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.IX Title "VIRT-XML-VALIDATE 1"
.TH VIRT-XML-VALIDATE 1 "2016-04-26" "libvirt-1.3.4" "Virtualization Support"
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.SH "NAME"
virt\-xml\-validate \- validate libvirt XML files against a schema
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBvirt-xml-validate\fR \fIXML-FILE\fR [\fISCHEMA-NAME\fR]
.PP
\&\fBvirt-xml-validate\fR \fI\s-1OPTION\s0\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Validates a libvirt \s-1XML\s0 for compliance with the published schema.
The first compulsory argument is the path to the \s-1XML\s0 file to be
validated. The optional second argument is the name of the schema
to validate against. If omitted, the schema name will be inferred
from the name of the root element in the \s-1XML\s0 document.
.PP
Valid schema names currently include
.ie n .IP """domainsnapshot""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWdomainsnapshot\fR" 4
.IX Item "domainsnapshot"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by domain snapshot configuration
.ie n .IP """domain""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWdomain\fR" 4
.IX Item "domain"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by guest domains configuration
.ie n .IP """network""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWnetwork\fR" 4
.IX Item "network"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by virtual network configuration
.ie n .IP """storagepool""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWstoragepool\fR" 4
.IX Item "storagepool"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by storage pool configuration
.ie n .IP """storagevol""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWstoragevol\fR" 4
.IX Item "storagevol"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by storage volume descriptions
.ie n .IP """nodedev""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWnodedev\fR" 4
.IX Item "nodedev"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by node device descriptions
.ie n .IP """capability""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWcapability\fR" 4
.IX Item "capability"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used to declare driver capabilities
.ie n .IP """nwfilter""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWnwfilter\fR" 4
.IX Item "nwfilter"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by network traffic filters
.ie n .IP """secret""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWsecret\fR" 4
.IX Item "secret"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by secrets descriptions
.ie n .IP """interface""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWinterface\fR" 4
.IX Item "interface"
The schema for the \s-1XML\s0 format used by physical host interfaces
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Display command line help usage then exit.
.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "-V, --version"
Display version information then exit.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.IX Header "EXIT STATUS"
Upon successful validation, an exit status of 0 will be set. Upon
failure a non-zero status will be set.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Daniel P.Berrange
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Report any bugs discovered to the libvirt community via the
mailing list <http://libvirt.org/contact.html> or bug tracker
<http://libvirt.org/bugs.html>.
Alternatively report bugs to your software distributor / vendor.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) 2009\-2013 by Red Hat, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2009 by Daniel P. Berrange
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
virt-xml-validate is distributed under the terms of the \s-1GNU GPL\s0 v2+.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
is \s-1NO\s0 warranty; not even for \s-1MERCHANTABILITY\s0 or \s-1FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE\s0
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIvirsh\fR\|(1), online \s-1XML\s0 format descriptions <http://libvirt.org/format.html>
