Python CLI helper for virt-install(1)
If you haven't already, install KVM.
yum groupinstall Virtualization
Use pip to install.
pip install kvminstall
This will automatically install the utility into your PATH.
usage: kvminstall [-h] [-c CLONE] [-i IMAGE] [-v VCPUS] [-r RAM] [-d DISK]
[-D DOMAIN] [-N NETWORK] [--type TYPE]
[--variant VARIANT] [-f CONFIGFILE]
name
positional arguments:
name name of the new virtual machine
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CLONE, --clone CLONE
name of the source logical volume to be cloned
-i IMAGE, --image IMAGE
image file to duplicate
-v VCPUS, --vcpus VCPUS
number of virtual CPUs
-r RAM, --ram RAM amount of RAM in MB
-d DISK, --disk DISK disk size in GB
-D DOMAIN, --domain DOMAIN
domainname for dhcp / dnsmasq
-N NETWORK, --network NETWORK
libvirt network
-I IPADDRESS, --ipaddress IPADDRESS
specify the 4th octet of the IP address
--type TYPE os type, i.e., linux
--variant VARIANT os variant, i.e., rhel7
-f CONFIGFILE, --configfile CONFIGFILE
specify an alternate config file, default=~/.config
/kvm-install/config.yaml
Assume that you have a pre-built base image with an LVM backend in the libvirt_lvm VG.
kvminstall -c /dev/libvirt_lvm/rhel71base examplevm
For a more complete example, see this blog entry.