	     20GB virtual disk image is	created.  This command will create the
	     virtual machine directory $vm_dir/$name, and create the configu-
	     ration file and empty disk	image within.

	     -d	datastore  Specify the datastore to create this	virtual	ma-
			   chine under.	 If not	specified, the default dataset
			   will	be used, which is the location specified in
			   /etc/rc.conf.

	     -t	template   Specifies the template to use from within the
			   $vm_dir/.templates directory.  The .conf suffix
			   should not be included.

	     -s	size	   The size of disk image to create in bytes.  Unless
			   specified, the guest	image will be a	sparse file
			   20GB	in size.

     destroy name
	     Removes the specified virtual machine from	the system, deleting
	     all associated disk images	& configuration.

     list
	     List all the virtual machines in the $vm_dir directory.  This
	     will show the basic configuration for each	virtual	machine, and
	     whether they are currently	running.

     info [name	[...]]
	     Shows detailed information	about the specified virtual ma-
	     chine(s).	If no names are	given, information for all virtual ma-
	     chines is displayed.

	     This output includes detailed information about network and disk
	     devices, including	the space usage	for all	virtual	disks (exclud-
	     ing custom	disk devices).	If the guest is	running, the output
	     also shows	the amount of host memory currently in use, and	addi-
	     tional network details including bytes sent/received for each
	     virtual interface.

     install [-fi] name	iso
	     Start a guest installation	for the	named virtual machine, using
	     the specified ISO file or install disk image.  The	iso argument
	     should be the filename of an ISO or image file already downloaded
	     into the $vm_dir/.iso directory (or any media datastore), a full
	     path, or a	file in	the current directory.	ISO files in the de-
	     fault .iso	store can be downloaded	using the iso subcommand de-
	     scribed below.

	     By	default	the installation is started in the background.	Use
	     the console command to connect and	begin the installation.

	     After installation, the guest can be rebooted and will restart
	     using its own disk	image to boot.	At this	point the installation
	     ISO file is still attached, allowing you to use the CD/DVD	image
	     for any post installation tasks.  The ISO file will remain	at-
	     tached after each reboot until the	guest is fully stopped.

	     If	the -f option is specified, the	guest will be started in the
	     foreground	on stdio.  The -i option starts	the guest in interac-
	     tive mode.	 This requires tmux, and the global console setting
	     must be set likewise.  In interactive mode	the guest is started
	     on	a foreground tmux session, but this can	be detached using the
	     standard tmux commands.

     start [-fi] name ...
	     Start the named virtual machine(s).  The guests will boot and run
	     completely	in the background.  Use	the console subcommand to con-
	     nect to it	if required.

	     For each network adapter specified	in the guest configuration, a
	     tap(4) interface will be created.	If possible, the tap interface
	     will be attached the relevant bridge(4) interface,	based on the
	     virtual switch specified in the guest configuration.

	     If	the -f option is specified, the	guest will be started in the
	     foreground	on stdio.  The -i option starts	the guest in interac-
	     tive mode.	 This requires tmux, and the global console setting
	     must be set likewise.  In interactive mode	the guest is started
	     on	a foreground tmux session, but this can	be detached using the
	     standard tmux commands.

     stop name ...
	     Stop a named virtual machine.  All	tap(4) and nmdm(4) devices
	     will be automatically cleaned up once the guest has exited.

	     If	a guest	is stuck in the	bootloader stage, you are given	the
	     option to forcibly	stop it.

	     Multiple guests can be specified to this command at the same
	     time.  Each one will be sent a poweroff event.

     restart name
	     Attempt to	restart	the specified guest. This causes a shutdown
	     event to be sent to the guest, however, vm-bhyve will restart the
	     guest rather than stopping	completely.

	     A benfit of using this function is	that vm-bhyve will not destroy
	     and recreate network devices like it would	when using stop/start.
	     Note that guest configuration is not re-loaded, so	all guest set-
	     tings will	be as they were	when the guest was originally started.

     console name [com1|com2]
	     Connect to	the console of the named virtual machine.  Without
	     network access, this is the primary way of	connecting to the
	     guest once	it is running.

	     By	default	this will connect to the first com port	specified in
	     the client	configuration, which is	usually	com1.  Alternatively
	     you can specify the com port to connect to.

	     This looks	for the	nmdm(4)	device associated with the virtual ma-
	     chine, and	connects to it with cu(1).  Use	~+Ctrl-D to exit the
	     console and return	to the host.

     rename name new-name
	     Renames the specified virtual machine.  The guest must be stopped
	     to	use this function.

     add [-d device] [-t type] [-s size|switch]	name
	     Add a new network or disk device to the named virtual machine.
	     The options depend	on the type of device that is being added:

	     -d	device	      The type of device to add.  Currently this can
			      either be	disk or	network

	     -t	type	      For disk devices,	this specifies the type	of
			      disk device to create.  Valid options for	this
			      are zvol,	sparse-zvol and	file.  If not speci-
			      fied, this defaults to file.

	     -s	size|switch   For disk devices,	this is	used to	specify	the
			      size of the disk image to	create.	 For network
			      devices, use this	option to specify the virtual
			      switch to	connect	the network interface to.

	     For both types of device, the emulation type will be chosen auto-
	     matically based on	the emulation used for the existing guest de-
	     vices.

     reset [-f]	name
	     Forcefully	reset the named	virtual	machine.  This can cause cor-
	     ruption to	the guest file system just as with real	hardware and
	     should only be used if necessary.

     poweroff [-f] name
	     Forcefully	power off the named virtual machine.  As with reset
	     above, this does not inform the guest to shutdown gracefully and
	     should only be used if the	guest can not be shut down using nor-
	     mal methods.

     startall
	     Start all virtual machines	configured for auto-start.  This is
	     the command used by the rc.d scripts to start all machines	on
	     boot.

	     The list of virtual machines should be specified using the
	     $vm_list variable in /etc/rc.conf.	 This allows you to use	shared
	     storage for virtual machine data, whilst making sure that the
	     correct guests are	started	automatically on each host.  (Or to
	     just make sure your required guests start on boot whilst leaving
	     test/un-needed guests alone)

	     The delay between starting	guests can be set using	the $vm_delay
	     variable, which defaults to 5 seconds.  Too small a delay can
	     cause problems, as	each guest doesn't have	enough time to claim a
	     null modem	device before the next guest starts.  Increasing this
	     value can be useful if you	have disk-intensive guests and want to
	     give each guest a chance to fully boot before the next starts.

     stopall
	     Stop all running virtual machines.	 This sends a stop command to
	     all bhyve(8) instances, regardless	of whether they	were starting
	     using vm or not.

     configure name
	     The configure command simply opens	the virtual machine configura-
	     tion file in your default editor, allowing	you to easily make
	     changes.  Please note, changes do not take	effect until the vir-
	     tual machine is fully shutdown and	restarted.

     passthru
	     The passthru command lists	all PCI	devices	in the system, the de-
	     vice ID required for bhyve, and whether the device	is currently
	     ready to be used by a guest.  In order to make a device ready, it
	     needs to be reserved on boot by adding the	device ID to the
	     pptdevs variable in /boot/loader.conf.

	     Once a device is ready, it	can be assigned	to a guest by adding
	     passthruX="{ID}" to the guest's configuration file.  X should be
	     an	integer	starting at 0 for the first passthrough	device.

	     More details can be found in the bhyve wiki.

     clone name[@snapshot] new-name
	     Create a clone of the virtual machine name, as long as it is cur-
	     rently powered off.  The new machine will be called new-name, and
	     will be ready to boot with	a newly	assigned UUID and empty	log
	     file.

	     If	no snapshot name is given, a new snapshot will be taken	of the
	     guest and any descendant datasets or ZVOLs.  If you wish to use
	     an	existing snapshot as the source	for the	clone, please make
	     sure the snapshot exists for the guest and	any child ZVOLs, oth-
	     erwise the	clone will fail.

	     Please note that this function requires ZFS.

     snapshot [-f] name|name@snapshot
	     Create a snapshot of the names virtual machine.  This command is
	     only supported with ZFS and will take a snapshot of the guest
	     dataset and any descendant	ZVOL devices.

