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Experimental Linux KVM projects

KVM

Experimental Linux KVM projects

Creating CentOS Stream 9 virtual machine

This assumes that KVM, libvirt, and associated tools have been installed. Usually, there is a folder called ~/.local/share/libvirt/images/ that is created in the user's home directory.

The following can be run from a CentOS Stream 9 host and creates a CentOS Stream 9 guest image that will be used as a template image.

Make sure you have downloaded a CentOS Stream 9 ISO into your home directory as well.

    qemu-img create -f qcow2 ~/.local/share/libvirt/images/gold-template-image.qcow2 20G

    virt-install \
      --name gold-template-centos-stream-9-vm \
      --ram 2048 \
      --disk path=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/gold-template-image.qcow2,size=20 \
      --vcpus 2 \
      --os-variant centos-stream9 \
      --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
      --graphics none \
      --console pty,target_type=serial \
      --location ~/CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso \
      --extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8'

Provisioning new virtual machine

    cd KVM
    ./provisioning/provision_virtual_machine.sh