KVM/libguestfs-tools/virt-builder
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virt-builder
[1] is a command line tool for building new virtual machines.
Examples
[edit | edit source]virt-builder --list
andvirt-builder --notes debian-9
to see if there is notes available.virt-builder debian-9 --format qcow2
virt-builder debian-9 --format qcow2 --size 20G
virt-builder debian-9 --format qcow2 --size 20G --hostname MY_NEW_VM_NAME
virt-builder debian-9 --format qcow2 --size 20G --hostname MY_NEW_VM_NAME --install "PACKAGE_NAME_1,PACKAGE_NAME_2"
virt-builder debian-9 --format qcow2 --size 20G --hostname MY_NEW_VM_NAME --install "PACKAGE_NAME_1,PACKAGE_NAME_2" --root-password password:YOUR_ROOT_PASS
virt-builder ubuntu-18.04 --format qcow2 --hostname YOUR_HOST_NAME --root-password password:YOUR_PASSWORD [ 2.0] Downloading: http://libguestfs.org/download/builder/ubuntu-18.04.xz ############################################################################################################## 100.0%# ################################################################################################################### 100.0% [ 286.1] Planning how to build this image [ 286.1] Uncompressing [ 288.2] Converting raw to qcow2 [ 291.1] Opening the new disk [ 298.2] Setting a random seed virt-builder: warning: random seed could not be set for this type of guest [ 298.2] Setting the hostname: YOUR_HOST_NAME [ 299.1] Setting passwords [ 299.8] Finishing off Output file: ubuntu-18.04.qcow2 Output size: 6.0G Output format: qcow2 Total usable space: 5.8G Free space: 4.3G (74%)
To boot it under libvirt use virt-install --import
command.
See also
[edit | edit source]virt-install
virt-clone
virt-builder
virt-customize
virt-sysprep
virsh undefine