	     The guest and snapshot name can be	specified in the normal
	     name@snapshot way familiar	to ZFS users.  If no snapshot name is
	     given, the	snapshot is based on the current timestamp in
	     Y-m-d-H:M:S format.

	     By	default	the guest must be stopped to use this command, al-
	     though you	can force a snapshot of	a running guest	by using the
	     -f	option.

     rollback [-r] name@snapshot
	     Rollback the guest	to the specified snapshot.  This will roll
	     back the guest dataset and	all descendant ZVOL devices.

	     Normally, ZFS will	only allow you to roll back to the most	recent
	     snapshot.	If the snapshot	given is not the most recent, ZFS will
	     produce a warning detailing that you need to use the -r option to
	     remove the	more recent snapshots.	It will	also produce a list of
	     the snapshots that	will be	destroyed if you use this option.  The
	     -r	option can be passed directly into vm rollback

	     The guest must always be stopped to use this command.

     migrate [-s12t] [-r name] [-i snapshot] [-d datastore] guest host
	     The migrate command allows	transferring a guest from one host to
	     another. Note that	currently this involves	shutting down the
	     guest, and	optionally restarting it once migration	is complete.

	     The migration process uses	ssh, and works best if key-based ssh
	     is	enabled	between	your hosts without the requirement of a	pass-
	     word. Transfer is still possible using a password,	but you	will
	     be	prompted for this several times	during the transfer process.

	     Firstly a full snapshot of	the guest is sent while	the guest is
	     still running. Optionally,	an intermediate	incremental snapshot
	     can then be sent to bring the remote guest	up to date if it is
	     expected that the full send may take a long time, or that a large
	     amount of data may	change during this time. Once the remote end
	     is	reasonably up to date, the guest is powered off	so a final in-
	     cremental snapshot	can be sent.

	     -r	name	   Allows the remote guest to be given a different
			   name	to the source.

	     -d	datastore  Specify the datastore to store the guest on the
			   destination host.

	     -s		   Start the guest on the remote host once migration
			   is complete.

	     -1		   Run only the	first stage of migration. This will
			   take	a full snapshot	of the local guest and send it
			   to the destination host.

	     -2		   Run only the	second stage. This will	second an in-
			   cremental snapshot and then complete	the migration.
			   This	requires the -i	parameter to specify the
			   source snapshot.

	     -t		   Triple snapshot mode. This will send	both a full
			   snapshot, and one incremental, before shutting the
			   guest down and doing	a final	incremental send. This
			   may be useful for large or busy guests where	there
			   could be a large number of chages during the	ini-
			   tial	full send. The idea is that the	first incre-
			   mental send will bring the remote guest nearly up
			   to date, sending changes that have occured during
			   the lengthy inital full send. This should reduce
			   the size of the final incremental send, minimising
			   the amount of time the guest	is powered off.

	     -x		   Destroy the local guest once	the migration is com-
			   plete.

	     -i	snapshot   When	running	the second stage of migration, this
			   parameter is	used to	specify	the name of the	snap-
			   shot	to base	the incremental	send on. This snapshot
			   must	exist on both hosts.

     iso [-d datastore]	[url]
	     List all the ISO files currently stored in	the $vm_dir/.iso di-
	     rectory.  This is often useful during guest installation, allow-
	     ing you to	copy and paste the ISO filename.

	     If	a url is specified, instead of listing ISO files, it attempts
	     to	download the given file	using fetch(1) to the default datas-
	     tore. The target datasource can be	changed	by specifying -d
	     datastore with url.

     image list
	     List available images.  Any virtual machine can be	packaged into
	     an	image, which can then be used to create	additional machines.
	     All images	have a globally	unique ID (UUID) which is used to
	     identify them.  The list command shows the	UUID, the original ma-
	     chine name, the date it was created and a short description of
	     the image.

	     Please note that these commands rely on using ZFS features	to
	     package/unpackage the images, and as such are only	available when
	     using a ZFS dataset as the	storage	location.

     image create [-d description] [-u]	name
	     Create a new image	from the named virtual machine.	 This will
	     create a compressed copy of the original guest dataset, which is
	     stored in the $vm_dir/images directory.  It also creates a
	     UUID.manifest file	which contains details about the image.

	     Once complete, it will display the	UUID which has been assigned
	     to	this image.

