==== Install Qemu guest agent for openSUSE ====


This article will guide you through the process of installing the qemu guest agent on your virtual private server. The guest agent is a helper daemon that facilitates communication and command execution between the guest and host for tasks such as snapshotting and backing up. Its main purposes are to ensure proper shutdown of the guest and to freeze the guest file system during backups.

=== Step 1: Log in using SSH or via the Console ===
You must be connected via SSH and logged in as a user with sudo or root privileges.

=== Step 2: Make sure that the qemu-guest-agent package is not already installed on your system. By default, if you selected openSUSE as your operating system during signup with CIFNet, it should be pre-installed. ===

The commands to do are:
<code>ps axuw | grep qemu</code>
<code>systemctl status qemu-guest-agent</code>


If the package is installed, the command output should appear similar to this.
<code>
root       621  0.0  0.1  95484  3548 ?        Ssl  Jan22   0:17 /usr/bin/qemu-ga -p /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0
</code>

If the package is running, the output should appear similar to this:
<code>$ systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
Б≈▐ qemu-guest-agent.service - QEMU Guest Agent
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/qemu-guest-agent.service; disabled>
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-01-22 20:50:38 CST; 7h ago
       Docs: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent
   Main PID: 621 (qemu-ga)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 2326)
     CGroup: /system.slice/qemu-guest-agent.service
             Б■■Б■─ 621 /usr/bin/qemu-ga -p /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0
</code>


If the qemu-guest-agent package is already installed, you can skip the rest. If it is not installed, please proceed with the next steps.

=== Step 3: Install qemu guest agent ===
<code>zypper install qemu-guest-agent</code>

=== Step 4: Start qemu guest agent ===
Please note that you will need to start the guest agent manually by using the following commands:

<code>
systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent
systemctl start qemu-guest-agent</code>

=== Step 5: Verify ===
Verify that the qemu quest agent is running

<code>systemctl status qemu-guest-agent</code>

=== Conclusion: ===

Congratulations, you have successfully installed the qemu guest agent on your openSUSE virtual machine.