How to mount a cdrom to a kvm/qemu domain?

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I have set up a virtual machine running Windows XP on my Ubuntu laptop. Using the virt-manager GUI application, I can insert a CD in my drive and go to Details?IDE CDROM 1 and click on the Connect button. Then the CD becomes available in my virtual machine.

How can I do the same through the command line? Obviously, I'd like to be able to disconnect from the command line too.

Note: I can start the VM from the command line using virsh start testbed (testbed being the name of the domain/VM).

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