virt-tail(1) Virtualization Support virt-tail(1) (NAME) virt-tail - (SYNOPSIS) virt-tail [--options] -d domname file [file ...] virt-tail [--options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img ...] file [file ...] (DESCRIPTION) "virt-tail" (tail) "file" "file" ( ) . "tail -f" . . ( '/') . : o ^C . o . o . (EXAMPLES) /var/log/messages "mydomain": virt-tail -d mydomain /var/log/messages (OPTIONS) --help . -a file --add file file . -a . . --format=.. . -a URI --add URI . "ADDING REMOTE STORAGE" guestfish(1) . --blocksize=512 --blocksize=4096 --blocksize . . --blocksize . "guestfs_add_drive_opts" guestfs(3) . -c URI --connect URI libvirt URI . libvirt . (-a) libvirt . -d guest --domain guest libvirt. UUID . --echo-keys virt-tail . (Tempest) . -f --follow . virt-tail tail(1) -f . -f . --format=raw|qcow2|.. --format -a . -a . --format -a . : virt-tail --format=raw -a disk.img file ( ) disk.img . virt-tail --format=raw -a disk.img --format -a another.img file ( ) disk.img another.img . . (CVE-2010-3851). --key SELECTOR LUKS LUKS (inspection). --key NAME:key:KEY_STRING --key UUID:key:KEY_STRING --key all:key:KEY_STRING "NAME" libguestfs ( "/dev/sda1"). "UUID" (UUID) . "all" . "KEY_STRING" . --key NAME:file:FILENAME --key UUID:file:FILENAME --key all:file:FILENAME FILENAME. --key NAME:clevis --key UUID:clevis --key all:clevis Clevis . (NBDE) "ENCRYPTED DISKS" guestfs(3) . QEMU libguestfs . --keys-from-stdin (stdin). /dev/tty . . -m dev[:mountpoint[:options[:fstype]]] --mount dev[:mountpoint[:options[:fstype]]] (mount) (mountpoint) . / . . guestfish LV ( "list-partitions" "list-filesystems" "lvs" ) virt-filesystems(1) . ( ) mount mount . mount "ro" ( --ro ). mount . ACL / (extended attributes) : -m /dev/sda1:/:acl,user_xattr "mount-options" . "ext3" "ntfs". ( "ext2" "ext3") libguestfs . -v --verbose . -V --version . -x API libguestfs. (LOG FILES) virt-log(1) . systemd . (WINDOWS PATHS) "virt-tail" ( E:\foo\bar.txt). : o "C:" . o ("\") libguestfs . o . : o NTFS . o (junction points) NTFS . (EXIT STATUS) . (SEE ALSO) guestfs(3), guestfish(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-cat(1), virt-log(1), virt-tar-out(1), tail(1), . (AUTHOR) Richard W.M. Jones (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat Inc. (LICENSE) << >> (GNU General Public License) << >> (Free Software Foundation) ( ) / . . << >> . << >> : Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA (BUGS) libguestfs : libguestfs : : o libguestfs. o libguestfs ( ). o . o libguestfs-test-tool(1) . guestfs-tools-1.56.0 2026-07-11 virt-tail(1)