Scripts that help with administration and usage of Qubes OS
Updates multiple template and standalone VMs.
Usage: `qubes4-multi-update [options] [vms-to-be-included ...]`
Options:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
-a, --all Select all updateable VMs
-l, --available Select VMs known to have available updates
-e, --exclude Exclude VM from selection; repeat as needed
-t, --templates Exclude non-templates
-u, --unattended Non-interactive, supress prompts
--autoremove Remove 'unused' packages with no dependencies
--shutdown-all Shutdown all VMs after updates
Excludes may also be specified in '/etc/qubes/autoupdate-exclude'.
Updates will be run for each specified VM even if some VM updates return an error. Any VMs with errors will be reported at the end.
Note: Dom0 update is no longer included. Please see Qubes documentation on using qubesctl
command to perform updates as you may find it preferable to using this script.
Restores internal VM security so that authorization is required to gain root access. Auth is in the form of a dom0 popup yes/no prompt requiring the user to hit 'Enter' or 'OK'. Based on Qubes vm-sudo howto. For Debian 9 VMs. (Caution! Back up your template before using, just in case re-configuration fails.)
Dom0: Find all VMs that match a pref value, optionally set new values for them. For example, its a handy way to switch all VMs that are using a particular netvm to a different netvm.
Update 12/20/18: The searchval parameter is now optional; without it all VMs with the pref will be printed. Also, a 'None' searchval can now match an empty/absent value.
Usage: `findpref -p prefname [searchval] [newval]`
Options:
-p, --pref Specify pref name/key to match (required)
-e, --exclude Exclude VM(s) from search result
-y, --yes Set values without prompting
--mtypes Match VM type(s)
Sets custom window border colors on Qubes KDE. The defaults are muted colors that look nice with both light and dark app color schemes.
A simple way to shutdown a Qubes VM associated with the currently active window. Before shutdown, any running instances of Firefox or Thunderbird in that VM will be told to quit; this allows the apps to save their open-tabs state.
Usage: add script path to dom0 desktop manager hotkey, press hotkey in window of target VM
Displays lmsensors and xentop system stats including temperature, fan speed, VM CPU & memory use in a compact format.
Usage: run script in a visible dom0 terminal. For example, `gnome-terminal -- system-stats-xen`
Keeps a rotating collection of Btrfs snapshots for root fs in a /Snapshots folder. Default settings retain four snapshots over a period of about 18-24 hours. Qubes 3.x only.
Usage: cron.d entry in dom0 such as:
*/15 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/do-snapshot.py
Run with --help to see options. On Qubes 3.x the --shutdown option can be used with --trim to
help ensure template trims are successful.
These scripts come with no warranty expressed or implied... use at your own risk! Also note that downloading programs via https may not protect their integrity in every case, so its a good idea to download with git clone and use a gpg-based verification procedure like git log --show-signature -1.