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Virtual Machine (KVM) (view source)
Revision as of 09:44, 14 February 2018
, 09:44, 14 February 2018→Create Server (no GUI): Added "Create Workstation (GUI)", still WIP
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=== Create Server (no GUI) === | === Create Server (no GUI) === | ||
Update paths to reflect where install ISO, and where VM disk files are intended to be | Update paths to reflect where install ISO, and where VM disk files are intended to be. | ||
The <code>--extra-args "console=ttyS0"</code> option allows a local console to be accessed from the host machine (to allow OS install etc before the VM is on a network), though note that it can't be used with <code>--cdrom</code>, so <code>--location</code> has been used instead. | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
virt-install \ | virt-install \ | ||
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--vcpus=1 \ | --vcpus=1 \ | ||
--os-variant=ubuntu16.04 \ | --os-variant=ubuntu16.04 \ | ||
--network=bridge= | --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio \ | ||
--graphics none \ | --graphics none \ | ||
--disk path=/mnt/md0/kvm/vm/server-name.img,size=20,bus=virtio \ | --disk path=/mnt/md0/kvm/vm/server-name.img,size=20,bus=virtio \ | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
=== Create Workstation (GUI) === | |||
<pre> | |||
virt-install \ | |||
--virt-type=kvm \ | |||
--name ubuntu-desktop \ | |||
--ram 2048 \ | |||
--vcpus=1 \ | |||
--os-variant=ubuntu16.04 \ | |||
--cdrom=/mnt/md0/kvm/iso/ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso \ | |||
--network=bridge=br0,model=virtio \ | |||
--graphics vnc \ | |||
--disk path=/mnt/md0/kvm/vm/ubuntu-desktop.img,size=40,bus=virtio | |||
</pre> | |||
Once the command has got as far as <code>Waiting for installation to complete.</code> you need to connect to the VNC console session, to find the port number to connect on query the config from anothet SSH session connected to the host (typically VNC uses ports starting from 5900 upwards). | |||
virsh dumpxml ubuntu-desktop | grep vnc | |||
[[Category:KVM]] | [[Category:KVM]] | ||