Attach usb device to virtual machine
- find the usb device on the host machine
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1a56:dd01
- edit a xml file for attaching
cat attatch-usb.xml
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x1a56'/>
<product id='0xdd01'/>
<address bus='2' device='3'/>
</source>
</hostdev>
- attach the usb into the virtual machine
virsh attach-device instance-00000460 /path/to/attach-usb.xml --persistent
- now you can find the usb device in the virtual machine named
instance-00000460
Written on February 1, 2016
