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Why You Need QEMU Guest Agent

The QEMU Guest Agent (QGA) is a helper daemon that runs inside your Virtual Private Server. it provides a high-speed communication channel between our Cloud Portal and your operating system, enabling several critical management features:

Live Stats

Real-time CPU & RAM usage.

Security

Automatic Password Resets.

Reliability

Graceful OS shutdowns.

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Installation Guide

Most modern Linux distributions allow you to install the agent directly from the standard repositories.

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Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt update
sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y
sudo systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent

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CentOS / AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux

sudo yum install qemu-guest-agent -y
sudo systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent

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Windows Server

Windows requires the VirtIO driver package.
  1. Mount the VirtIO-Win ISO from our Media Tab.
  2. Run the virtio-win-guest-helper.exe installer found on the disk.

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Verifying the Connection

Once installed, return to the Cloud Portal.
  1. Select your VPS and go to the Overview tab.
  2. If the installation was successful, the CPU and Memory bars will begin displaying active data within 30-60 seconds.
  3. If the stats remain empty, restart the service inside your VPS: sudo systemctl restart qemu-guest-agent

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Critical Prerequisite

If the QEMU Guest Agent is not running, the Password Reset tool in the Options tab will not be able to communicate with your OS to inject the new credentials.

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Service Status

You can check if the agent is active at any time by running: systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
Last Updated: January 2026 | FREAKHOSTING: Precision Virtualization.