Install the qemu guest agent in TrueNAS

Introduction

This page gives instructions for installing the qemu guest agent on TrueNAS Core

Instructions

Download this zipfile. Qemu guest agent for FreeBSD It contains 3 files:

qemu-ga
qemu-guest-agent
virtio_console.ko

1. Place virtio_console.ko in /boot/modules.
2. Run kldload virtio_console.ko.
3. Place qemu-ga in /usr/local/bin.
4. Place qemu-guest-agent in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.
5. Place qemu-guest-agent in another location of your choice. This will be a copy that is re-added to the rc.d directory each time TrueNAS boots.
6. Create Tunables in the TrueNAS web UI. System -> Tunables.
   1. Variable=qemu_guest_agent_enable Value=YES Type=RC Enabled=yes
   2. Variable=qemu_guest_agent_flags Value=-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log Type=RC Enabled=yes
   3. Variable=virtio_console_load Value=YES Type=LOADER Enabled=yes
7. Create Init/Shutdown Scripts in the TrueNAS web UI. Tasks -> Init/Shutdown Scripts.
   1. Type=Command Command=service qemu-guest-agent start When=POSTINIT Enabled=yes Timeout=10
   2. Type=Command Command=cp /[path to a local copy of qemu-guest-agent file] /usr/local/etc/rc.d When=PREINIT Enabled=yes Timeout=10
8. Reboot TrueNAS.

After running through these steps the QEMU guest agent should be running