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Specifies the character device which generates the random numbers.

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Specifies the device node of the input character device. The default value and currently the only valid value is /dev/random.

Selected attributes

model="random"
Specifies the source model.

Usage

Configuring a random number generator

Parent elements

<rng>

Child elements

None.

Example

<devices>
    ...
    <rng model="virtio">
        <backend model="random">/dev/random</backend>
    </rng>            
    ...
</devices>