What's a good source to learn about QEMU?

Question

What book or website would you recommend to learn about QEMU? I\'d like to see some usage examples as well as how to use the APIs.

Answer 1

Some additional resources to understand and get started with the source code:

• http://vmsplice.net/~stefan/qemu-code-overview.pdf
• https://wiki.aalto.fi/download/attachments/41747647/qemu.pdf
• https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix05/tech/freenix/full_papers/bellard/bellard.pdf
• http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ee349/f-2012/lab2/qemu.pdf
• http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/cloudopen-liguori.pdf

Answer 2

Best Resources:

• Main QEMU Usage Documentation
• Qemu Man Page - Invaluable resource when working with qemu.
• Quick Start Guide - Slightly ubuntu/debian specific. Covers KVM.
• Qemu Networking Guide - Great resource, super useful.

Have fun qemu's a great tool.

Brian G.

Answer 3

Detailed technical info:

• http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~hy428/reading/qemu-internals-slides-may6-2014.pdf
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-04/pdfhC5rVdz7U8.pdf
  I was not able to find the other chapters
• http://connect.ed-diamond.com/GNU-Linux-Magazine/GLMF-147/Qemu-Visite-au-caeur-de-l-emulateur (French only unfortunately)