---
name: "libvdeplug_cmd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vdeplug"
version: "4.0.1-5.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libvdeplug_cmd"
---

# libvdeplug\_cmd(1)

vdeplug module: stream a VDE network through a command

## NAME

libvdeplug\_cmd - vdeplug module: stream a VDE network through a command

## SYNOPSIS

libvdeplug\_cmd.so

## DESCRIPTION

This is the standard vdeplug module to stream a VDE network using a command. This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like **vde\_plug**, **kvm**, **qemu**, **user-mode-linux** and **virtualbox**.

The vde\_plug\_url syntax of this module is the following:

**cmd://***command*

## EXAMPLES

Appropriate shell quoting is needed.

**cmd://"ssh remote.host.org vde\_plug vxvde://"**\
 **kvm .... -net vde,sock=cmd://"ssh remote.host.org vde\_plug vxvde://" ...**\

In these cases ssh should have been configured to require no foreground authentication  (see how to set up public key authentication: [ssh(1)](/ssh/1.md) and [ssh-keygen(1)](/ssh-keygen/1.md)).

## NOTICE

Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").

## SEE ALSO

[**vde\_plug**(1)](/vde_plug/1.md),