MY XML VM DEFINITION.XML

• virsh define MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML (define machine but do not start it)

 <ref>https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Draft:Virsh/MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML</ref>
Domain MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION defined from MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML

Using --validate option

• virsh define xmlfile.xml --validate

Domain MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION defined from MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML

• virsh create MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML

• XML definition: https://avdv.github.io/libvirt/formatdomain.html

Example:

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>MY_MACHINE</name>
  <uuid>2edb24b2-1d52-d7f3-2516-682e98a23fB2</uuid>
  <memory>131072</memory>
  <vcpu>3</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch="i686">hvm</type>
  </os>
  <clock sync="localtime"/>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/MY_MACHINE.img'/>
      <target dev='hda'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='network'>
      <source network='default'/>
      <mac address='22:22:53:24:12:65'/>
    </interface>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en'/>
  </devices>
</domain>

Activities

• KVM Offline Migrate or move a virtual machine between two KVM servers without shared storage: virsh dumpxml and virsh define

Related terms

• Virt-xml

See also

• 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

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/virtualization_administration_guide/section-libvirt-dom-xml-example

https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm