Re: [Qemu-discuss] How to stop `qemu-system-x86_64 ...` instead of `kill -9`?

[Kai Peter]

On 2017-07-12 12:29, Vincenzo Romano wrote:
> 2017-07-12 12:20 GMT+02:00 Marat Khalili <address@hidden>:
> > > I hate virsh/libvirt.
> >
> > +1
+1
> > > I use the qemu monitor commands via SSH.
> >
> > But this surprised me. I simply write commands like "system_powerdown" 
> > to a
> > -monitor socket using socat. How can SSH be involved in this?
I don't use socat but writing to a monitor socket a "system_powerdown" 
is the (only?) way to shutdown the guest clean to me. By default I use 4 
sockets to connect to the monitor - just in case ;-)

Using kill or quit goes into the direction of a crash of the guest.
> The socket is local (TCP over 127.x.y.x) and I connect only with SSH
> to the QEMU host.
> If needed, I add a TCPForward from my station to that socket.

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