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24 <refentry id="systemd-detect-virt"
25 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
26
27 <refentryinfo>
28 <title>systemd-detect-virt</title>
29 <productname>systemd</productname>
30
31 <authorgroup>
32 <author>
33 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
34 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
35 <surname>Poettering</surname>
36 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
37 </author>
38 </authorgroup>
39 </refentryinfo>
40
41 <refmeta>
42 <refentrytitle>systemd-detect-virt</refentrytitle>
43 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
44 </refmeta>
45
46 <refnamediv>
47 <refname>systemd-detect-virt</refname>
48 <refpurpose>Detect execution in a virtualized environment</refpurpose>
49 </refnamediv>
50
51 <refsynopsisdiv>
52 <cmdsynopsis>
53 <command>systemd-detect-virt <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
54 </cmdsynopsis>
55 </refsynopsisdiv>
56
57 <refsect1>
58 <title>Description</title>
59
60 <para><command>systemd-detect-virt</command> detects
61 execution in a virtualized environment. It identifies
62 the virtualization technology and can distinguish full
63 VM virtualization from container
64 virtualization.</para>
65
66 <para>When executed without <option>--quiet</option>
67 will print a short identifier for the detected
68 virtualization technology. The following technologies
69 are currently identified: <varname>qemu</varname>,
70 <varname>kvm</varname>, <varname>vmware</varname>,
71 <varname>microsoft</varname>,
72 <varname>oracle</varname>, <varname>xen</varname>,
73 <varname>bochs</varname>, <varname>chroot</varname>,
74 <varname>uml</varname>,
75 <varname>openvz</varname>, <varname>lxc</varname>,
76 <varname>lxc-libvirt</varname>,
77 <varname>systemd-nspawn</varname>,
78 <varname>docker</varname>.</para>
79
80 <para>If multiple virtualization solutions are used,
81 only the "innermost" is detected and identified. That
82 means if both VM virtualization and container
83 virtualization are used in conjunction, only the latter
84 will be identified (unless <option>--vm</option> is
85 passed).</para>
86 </refsect1>
87
88 <refsect1>
89 <title>Options</title>
90
91 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
92
93 <variablelist>
94 <varlistentry>
95 <term><option>-c</option></term>
96 <term><option>--container</option></term>
97
98 <listitem><para>Only detects container
99 virtualization (i.e. shared kernel
100 virtualization).</para></listitem>
101 </varlistentry>
102
103 <varlistentry>
104 <term><option>-v</option></term>
105 <term><option>--vm</option></term>
106
107 <listitem><para>Only detects VM
108 virtualization (i.e. full hardware
109 virtualization).</para></listitem>
110 </varlistentry>
111
112 <varlistentry>
113 <term><option>-q</option></term>
114 <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
115
116 <listitem><para>Suppress output of the
117 virtualization technology
118 identifier.</para></listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
122 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
123 </variablelist>
124
125 </refsect1>
126
127 <refsect1>
128 <title>Exit status</title>
129
130 <para>If a virtualization technology is detected, 0 is
131 returned, a non-zero code otherwise.</para>
132 </refsect1>
133
134 <refsect1>
135 <title>See Also</title>
136 <para>
137 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
138 </para>
139 </refsect1>
140
141 </refentry>