# qmeventd(8)

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version 8.4.1, Tue Aug 5 16:55:44 CEST 2025

## NAME

qmeventd - PVE QEMU Eventd Daemon

## SYNOPSIS

qmeventd [-f] [-v] PATH

-v

  Turn on verbose messages

-f

  Do not daemonize server

PATH

  The path to listen on

This service is usually started and managed using systemd toolset. The service is called qmeventd.

    systemctl start qmeventd

    systemctl stop qmeventd

    systemctl status qmeventd

## DESCRIPTION

qmeventd is a daemon that listens on PATH for incoming connections from a qemu qmp socket, and waits for SHUTDOWN events. When a client then disconnects, it executes /usr/sbin/qm cleanup. This makes it easy to clean up leftover tap devices, vgpus, etc.

## Copyright and Disclaimer

Copyright © 2007-2022 Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/