acrn-hypervisor/tools/acrn-manager/README.rst

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.. _acrnctl:
acrnctl and acrnd
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Description
***********
The ``acrnctl`` tool helps users create, delete, launch, and stop a User
OS (UOS). The tool runs under the Service OS, and UOSs should be based
on ``acrn-dm``. The daemon for acrn-manager is `acrnd`_.
Usage
*****
You can see the available ``acrnctl`` commands by running:
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# acrnctl help
support:
list
start
stop
del
add
pause
continue
suspend
resume
reset
Use acrnctl [cmd] help for details
Here are some usage examples:
Add a VM
========
The ``add`` command lets you add a VM by specifying a
script that will launch a UOS, for example ``launch_UOS.sh``:
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# acrnctl add launch_UOS.sh -U 1
vm1-14:59:30 added
Note that the launch script must only launch one UOS instance.
The VM name is important. ``acrnctl`` searches VMs by their
names so duplicate VM names are not allowed. If the
launch script changes the VM name at launch time, ``acrnctl``
will not recognize it.
Delete VMs
==========
Use the ``delete`` command with a VM name to delete that VM:
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# acrnctl del vm1-14:59:30
List VMs
========
Use the ``list`` command to display VMs and their state:
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# acrnctl list
vm1-14:59:30 untracked
vm-yocto stopped
vm-android stopped
Start VM
========
If a VM is in a ``stopped`` state, you can start it with the ``start``
command:
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# acrnctl start vm-yocto
Stop VM
=======
Use the ``stop`` command to stop one or more running VM:
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# acrnctl stop vm-yocto vm1-14:59:30 vm-android
.. _acrnd:
acrnd
*****
The ``acrnd`` daemon process provides a way for launching or resuming a UOS
should the UOS shut down, either planned or unexpected. A UOS can ask ``acrnd``
to set up a timer to make sure the UOS is running, even if the SOS is
suspended or stopped.
The ``acrnd`` daemon stores pending UOS work to ``/usr/share/acrn/conf/timer_list``
and sets an RTC timer to wake up the SOS or bring the SOS back up again.
When ``acrnd`` daemon is restarted, it restores the previously saved timer
list and launches the UOSs at the right time.
A ``systemd`` service file (``acrnd.service``) is installed by default that will
start the ``acrnd`` daemon when the Service OS comes up.
You can restart/stop acrnd service using ``systemctl``
Build and Install
*****************
Source code for both ``acrnctl`` and ``acrnd`` is in the ``tools/acrn-manager`` folder.
Change to that folder and run:
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# make
# make install