Qemu guest agent is a helper daemon that exchanges information between the quest and the host and executes commands in the guest for snapshot, backup, reboot, power off, power on and many others. to install qemu guest agent, follow the below mentioned instructions:
Step 1: Log in using SSH:
You must be logged in via SSH as sudo or root user. Please read this article for instructions if you don’t know how to connect.
Step 2: Install qemu guest agent
apt update && apt -y install qemu-guest-agent
Step 3: Enable and Start Qemu Agent
systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent systemctl start qemu-guest-agent
Step 4: Verify
Verify that the Qemu quest agent is running
systemctl status qemu-guest-agent
Finally, qemu guest agent is very important for communication between host and guest and should not be removed to better control your VPS from your client area
Install Qemu guest agent in Debian & Ubuntu