core-admin-client/doc/manpages/qvm-features.rst

.. program:: qvm-features

:program:`qvm-features` -- manage domain's features
===================================================

Synopsis
--------

:command:`qvm-features` [-h] [--verbose] [--quiet] *VMNAME* [*FEATURE* [*VALUE*]]

Options
-------

.. option:: --help, -h

   show this help message and exit

.. option:: --verbose, -v

   increase verbosity

.. option:: --quiet, -q

   decrease verbosity

.. option:: --unset, --default, --delete, -D

   Unset the feature.

Description
-----------

This command is used to manually manage the *features* of the domain. The
features are key-value pairs with both key and value being strings. They are
used by extensions to store information about the domain and make policy
decisions based on them. For example, they may indicate that some specific
software package was installed inside the template and the domains based on it
have some specific capability.

.. warning::

   The features are normally managed by the extensions themselves and you should
   not change them directly. Strange things might happen otherwise.

Some extensions interpret the values as boolean. In this case, the empty string
means :py:obj:`False` and non-empty string (commonly ``'1'``) means
:py:obj:`True`. An absence of the feature means "default", which is
extension-dependent. In most cases the default value for feature is retrieved
from a qube template.

List of known features
----------------------

.. warning::

   This list of features may be incomplete, because extensions are free to use any
   values, without registering them anywhere.

gui
^^^

Qube has gui-agent installed. Setting this feature to :py:obj:`True` enables GUI
based on a gui-agent installed inside the VM.
See also `gui-emulated` feature.

If neither `gui` nor `gui-emulated` is set, emulated VGA is used (if
applicable for given VM virtualization mode).

gui-emulated
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Qube provides GUI through emulated VGA. Setting this feature to
:py:obj:`True` enables emulated VGA output. Note that when gui-agent connects to
actual VM, emulated VGA output is closed (unless `debug` property is set to
:py:obj:`True`). It's possible to open emulated VGA output for a running qube,
regardless of this feature, using `qvm-start-gui --force-stubdomain QUBE_NAME`
command.

This feature is applicable only when qube's `virt_mode` is set to `hvm`.
See also `gui` feature.

If neither `gui` nor `gui-emulated` is set, emulated VGA is used (if
applicable for given VM virtualization mode).

qrexec
^^^^^^

Qube has qrexec agent installed - i.e. it is possible to request staring a
command/service in there.

Default: assume qrexec not installed (do not wait for it while starting the
qube)

rpc-clipboard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use `qubes.ClipboardCopy` and `qubes.ClipboardPaste` qubes RPC services to
fetch/send clipboard content from/to this qube, instead of using GUI protocol.
This is supported (and required) by Qubes Windows Tools.

Default: use GUI protocol for clipboard operations

no-monitor-layout
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

When set to :py:obj:`True`, monitor layout is not sent to this qube. That is
avoid calling `qubes.SetMonitorLayout` in this qube.

Default: send monitor layout

internal
^^^^^^^^

Internal qubes (with this feature set to :py:obj:`True`) are not included in the
menu.

Default: not internal VM

appmenus-legacy
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Generate legacy menu entries, using `qubes-desktop-run` command inside a VM,
instead of `qubes.StartApp` qrexec service. This is used for qubes imported from
previous Qubes version.

Default: new style menu entries, using `qubes.StartApp` service

appmenus-dispvm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Generate menu entries for starting applications in Disposable VM based on given
AppVM, instead of this AppVM directly.

Default: create menu entries for AppVM itself

qubes-firewall
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Setting this to :py:obj:`True` means that qube support enforcing firewall rules
set with `qvm-firewall` command.

Default: assume qubes-firewall not enforced

net.fake-ip
^^^^^^^^^^^

Hide the real IP of the qube from it, and configure it with value set to this
feature. Note that you can assign the same `net.fake-ip` address to multiple
qubes and it shouldn't cause any troubles (unless you want to two such qubes
communicate with each other). This feature does not affect address used in
firewall rules, routing tables etc.

Default: do not hide IP (qube's `ip` property) from the qube

net.fake-gateway
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hide the real gateway of the qube from it, and configure it with value set to
this feature.

Default: do not hide geteway (qube's `gateway` property) from the qube

net.fake-netmask
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hide the real netmask of the qube from it, and configure it with value set to
this feature.

Default: do not hide netmask (qube's `netmask` property) from the qube

updates-available
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are updates available. In most cases it is useful to (only) read this
feature to check if qube needs to be updated.

Default/no value: no updates available

video-model
^^^^^^^^^^^

Choose video card modes emulated by QEMU for this qube. For available values see
libvirt documentation about <video><model type=...> element:
https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsVideo
Some systems (Windows) works better with 'cirrus' model set here.

Default: vga

pci-e820-host
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Enable e820_host option in Xen domU config if qube has any PCI device assigned.
This is option is needed for some PCI device drivers to correctly allocate
memory. Refer to Xen documentation for details.

Default: yes if qube has any PCI device, otherwise no

linux-stubdom
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use Linux-based stubdomain for running device model (qemu). This makes use of
recent qemu upstream version. If disabled, use MiniOS-based stubdomain with old
qemu fork (aka qemu-traditional). This applies only to `hvm` `virt_mode`, for
other modes it is ignored.

Default: True

Authors
-------

| Joanna Rutkowska <joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Marek Marczykowski <marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Wojtek Porczyk <woju at invisiblethingslab dot com>

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