Comment 18 for bug 368962

virsh shutdown xxxx sends an ACPI shutdown to the VM.

Or you can use the ruby/python bindings if you prefer.

On 5 January 2011 15:36, flickerfly <email address hidden> wrote:
> Could someone point me to documentation on how to send an ACPI signal to
> a vm so I can script my own solution as has been suggested?
>
> Andrew: It appears that the xml already has room for this:
> http://libvir.org/formatdomain.html#elementsFeatures
>
> I have been able to shutdown by installing acpid package on the guest
> (not the acpi package) and proven that the shutdown capability can work.
> It took me awhile to figure that out so I'll just mention that here to
> save someone time.
>
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> Title:
>  Can't reboot kvm virtual machines using virsh
>

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Neil Wilson