QEMU Monitor Protocol Events ============================ 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_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": error caused VM to be stopped 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_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 } } RESET ----- Emitted when the Virtual Machine is reseted. Data: None. Example: { "event": "RESET", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041653, "microseconds": 9518 } } RESUME ------ Emitted when the Virtual Machine resumes execution. Data: None. Example: { "event": "RESUME", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1271770767, "microseconds": 582542 } } RTC_CHANGE ---------- Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time. Data: - "offset": delta against the host UTC in seconds (json-number) Example: { "event": "RTC_CHANGE", "data": { "offset": 78 }, "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } } SHUTDOWN -------- Emitted when the Virtual Machine is powered down. Data: None. Example: { "event": "SHUTDOWN", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } } Note: If the command-line option "-no-shutdown" has been specified, a STOP event will eventually follow the SHUTDOWN event. 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} }} STOP ---- Emitted when the Virtual Machine is stopped. Data: None. Example: { "event": "STOP", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041730, "microseconds": 281295 } } SUSPEND ------- Emitted when guest enters S3 state. Data: None. Example: { "event": "SUSPEND", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } } SUSPEND_DISK ------------ Emitted when the guest makes a request to enter S4 state. Data: None. Example: { "event": "SUSPEND_DISK", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } } Note: QEMU shuts down when entering S4 state. 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 } } WAKEUP ------ Emitted when the guest has woken up from S3 and is running. Data: None. Example: { "event": "WATCHDOG", "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } } 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.