This is my version root@vyos:/home/vyos# /etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent status ● qemu-guest-agent.service - LSB: QEMU Guest Agent startup script Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent) Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-10-24 20:35:56 UTC; 14s ago Process: 11600 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 11608 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/qemu-guest-agent.service └─11615 /usr/sbin/qemu-ga --daemonize -m virtio-serial -p /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0 Oct 24 20:35:56 vyos systemd[1]: Started LSB: QEMU Guest Agent startup script. root@vyos:/home/vyos# qemu-ga -V QEMU Guest Agent 2.1.2 root@vyos:/home/vyos# dpkg -l qemu* ii qemu-guest-agent 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u1 amd64 Guest-side qemu-system agent root@vyos:/home/vyos# Best regards Carlos