In this article, we will help you to install the Qemu guest agent on your virtual private server. This agent is a helper daemon that exchanges information between the quest and the host and executes commands in the guest for snapshot or backup. The guest agent is used for mainly two things one for properly shut down the guest and the second is to freeze the guest file system when making a backup.
Step 1: Log in using SSH
You must be logged in via SSH as sudo or root user. Please read this article for instructions if you don’t know how to connect.
Step 2: Install qemu guest agent
yum install qemu-guest-agent
Step 3: Start qemu guest agent
The guest may not start automatically after installation. You can start it manually with the following command:
systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
Step 4: Verify
Verify that the Qemu quest agent is running.
systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have installed the Qemu guest agent on your Redhat based system.
Ubuntu and Debian
Step 1: Log in using SSH
You must be logged in via SSH as sudo or root user. Please read this article for instructions if you don’t know how to connect.
Step 2: Install qemu guest agent
apt update && apt -y install qemu-guest-agent
Step 3: Enable and Start Qemu Agent
systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
Step 4: Verify
Verify that the Qemu quest agent is running
systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have installed the Qemu guest agent on your Debian/Ubuntu based system.