	     If	you do not want	the image to be	compressed, specify the	-u op-
	     tion.

     image provision [-d datastore] uuid new-name
	     Create a new virtual machine, named new-name, from	the specified
	     image UUID.  This will be created on the default datastore	unless
	     specified otherwise.

     image destroy uuid
	     Destroy the specified image.

GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
     These configuration options are stored in $vm_dir/.config/system.conf,
     and affect	the global functionality of vm-bhyve.  These settings can be
     changed by	either editing the configuration file manually,	or using the
     vm	set and	vm get commands.

     console		Set the	type of	console	to use,	which defaults to
			nmdm.  If you have the tmux port installed and would
			prefer to use that for guest console access, you can
			set this option	to tmux.

GUEST CONFIGURATION FORMAT
     Each virtual machine has a	configuration file that	specifies the hardware
     configuration.  This uses a similar format	to the rc files, making	them
     easy to edit by hand.  The	settings for each guest	are stored in
     $vm_dir/$vm_name/$vm_name.conf.  An overview of the available configura-
     tion options is listed below.

     loader		This option sets the loader to use for a guest and
			must be	specified.  The	valid options are bhyveload,
			grub, uefi, uefi-csm, or uefi-custom.

     uefi_vars		Setting	this option to a true value allows the persis-
			tent storage of	UEFI variables.	 This may be required
			for some guests	that install boot firmware to a	non-
			standard location and rely on UEFI variables to	locate
			it. The	version	of uefi-firmware installed must	pro-
			vide the template data file, and support also needs to
			be present in bhyve

     bhyveload_loader	This option allows a custom path to be used for	the
			loader inside the guest.  Passed to bhyveload using
			the -l argument.

     bhyveload_args	This option allows extra arguments to be given for the
			loader inside the guest.  Appended verbatim to the
			bhyveload command line.

     loader_timeout	By default the bhyveload and grub loaders will wait
			for 3 seconds before booting the default option.  If
			access to the grub console is needed, this can be in-
			creased	to give	more time to connect to	the console.
			If access to the grub console is not required, it can
			also be	reduced	to speed up overall boot.

     cpu_sockets	Specify	the number of CPU sockets that should be ex-
			posed to the guest. The	product	of sockets * cores *
			threads	should equal the number	of cpus	that has been
			configured. The	ability	to control CPU topology	on a
			per-guest basis	requires FreeBSD 12 or newer. On older
			systems, there are vmm sysctl variables	available to
			configure these	settings globally.

     cpu_cores		The number of cores to create per CPU socket.

     cpu_threads	The number of threads to create	per CPU	core.

     memory		The amount of memory to	assign to the guest.  This can
			be specified in	megabytes or gigabytes using the M and
			G suffixes.

     wired_memory	Set this to yes	in order to have the requested amount
			of memory wired	to the guest.

     hostbridge		This option allows you to specify the type of host-
			bridge used for	the guest hardware.  Normally you can
			leave this as default, which is	to use a standard
			bhyve hostbridge.

			There are two other options.  amd, which is almost
			identical to the standard hostbridge, but advertises
			itself with a vendor ID	of AMD.	 There are also	some
			special	cases where you	may require no hostbridge at
			all, which can be achieved using the none value.

     comports		This option allows you to specify which	com ports to
			create for the guest.  The default is to create	a sin-
			gle com1 port.	Valid values for this are com1 and
			com2.  You can also connect two	com ports by specify-
			ing both, separated by a space.

     utctime		As of version 1.2, vm-bhyve defaults to	yes for	this
			option.	 This causes bhyve to try and set the guests
			RTC clock to UTC rather	than the host's	time.  I con-
			sider this more	consistent, and	should produce the
			correct	time in	the guest as long as the timezone is
			correctly set.	Additionally, some guests actually ex-
			pect a UTC realtime clock.

			If you require bhyve to	use the	host's time, as	it
			would by default, explicitly set this to no.

     debug		If this	is set to yes, all output from the bhyve(8)
			process	will be	written	to ${vm_dir}/guest/bhyve.log.
			This is	useful for debugging purposes as it allows you
			to see any error messages that are being produced by
			bhyve(8) itself.

     network0_type	The emulation to use for the first network adapter.
			This option can	be unspecified if no guest networking
			is required.  The recommended value for	this is
			virtio-net.  Additional	network	interfaces can be con-
			figured	by adding additional networkX_type and
			networkX_switch	values,	replacing X with the next
			available integer.

     network0_switch	The virtual switch to connect interface	0 to.  This
			should correspond to a virtual switch created using
			the vm switch create subcommand.  If the virtual
			switch is not found, an	interface will still be	as-
			signed,	but not	connected to any bridge.

			Note that this field is	no longer strictly required.
			If you are using a custom device for the networking
			that is	already	configured, you	may not	need the in-
			terface	connected to a virtual switch.	See the
			network0_device	configuration option.

     network0_device	Normally vm-bhyve will create a	tap(4) device at run-
			time for each virtual network interface.  This may be
			an issue in more advanced configurations where you
			want to	pre-configure the networking manually in a way
			unsupported by vm-bhyve.  This option allows you to
			instruct vm-bhyve to use an existing network device
			for this virtual interface, rather than	creating one
			dynamically.

     network0_mac	This option allows you to specify a mac	address	to use
			for this interface.  If	not provided, bhyve(8) will
			generate a mac address.

     network0_span	Set this option	to yes to instruct vm-bhyve to add the
			virtual	network	interface to the switch	as a span port
			on the bridge.	The default is to add the port to the
			switch as an ordinary bridge member.

     disk0_type		The emulation type for the first virtual disk.	At
			least one virtual disk is required.  Valid options for
			this are currently virtio-blk, ahci-hd,	ahci-cd, and
			nvme.  Additional disks	can be added by	adding addi-
			tional diskX_type and diskX_name values, replacing X
			with the next available	integer.

     disk0_name		The filename for the first virtual disk.  The first
			disk is	created	automatically when provisioning	a new
			virtual	machine.  If additional	disks are added	manu-
			ally, the image	will need to be	created, usually done
			using the truncate(1) or zfs(8)	commands.  Alterna-
			tively,	you can	use the	vm add command,	which will
			create the disk	image for you.

			Normally disk images or	zvols are stored directly in-
			side the guest.	 To use	a disk image that is stored
			anywhere else, you can specify the full	path in	this
			option,	and configure the device as custom.

			To use an established iscsi device, specify a target
			'session[/lun]'	(default /0) which matches a unique
			session	from the 'iscsictl(8) -L' command output, and
			configure the device as	iscsi.

     disk0_dev		The type of device to use for the disk.	 If not	speci-
			fied, this will	default	to file, and a sparse file,
			located	in the guest directory,	will be	used as	the
			disk image.  Other options include: zvol or
			sparse-zvol (which will	use a ZVOL as the disk image,
			created	directly under the guest dataset), custom, and
			iscsi.

			When using custom, the diskX_name parameter must be
			set to the full	path to	the image file or device.

			Already	attached iscsi devices can have	their device
			nodes dynamically detected and used by setting this
			option to iscsi	and diskX_name as described above.

     disk0_opts		Any additional options to use for this disk device.
			Multiple options can be	specified, separated by	a
			comma.	Please see the bhyve(8)	man page for more de-
			tails on supported options.

     disk0_size		This setting can be specified in templates to set the
			size of	this disk.  When creating a guest, vm will de-
			fault to creating a 20G	image for each disk, unless an
			alternative size is specified using this option.  The
			size of	the first disk can be overridden using the -s
			command	line option.

			NOTE: This setting is only supported in	templates.  It
			has no function	in real	guest configuration, and is
			not copied over	when a new machine is provisioned.

     ahci_device_limit	By default, all	AHCI devices are added on their	own
			controller in a	unique slot/function.  In FreeBSD 12
			it is possible to put up to 32 devices on one con-
			troller.  This setting allows you to control the num-
			ber of devices (ahci-hd/ahci-cd) that vm-bhyve will
			put on a single	controller.  The default is 1 and al-
			lowed values are 2-32.

     uuid		This option allows you to specify a fixed UUID for the
			guests SMBIOS.	Normally, the UUID is generated	by
			bhyve(8) based on the hostname and guest name.	Be-
			cause this may change if guests	are moved between sys-
			tems, the vm create command automatically assigns a
			UUID to	all newly created guests.

