QEMU Machine Protocol Events ============================ ACPI_DEVICE_OST --------------- Emitted when guest executes ACPI _OST method. - data: ACPIOSTInfo type as described in qapi-schema.json { "event": "ACPI_DEVICE_OST", "data": { "device": "d1", "slot": "0", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 1, "status": 0 } } BALLOON_CHANGE -------------- Emitted when the guest changes the actual BALLOON level. This value is equivalent to the 'actual' field return by the 'query-balloon' command Data: - "actual": actual level of the guest memory balloon in bytes (json-number) Example: { "event": "BALLOON_CHANGE", "data": { "actual": 944766976 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } } BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED --------------------- Emitted when a disk image is being marked corrupt. Data: - "device": Device name (json-string) - "msg": Informative message (e.g., reason for the corruption) (json-string) - "offset": If the corruption resulted from an image access, this is the access offset into the image (json-int) - "size": If the corruption resulted from an image access, this is the access size (json-int) Example: { "event": "BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED", "data": { "device": "ide0-hd0", "msg": "Prevented active L1 table overwrite", "offset": 196608, "size": 65536 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1378126126, "microseconds": 966463 } } BLOCK_IO_ERROR -------------- Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs. Data: - "device": device name (json-string) - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write") - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string): "ignore": error has been ignored "report": error has been reported to the device "stop": the VM is going to stop because of the error Example: { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR", "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1", "operation": "write", "action": "stop" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } } Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the BLOCK_IO_ERROR event. BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED ------------------- Emitted when a block job has been cancelled. Data: - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming "commit" for block commit) - "device": Device name (json-string) - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int) - "offset": Current progress value (json-int) On success this is equal to len. On failure this is less than len. - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int) Example: { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED", "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0", "len": 10737418240, "offset": 134217728, "speed": 0 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } } BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED ------------------- Emitted when a block job has completed. Data: - "type": Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming "commit" for block commit) - "device": Device name (json-string) - "len": Maximum progress value (json-int) - "offset": Current progress value (json-int) On success this is equal to len. On failure this is less than len. - "speed": Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int) - "error": Error message (json-string, optional) Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable error message. There are no semantics other than that streaming has failed and clients should not try to interpret the error string. Example: { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED", "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0", "len": 10737418240, "offset": 10737418240, "speed": 0 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } } BLOCK_JOB_ERROR --------------- Emitted when a block job encounters an error. Data: - "device": device name (json-string) - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write") - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string): "ignore": error has been ignored, the job may fail later "report": error will be reported and the job canceled "stop": error caused job to be paused Example: { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR", "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1", "operation": "write", "action": "stop" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } } BLOCK_JOB_READY --------------- Emitted when a block job is ready to complete. Data: - "device": device name (json-string) Example: { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY", "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } } Note: The "ready to complete" status is always reset by a BLOCK_JOB_ERROR event. DEVICE_DELETED -------------- Emitted whenever the device removal completion is acknowledged by the guest. At this point, it's safe to reuse the specified device ID. Device removal can be initiated by the guest or by HMP/QMP commands. Data: - "device": device name (json-string, optional) - "path": device path (json-string) { "event": "DEVICE_DELETED", "data": { "device": "virtio-net-pci-0", "path": "/machine/peripheral/virtio-net-pci-0" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } } DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED ----------------- It's emitted whenever the tray of a removable device is moved by the guest or by HMP/QMP commands. Data: - "device": device name (json-string) - "tray-open": true if the tray has been opened or false if it has been closed (json-bool) { "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0", "tray-open": true }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } } GUEST_PANICKED -------------- Emitted when guest OS panic is detected. Data: - "action": Action that has been taken (json-string, currently always "pause"). Example: { "event": "GUEST_PANICKED", "data": { "action": "pause" } } NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED --------------------- The event is emitted once until the query command is executed, the first event will always be emitted. Data: - "name": net client name (json-string) - "path": device path (json-string) { "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED", "data": { "name": "vnet0", "path": "/machine/peripheral/vnet0/virtio-backend" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1368697518, "microseconds": 326866 } } } QUORUM_FAILURE -------------- Emitted by the Quorum block driver if it fails to establish a quorum. Data: - "reference": device name if defined else node name. - "sector-num": Number of the first sector of the failed read operation. - "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count. Example: { "event": "QUORUM_FAILURE", "data": { "reference": "usr1", "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } } QUORUM_REPORT_BAD ----------------- Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file. Data: - "error": Error message (json-string, optional) Only present on failure. This field contains a human-readable error message. There are no semantics other than that the block layer reported an error and clients should not try to interpret the error string. - "node-name": The graph node name of the block driver state. - "sector-num": Number of the first sector of the failed read operation. - "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count. Example: { "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD", "data": { "node-name": "1.raw", "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } } RTC_CHANGE ---------- Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time. Data: - "offset": Offset between base RTC clock (as specified by -rtc base), and new RTC clock value (json-number) Example: { "event": "RTC_CHANGE", "data": { "offset": 78 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } } SPICE_CONNECTED, SPICE_DISCONNECTED ----------------------------------- Emitted when a SPICE client connects or disconnects. Data: - "server": Server information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "port": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "client": Client information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "port": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") Example: { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707}, "event": "SPICE_CONNECTED", "data": { "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}, "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"} }} SPICE_INITIALIZED ----------------- Emitted after initial handshake and authentication takes place (if any) and the SPICE channel is up'n'running Data: - "server": Server information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "port": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional) - "client": Client information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "port": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "connection-id": spice connection id. All channels with the same id belong to the same spice session (json-int) - "channel-type": channel type. "1" is the main control channel, filter for this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int) - "channel-id": channel id. Usually "0", might be different needed when multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple display channels in a multihead setup (json-int) - "tls": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool) Example: { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172}, "event": "SPICE_INITIALIZED", "data": {"server": {"auth": "spice", "port": "5921", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}, "client": {"port": "49004", "family": "ipv4", "channel-type": 3, "connection-id": 1804289383, "host": "127.0.0.1", "channel-id": 0, "tls": true} }} VNC_CONNECTED ------------- Emitted when a VNC client establishes a connection. Data: - "server": Server information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional) - "client": Client information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") Example: { "event": "VNC_CONNECTED", "data": { "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4", "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" }, "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425", "host": "127.0.0.1" } }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } } Note: This event is emitted before any authentication takes place, thus the authentication ID is not provided. VNC_DISCONNECTED ---------------- Emitted when the connection is closed. Data: - "server": Server information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional) - "client": Client information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional) - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional) Example: { "event": "VNC_DISCONNECTED", "data": { "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4", "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" }, "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425", "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } } VNC_INITIALIZED --------------- Emitted after authentication takes place (if any) and the VNC session is made active. Data: - "server": Server information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional) - "client": Client information (json-object) - "host": IP address (json-string) - "service": port number (json-string) - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6") - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional) - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional) Example: { "event": "VNC_INITIALIZED", "data": { "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4", "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0"}, "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "46089", "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1263475302, "microseconds": 150772 } } WATCHDOG -------- Emitted when the watchdog device's timer is expired. Data: - "action": Action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string): "reset", "shutdown", "poweroff", "pause", "debug", or "none" Example: { "event": "WATCHDOG", "data": { "action": "reset" }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } } Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.