[gnome-boxes/update-docs: 15/17] help, docs: Update "edit VM configuration" instructions
- From: Felipe Borges <felipeborges src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-boxes/update-docs: 15/17] help, docs: Update "edit VM configuration" instructions
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:21:51 +0000 (UTC)
commit 5c22433546e0a9e4de9d82a203cc30582ecd3df8
Author: Felipe Borges <felipeborges gnome org>
Date: Wed Jan 5 12:14:45 2022 +0100
help, docs: Update "edit VM configuration" instructions
help/C/edit-domain.page | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/edit-domain.page b/help/C/edit-domain.page
index dde35132..e89d0978 100644
--- a/help/C/edit-domain.page
+++ b/help/C/edit-domain.page
@@ -27,23 +27,32 @@
what GNOME Boxes exposes in its user interface.</p>
</comment>
- <p>Boxes now gives you the ability to manually edit the <sys>Libvirt</sys> XML configuration of
+ <p>Boxes now gives you the ability to manually edit the <sys>Libvirt</sys> domain configuration XML of
your virtual machines. This should allow you to achieve specific setups which are not exposed
- in the GNOME Boxes interface and neither supported by the GNOME Boxes developers.</p>
+ in the Boxes interface and neither supported by the Boxes developers.</p>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <p>The Libvirt domain configuration format is documented at https://libvirt.org/format.html</p>
+ </note>
<steps>
<title>To edit the Libvirt XML configuration of a box:</title>
<item><p>Right-click on the box in the collection view and select
- <gui>Properties</gui>, or click the menu
+ <gui>Preferences</gui>, or click the menu
(<media type="image" src="figures/view-more-symbolic.svg" its:translate="no"><span
its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>)
- button in the header bar and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Click the <gui>System</gui> tab.</p></item>
- <item><p>Click the <gui style="button">Edit XML</gui> button to open the configuration
- editor.</p></item>
- <item><p>Edit the XML configuration and click <gui style="button">Save</gui>. Boxes will attempt
- to create a snapshot prior to your changes getting applied, allowing you to revert your
- configuration in case of a mistake.</p></item>
- <item><p>If the virtual machine which has been edited is already running, Boxes will show a
- notification asking to restart the running virtual machine.</p></item>
+ button in the header bar and select <gui>Preferences</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Scroll down to the <gui>Configuration</gui> section.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Click the <gui style="button">Edit Configuration</gui> button to open the configuration
+ in a text editor.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Edit the XML configuration and <gui style="button">Save</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>If the virtual machine which has been edited is already running, the changes will take effect
+ after restarting the running virtual machine.</p></item>
</steps>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <p>When saving a new configuration, Boxes will suggest that you create a
+ snapshot prior to your changes getting applied, allowing you to revert your
+ configuration in case of a mistake.</p>
+ </note>
</page>
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