     ignore_bad_msr	Set to true|on|yes|1 to	configure bhyve(8) to ignore
			accesses to unimplemented model	specific registers.
			This is	commonly required on AMD processors, although
			is enabled by default for UEFI guests.

     bhyve_options	Specify	any additional command line arguments to pass
			to the bhyve command.  This allows the use of options
			such as	cpu pinning or debug that are not exposed by
			vm-bhyve.

     grub_installX	This option allows you to specify grub commands	needed
			to boot	the install media for this guest.  X should be
			an integer starting at 0, with additional grub com-
			mands using the	next numbers in	sequence.

			If no install commands are specified, grub-bhyve will
			be run on the guests console, so you can use the stan-
			dard vm	console	command	to access the bootloader if
			needed.

     grub_run_partition
			Specify	the partition that grub	should look in for the
			grub configuration files.  By default, vm-bhyve	will
			specify	partition 1, which is correct in most standard
			cases.

     grub_runX		The option allows you to specify the grub commands
			needed to boot the guest from disk.  X should be an
			integer	starting at 0, with additional grub commands
			using the next numbers in sequence.

			If no boot commands are	specified, grub-bhyve will be
			run on the guests console, so you can use the standard
			vm console command to access the bootloader if needed.

			The sample templates contain examples of how the grub
			configuration variables	can be used.

     grub_run_dir	By default grub-bhyve will look	in the directory
			/boot/grub for the grub	configuration file.  This op-
			tion allows you	to specify an alternate	path to	use
			when starting a	guest.

     grub_run_file	Allows you to specify the grub configuration file that
			grub-bhyve will	look for inside	the guest, rather than
			the default of grub.cfg.

     passthruX		Specify	a device to pass through to the	guest.	You
			will need to reserve the device	first so that is it
			claimed	by the ppt driver on boot.

			Once the device	is successfully	reserved, you can add
			it to the guest	by adding passthruX="1/2/3" to the
			guest configuration file, where	X is an	integer	start-
			ing at 0, and 1/2/3 is the Base/Slot/Function of the
			device.	 If you	are passing through multiple functions
			on the same device, make sure they are specified to-
			gether in the configuration file in the	same sequence
			as the original	device.

			Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/pci_passthru
			for more details on how	this works.

     virt_random	Set this option	to yes if you want to create a
			virtio-rnd device for this guest.

     graphics		If set to yes, a frame buffer is added to the guest.
			This provides a	graphical console that is accessible
			using VNC.  By default the console is 800x600, and
			will listen on 0.0.0.0:5900.  If port 5900 is not
			available, the next available port will	be used.  The
			active address and port	can be viewed in vm list and
			vm info	output.

     graphics_port	This option allows you to specific a fixed port	that
			the VNC	service	should listen on.  Please remember
			that all guests	should ideally use a unique port to
			avoid any problems.

     graphics_listen	By default the graphical VNC console will listen on
			0.0.0.0, so is accessible by connecting	to any IP ad-
			dress assigned to the bhyve host.  Use this option to
			specify	a specific IP address that the VNC service
			should bind to.

     graphics_res	Specify	the resolution of the graphical	console	in WxH
			format.	 Please	note that only a certain range of res-
			olutions are currently supported.  Please set
			config.sample for a full up-to-date list.

     graphics_wait	Set this to yes	in order to make guest boot wait for
			the VNC	console	to be opened.  This can	help when in-
			stalling operating systems that	require	immediate key-
			board input (such as a timed 'enter setup' screen).
			Set to no in order to completely disable this func-
			tion.

			The default is auto, in	which case the console will
			wait if	the guest is started in	install	mode.  Note
			that after the first boot, the system will boot	imme-
			diately	as normal.  To force the console to wait on
			each boot, the yes setting should be used.

     graphics_vga	This configures	how the	graphics card is exposed to
			the guest. Valid options are io	(default), on or off.
			Please see the bhyve(8)	man page for more details on
			this option.

     xhci_mouse		Set this option	to yes in order	to provide an XHCI
			mouse device to	the guest.  This tracks	much better
			than the default PS2 mouse in VNC settings, although
			this mouse may not supported by	older guests.

     sound		Set this option	to yes in order	to provide HD Audio
			Emulation to the guest.	Please see bhyve(8) for	de-
			tails.

     sound_play		Set this to the	desired	audio output device of the
			host to	the guest. Defaults to '/dev/dsp0'

     sound_rec		Set this to the	desired	audio input device of the host
			to the guest. If empty no audio	input device is	con-
			figured. Defaults to ''	(empty)

     virt_consoleX	Allows the creation of up to 16	virtio-console devices
			in the guest. The value	to this	option can be yes|on|1
			to create a numbered port. This	is the only method
			supported by some guests.

			If any other value is provided,	this will be used as
			the name of the	port. The name org.freenas.bhyve-agent
			can be useful, as it ties in with utilities written
			for the	FreeNAS	bhyve-agent interface.

     zfs_dataset_opts	This allows you	to specify one or more ZFS properties
			to set on the dataset when a guest is created.	Be-
			cause properties are assigned as the dataset is	cre-
			ated, this option is most useful when specified	inside
			a template.  As	a guest	is created, all	properties
			listed in this option will be applied to the guest
			dataset.

			Multiple properties can	be specified, separated	by a
			space.	Please note that spaces	are not	currently sup-
			ported in the property values.

     zfs_zvol_opts	Allows you to specify ZFS properties that should be
			assigned to any	ZVOLs that are created for a guest.
			As with	zfs_dataset_opts, this makes most sense	when
			entered	into a template, as the	properties can be as-
			signed while a guest is	being created.	Some ZVOL op-
			tions, such as volblocksize can	only be	set at cre-
			ation time.

			Multiple properties can	be specified, separated	by a
			space.	For example, the following will	configure the
			ZVOL block size	to 128k, and turn compression off.

			zfs_zvol_opts="volblocksize=128k compress=off"

     prestart		Allows you to specify a	script or executable that will
			run before the guest starts, including on reboot. This
			is provided the	guest name, and	ZFS dataset (if	appli-
			cable) as arguments.  We also change directory to the
			guest path before running the script.

			This can be specified as a full	path, or just a	script
			filename. In the latter	case we	look in	the guest di-
			rectory	for the	script.

			Note that although the guest is	technically stopped
			when this process runs,	calls to vm will still con-
			sider the guest	locked.

     priority		Allows a priority to be	set for	a guest	by using the
			nice(8)	facility. The default value is 0, and has a
			range from -20,	which is the highest priority, to 20.
			A priority of 20 will cause the	guest to only run when
			the host system	is idle.

     limit_pcpu		Limit the bhyve	process	to the specified cpu percent-
			age.

			Please note this, as with all limit settings, requires
			rctl(8)	to be enabled in your kernel.

     limit_rbps		Limit guest disk read throughput to the	specified bits
			per second.

     limit_wbps		Limit guest disk write throughput to the specified
			bits per second.

     limit_riops	Limit guest disk read iops to the specified number of
			operations per second.

     limit_wiops	Limit guest disk write iops to the specified number of
			operations per second.

SEE ALSO
     cu(1), fetch(1), tmux(1), truncate(1), bridge(4), nmdm(4),	tap(4),
     vlan(4), bhyve(8),	bhyveload(8), rctl(8), zfs(8)

KNOWN BUGS
     If	a guest	is renamed, and	then cloned using a snapshot taken before the
     rename, vm-bhyve is unable	to find	the guest configuration	file.  This is
     because the configuration file in the snapshot still refers to the	old
     guest name.  In this circumstance,	vm-bhyve will output an	error during
     cloning detailing that the	configuration file in the new guest will need
     to	be renamed and updated manually.

     On	some systems it	has been observed that bridging	can cause interfaces
     to	go down	for up to 10 seconds, which is enough to stall ssh sessions.
     This is noticable when the	first guest is started or when the last	guest
     is	stopped.  Once there are at least 2 interfaces bridged (one real in-
     terface and a tap interface), further guests can be started/stopped with-
     out issue.

     Please report all bugs/issues/feature requests to the GitHub project at
     https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve

AUTHORS
     Matt Churchyard <churchers@gmail.com>

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