Qemu

`virtualisation.qemu.consoles`

The output console devices to pass to the kernel command line via the console parameter, the primary console is the last item of this list.

By default it enables both serial console and tty0. The preferred console (last one) is based on the value of {option}virtualisation.graphics.

Type: list of string

Default

["ttyS0,115200n8""tty0"]

Example

["console=tty1"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.diskInterface`

The interface used for the virtual hard disks. Type: one of "virtio", "scsi", "ide"

Default

"virtio"

Example

"scsi"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.drives`

Drives passed to qemu. Type: list of (submodule)

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.drives.*.deviceExtraOpts`

Extra options passed to device flag. Type: attribute set of string

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.drives.*.driveExtraOpts`

Extra options passed to drive flag. Type: attribute set of string

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.drives.*.file`

The file image used for this drive. Type: string

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.drives.*.name`

A name for the drive. Must be unique in the drives list. Not passed to qemu. Type: null or string

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.guestAgent.enable`

Enable the Qemu guest agent.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.networkingOptions`

Networking-related command-line options that should be passed to qemu. The default is to use userspace networking (SLiRP). See the QEMU Wiki on Networking for details.

If you override this option, be advised to keep ${QEMU_NET_OPTS:+,$QEMU_NET_OPTS} (as seen in the example) to keep the default runtime behaviour.

Type: list of string

Default

[ ]

Example

["-net nic,netdev=user.0,model=virtio""-netdev user,id=user.0,\${QEMU_NET_OPTS:+,$QEMU_NET_OPTS}"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.options`

Options passed to QEMU. See QEMU User Documentation for a complete list.

Type: list of string

Default

[ ]

Example

["-vga std"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.package`

QEMU package to use. Type: package

Default

if hostPkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch == pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch then config.virtualisation.host.pkgs.qemu_kvm else config.virtualisation.host.pkgs.qemu

Example

pkgs.qemu_test

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix

`virtualisation.qemu.virtioKeyboard`

Enable the virtio-keyboard device.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix