Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: virt-linked-clone
Version: 1.1.0
Summary: Create a shallow clone of a qcow2-backed LibVirt virtual machine
Author-email: "John T. Goetz" <theodore.goetz@gmail.com>
Project-URL: homepage, https://gitlab.com/johngoetz/virt-linked-clone
Keywords: virtualization,libvirt,clone,qemu,kvm,qcow2
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Operating System :: Unix
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE

# Create a Shallow Clone of a QCOW2-Backed LibVirt Virtual Machine

```shell
pip install virt-linked-clone
```

```shell
usage: virt-linked-clone [-h] [--zsh-completion] [--version] [-c CONNECTION] source target

positional arguments:
  source                Virtual machine from which to create a clone where all writable
                        qcow2-backed drives are linked using copy-on-write. It must be defined
                        with libvirt and accessible via virsh commands.
  target                Name of the new virtual machine to define. Most of the settings of the
                        source image will be copied into the new libvirt domain. Defaults to
                        adding "-clone" to the source domain name.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --zsh-completion      Print out the zsh autocompletion code for this utility and exit.
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -c CONNECTION, --connection CONNECTION
                        LibVirt URI to use for connecting to the domain controller. Will honor the
                        value of the VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI environment variable. (default:
                        qemu:///session)
```
