1 QEMU Monitor Protocol Events
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7 Emitted when the guest changes the actual BALLOON level. This
8 value is equivalent to the 'actual' field return by the
9 'query-balloon' command
13 - "actual": actual level of the guest memory balloon in bytes (json-number)
17 { "event": "BALLOON_CHANGE",
18 "data": { "actual": 944766976 },
19 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
24 Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs.
28 - "device": device name (json-string)
29 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
30 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
31 "ignore": error has been ignored
32 "report": error has been reported to the device
33 "stop": error caused VM to be stopped
37 { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR",
38 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
41 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
43 Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the
49 Emitted when a block job has been cancelled.
53 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
54 "commit" for block commit)
55 - "device": Device name (json-string)
56 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
57 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
58 On success this is equal to len.
59 On failure this is less than len.
60 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
64 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED",
65 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
66 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 134217728,
68 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
73 Emitted when a block job has completed.
77 - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
78 "commit" for block commit)
79 - "device": Device name (json-string)
80 - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int)
81 - "offset": Current progress value (json-int)
82 On success this is equal to len.
83 On failure this is less than len.
84 - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
85 - "error": Error message (json-string, optional)
86 Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable
87 error message. There are no semantics other than that streaming
88 has failed and clients should not try to interpret the error
93 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED",
94 "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
95 "len": 10737418240, "offset": 10737418240,
97 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
102 Emitted when a block job encounters an error.
106 - "device": device name (json-string)
107 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
108 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
109 "ignore": error has been ignored, the job may fail later
110 "report": error will be reported and the job canceled
111 "stop": error caused job to be paused
115 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR",
116 "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
117 "operation": "write",
119 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
124 It's emitted whenever the tray of a removable device is moved by the guest
125 or by HMP/QMP commands.
129 - "device": device name (json-string)
130 - "tray-open": true if the tray has been opened or false if it has been closed
133 { "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
134 "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
137 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
142 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is reseted.
149 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041653, "microseconds": 9518 } }
154 Emitted when the Virtual Machine resumes execution.
161 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1271770767, "microseconds": 582542 } }
166 Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time.
170 - "offset": delta against the host UTC in seconds (json-number)
174 { "event": "RTC_CHANGE",
175 "data": { "offset": 78 },
176 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
181 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is powered down.
187 { "event": "SHUTDOWN",
188 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
190 Note: If the command-line option "-no-shutdown" has been specified, a STOP
191 event will eventually follow the SHUTDOWN event.
193 SPICE_CONNECTED, SPICE_DISCONNECTED
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196 Emitted when a SPICE client connects or disconnects.
200 - "server": Server information (json-object)
201 - "host": IP address (json-string)
202 - "port": port number (json-string)
203 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
204 - "client": Client information (json-object)
205 - "host": IP address (json-string)
206 - "port": port number (json-string)
207 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
211 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
212 "event": "SPICE_CONNECTED",
214 "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
215 "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
221 Emitted after initial handshake and authentication takes place (if any)
222 and the SPICE channel is up'n'running
226 - "server": Server information (json-object)
227 - "host": IP address (json-string)
228 - "port": port number (json-string)
229 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
230 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
231 - "client": Client information (json-object)
232 - "host": IP address (json-string)
233 - "port": port number (json-string)
234 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
235 - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id
236 belong to the same spice session (json-int)
237 - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for
238 this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
239 - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when
240 multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
241 display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
242 - "tls": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
246 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
247 "event": "SPICE_INITIALIZED",
248 "data": {"server": {"auth": "spice", "port": "5921",
249 "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
250 "client": {"port": "49004", "family": "ipv4", "channel-type": 3,
251 "connection-id": 1804289383, "host": "127.0.0.1",
252 "channel-id": 0, "tls": true}
258 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is stopped.
265 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041730, "microseconds": 281295 } }
270 Emitted when guest enters S3 state.
276 { "event": "SUSPEND",
277 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
282 Emitted when the guest makes a request to enter S4 state.
288 { "event": "SUSPEND_DISK",
289 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
291 Note: QEMU shuts down when entering S4 state.
296 Emitted when a VNC client establishes a connection.
300 - "server": Server information (json-object)
301 - "host": IP address (json-string)
302 - "service": port number (json-string)
303 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
304 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
305 - "client": Client information (json-object)
306 - "host": IP address (json-string)
307 - "service": port number (json-string)
308 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
312 { "event": "VNC_CONNECTED",
314 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
315 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
316 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
317 "host": "127.0.0.1" } },
318 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
321 Note: This event is emitted before any authentication takes place, thus
322 the authentication ID is not provided.
327 Emitted when the connection is closed.
331 - "server": Server information (json-object)
332 - "host": IP address (json-string)
333 - "service": port number (json-string)
334 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
335 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
336 - "client": Client information (json-object)
337 - "host": IP address (json-string)
338 - "service": port number (json-string)
339 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
340 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
341 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
345 { "event": "VNC_DISCONNECTED",
347 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
348 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
349 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
350 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
351 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
356 Emitted after authentication takes place (if any) and the VNC session is
361 - "server": Server information (json-object)
362 - "host": IP address (json-string)
363 - "service": port number (json-string)
364 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
365 - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
366 - "client": Client information (json-object)
367 - "host": IP address (json-string)
368 - "service": port number (json-string)
369 - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
370 - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
371 - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
375 { "event": "VNC_INITIALIZED",
377 "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
378 "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0"},
379 "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "46089",
380 "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
381 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1263475302, "microseconds": 150772 } }
386 Emitted when the guest has woken up from S3 and is running.
392 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
393 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
398 Emitted when the watchdog device's timer is expired.
402 - "action": Action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
403 "reset", "shutdown", "poweroff", "pause", "debug", or "none"
407 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
408 "data": { "action": "reset" },
409 "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
411 Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is
412 followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.