Virt-install (Windows)
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https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/virt-install.html
1) qemu-img create -f qcow2 IMAGE_NAME.qcow2 10G 2) virt-install --virt-type=kvm --name MY_VMNAME --ram 1024 --disk /path/to/your/precreated_image/IMAGE_NAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 --network network=default --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --os-type=windows --os-variant=win2k3 --cdrom=/path/to/windowsimg/Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x64.iso Starting install... Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to the console to complete the installation process. 3) virsh vncdisplay MY_VMNAME :3 4) Use VNC Client to connect
See os-variant: win2k16, win2k3
1) qemu-img create -f qcow2 IMAGE_NAME.qcow2 10G 2) virt-install --name=MY_NEW_VMNAME --os-type=windows --disk path=/path/to/your/precreated_image/IMAGE_NAME.qcow2 --cdrom=/path/to/your/iso/Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x64.iso --graphics spice --ram=1024 Starting install... Domain installation still in progress. Waiting for installation to complete. 3) virsh vncdisplay MY_NEW_VMNAME error: Failed to get VNC port. Is this domain using VNC?
Example Virtual Machine using virtio:
* virt-install --autostart --check all=on --name YOUR_VM_MACHINE --memory VM_MEMORY --vcpus VM_CPUs --os-variant ubuntu18.04 --cdrom VM_INSTALLATION_MEDIA --disk /path/libvirt/VM_STORAGE_POOL_NAME/YOUR_VM_MACHINE.qcow2 --noautoconsole --wait TIME_TO_WAIT --network type=direct,source=eno111,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio
Virt-install with errors
virt-install --connect=qemu:///system --name=mywin --os-type=windows -r 1024 --cpus=1 --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --cdrom=/path/to/en_windows_2k3.iso --disk path=/path/to/win2k3.img --accelerate --network=bridge:br0 --vnc
WARNING Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer. WARNING No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1
WARNING Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer. WARNING No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1 Starting install... ERROR Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu:///system start mywin otherwise, please restart your installation.
ERROR Cannot read CA certificate '/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem': No such file or directory
WARNING Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer. WARNING No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1
Starting install... ERROR internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2020-02-05T10:13:42.360993Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1,bootindex=1: Failed to get shared "write" lock Is another process using the image? Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu:///system start MY_DOMAIN otherwise, please restart your installation.
Activities
See also
- Virtio, Install virtio-win
virtinst(package):virt-install,virt-clone,virt-convertandvirt-xmllibguestfs-tools:virt-sysprep,virt-clone,virt-builder,virt-customize,virt-resize,virt-rescue,virt-sparsify,guestmount,guestfish,virt-inspector,virt-cat,virt-log,virt-df,virt-ls,virt-filesystems,virt-list-filesystems,virt-edit- KVM, Installation, QEMU,
virsh,virtinst,libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM
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