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Geoffroy Van Cutsem 7f2a7d47dd Tools Makefiles: enhancement to keep source code tree clean
Running 'make' will leave 3 files in the source code tree that
are not cleaned by a subsequent 'make clean'. These are:
* tools/acrn-crashlog/acrnprobe/include/version.h
* tools/acrn-crashlog/usercrash/include/version.h
* tools/acrn-manager/acrn_mngr.o
(as reported by 'git status' after 'make')

This patch changes the location of these files so they are
created in the target build directory and hence properly
cleaned when running 'make clean'

Other minor changes to the Makefiles include:
* Remove BASEDIR by the built-in CURDIR variable
* Add .PHONY targets

Signed-off-by: Geoffroy Van Cutsem <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
2018-06-05 10:22:24 +08:00
..

.. _acrnctl:

acrnctl
#######


Description
***********

The ``acrnctl`` tool helps users create, delete, launch, and stop a User
OS (UOS).  The tool runs under the Service OS, and UOSs should be based
on ``acrn-dm``.



Usage
*****

You can see the available ``acrnctl`` commands by running:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl help
   support:
     list
     start
     stop
     del
     add
   Use acrnctl [cmd] help for details

Here are some usage examples:

Add a VM
========

The ``add`` command lets you add a VM by specifying a
script that will launch a UOS, for example ``launch_UOS.sh``:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl add launch_UOS.sh -U 1
   vm1-14:59:30 added

Note that the launch script must only launch one UOS instance.
The VM name is important. ``acrnctl`` searches VMs by their
names so duplicate VM names are not allowed. If the
launch script changes the VM name at launch time, ``acrnctl``
will not recognize it.

Delete VMs
==========

Use the ``delete`` command with a VM name to delete that VM:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl del vm1-14:59:30

List VMs
========

Use the ``list`` command to display VMs and their state:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl list
   vm1-14:59:30            untracked
   vm-yocto                stopped
   vm-android              stopped

Start VM
========

If a VM is in a ``stopped`` state, you can start it with the ``start``
command:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl start vm-yocto

Stop VM
=======

Use the ``stop`` command to stop one or more running VM:

.. code-block:: none

   # acrnctl stop vm-yocto vm1-14:59:30 vm-android

Build and Install
*****************

Source code for ``acrnctl`` is in the ``tools/acrn-manager`` folder.
Change to that folder and run:

.. code-block:: none

   # make
   # make install