1.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Christian Brueffer 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd January 12, 2016 28.Dt BHYVECTL 8 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm bhyvectl 32.Nd "control utility for bhyve instances" 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34.Nm 35.Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname> 36.Op Fl -create 37.Op Fl -destroy 38.Op Fl -get-stats 39.Op Fl -inject-nmi 40.Op Fl -force-reset 41.Op Fl -force-poweroff 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm 45command is a control utility for active 46.Xr bhyve 8 47virtual machine instances. 48.Pp 49.Em Note : 50Most 51.Nm 52flags are intended for querying and setting the state of an active instance. 53These commands are intended for development purposes, and are not documented here. 54A complete list can be obtained by executing 55.Nm 56without any arguments. 57.Pp 58The user-facing options are as follows: 59.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument" 60.It Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname> 61Operate on the virtual machine 62.Ar <vmname> . 63.It Fl -create 64Create the specified VM. 65.It Fl -destroy 66Destroy the specified VM. 67.It Fl -get-state 68Retrieve statistics for the specified VM. 69.It Fl -inject-nmi 70Inject a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) into the VM. 71.It Fl -force-reset 72Force the VM to reset. 73.It Fl -force-poweroff 74Force the VM to power off. 75.El 76.Sh EXIT STATUS 77.Ex -std 78.Sh EXAMPLES 79Destroy the VM called fbsd10: 80.Pp 81.Dl "bhyvectl --vm=fbsd10 --destroy" 82.Sh SEE ALSO 83.Xr bhyve 8 , 84.Xr bhyveload 8 85.Sh HISTORY 86The 87.Nm 88command first appeared in 89.Fx 10.1 . 90.Sh AUTHORS 91.An -nosplit 92The 93.Nm 94utility was written by 95.An Peter Grehan 96and 97.An Neel Natu . 98