Read port forwards from per-VM forwards.conf files

A QEMU config file section cannot hold more than one hostfwd entry, so
the forwards move out of the ini files into qemu/<vm>/forwards.conf, one
"LABEL HOST_PORT GUEST_PORT" rule per line. The new vmforwards.py parses
them, skips rules whose host port is taken and builds the -netdev
argument, which every launcher now passes instead of relying on a
netdev section in the ini or on -nic.

The ini files move to qemu/<vm>/config.ini and qemu/<vm>/<os>-<arch>.ini.
The *_SSH_PORT / *_RDP_PORT variables and --rdp-port / --ssh-port still
replace the host port of the SSH and RDP rules.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GuofangandClaude Sonnet 5.5 committed 2026-10-29 14:55:30 +08:00
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@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
import os
import platform
import re
import shutil
import string
import subprocess
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import vmforwards
script_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
env = os.environ.get
@@ -68,11 +69,13 @@ def normalize_arch(arch):
native_arch = normalize_arch(platform.machine())
host_arch = normalize_arch(env("VM_IMAGE_ARCH") or native_arch)
qemu_binary = "qemu-system-aarch64" if host_arch == "arm64" else "qemu-system-x86_64"
qemu_config_template = Path(env("VM_QEMU_CONFIG") or script_dir / "qemu" / "debian13.ini")
qemu_config_template = Path(env("VM_QEMU_CONFIG") or script_dir / "qemu" / "debian13" / "config.ini")
host_os = platform.system().lower()
if host_os == "darwin" and host_arch == "amd64":
die("amd64 guests are not supported on macOS hosts; use an arm64 image")
qemu_platform_config = script_dir / "qemu" / f"debian13-{host_os}-{host_arch}.ini"
qemu_platform_config = script_dir / "qemu" / "debian13" / f"{host_os}-{host_arch}.ini"
forwards_file = Path(
env("VM_FORWARDS") or script_dir / "qemu" / "debian13" / "forwards.conf")
def pick_firmware(override, *candidates):
@@ -125,10 +128,12 @@ Usage: {Path(sys.argv[0]).name} [--daemon] [--download-only] [--state-dir DIR] [
Start the Debian 13 virtual machine. A writable overlay is created in the state
directory (default: vm/debian13/), so the downloaded base image is never
modified. The VM hardware (memory, CPUs, SSH port forward, ...) is defined in
qemu/debian13.ini, which is rendered to qemu.ini in the state directory and
loaded with QEMU's -readconfig, followed by qemu/debian13-<os>-<arch>.ini (os is linux or darwin, arch is amd64 or arm64). Later
modified. The VM hardware (memory, CPUs, ...) is defined in
qemu/debian13/config.ini, which is rendered to qemu.ini in the state directory and
loaded with QEMU's -readconfig, followed by qemu/debian13/<os>-<arch>.ini (os is linux or darwin, arch is amd64 or arm64). Later
QEMU arguments override them, e.g. `-- -m 4G -smp 4`.
Host port forwards, one "LABEL HOST_PORT GUEST_PORT" rule per line, are
read from qemu/debian13/forwards.conf.
Options:
--daemon Run in the background while keeping the graphical window
@@ -148,7 +153,8 @@ Environment variables:
VM_UEFI_VARS UEFI variable-store template path (auto-detected for the selected architecture)
VM_DISPLAY QEMU display backend (default: cocoa on macOS, gtk elsewhere)
VM_QEMU_CONFIG QEMU config template rendered into the state directory and
passed to -readconfig (default: qemu/debian13.ini)
passed to -readconfig (default: qemu/debian13/config.ini)
VM_FORWARDS Port forward file (default: qemu/debian13/forwards.conf)
""")
@@ -264,24 +270,24 @@ except (KeyError, ValueError) as error:
die(f"invalid placeholder in {qemu_config_template}: {error}")
qemu_config.write_text(qemu_config_text)
forwards = vmforwards.usable_forwards(vmforwards.load_forwards(forwards_file))
qemu_args = [
"-readconfig", str(qemu_config),
"-readconfig", str(qemu_platform_config),
# "max" is the host CPU under KVM/HVF and the fullest model under TCG.
"-cpu", "max",
# The config file's [netdev] does not stop QEMU from adding its default
# NIC, a second user network without the SSH port forward.
# A config file section cannot hold two hostfwd entries, so the network
# that the NIC in the config file uses is defined here. -nic none stops
# QEMU from adding its default NIC as well.
"-netdev", vmforwards.netdev_argument(forwards),
"-nic", "none",
"-display", display_backend,
]
print(f"Starting {host_arch} VM from {qemu_config_template} "
f"and {qemu_platform_config}.", flush=True)
# The SSH port forward lives in the config file, e.g. hostfwd = "tcp::2222-:22".
ssh_forward = re.search(r'hostfwd\s*=\s*"tcp:[^:"]*:(\d+)-[^:"]*:22"', qemu_config_text)
if ssh_forward:
print(f"SSH is forwarded to localhost:{ssh_forward.group(1)}: "
f"ssh -p {ssh_forward.group(1)} guofang@localhost", flush=True)
vmforwards.print_forwards(forwards)
if daemonize:
log_file.write_text("")