wiki/gofurther/virt-install.md

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Use virt-install to deploy RPM-based Linux distributions automatically

virt-install is a command-line utility that can be used to create virtual machines. It comes preinstalled with Phyllome OS.

• For Fedora, you can install it using the following command as root:

dnf install virt-install

Automated installation using an ISO file and a local kickstart file

• Use the following wget command to fetch the official Fedora Server ISO file and to put it in the current working directory

wget https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-35-1.2.iso

Please verify your download if you intent to use this virtual machine in production {.is-info}

Move the file to /var/lib/libvirt/iso:

mv Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-35-1.2.iso /var/lib/libvirt/iso

• Use the following wget command to fetch a standalone kickstart file made to deploy a stripped down desktop based on GNOME Shell, and put it in the working directory

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PhyllomeOS/phyllomeos/main/leaves/virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg

Please verify the content of the script if you intent to use this virtual machine in production, for instance by using the following command cat virtual-desktop.cfg {.is-info}

If you use a custom kickstart script, make sure it does include the cdrom option. {.is-warning}

• Deploy a UEFI-based machine with Fedora Server using the relative path of the local kickstart file

Warning

: doesn't work as intended. The kickstart file won't have to be modified to include the cdrom option and the ISO would have to include the necessary packages. {.is-danger}

virt-install \
    --connect qemu:///session \
    --os-variant detect=off \
    --virt-type kvm \
    --arch x86_64 \
    --machine q35 \
    --name virtual-phyllome-desktop \
    --boot uefi \
    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=1 \
    --vcpus 2 \
    --memory 4096 \
    --video virtio \
    --graphics spice,listen=none \
    --channel spicevmc \
    --channel unix,target.type=virtio,target.name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
    --autoconsole none \
    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
    --sound none \
    --network type=user,model=virtio \
    --controller type=virtio-serial \
    --controller type=usb,model=none \
    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
    --input type=tablet,bus=virtio \
    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
    --disk path=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/virtual-phyllome-desktop.img,format=raw,bus=virtio,cache=writeback,size=10 \
    --location=/var/lib/libvirt/iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-35-1.2.iso \
    --initrd-inject virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg"

Automated installation using a local kickstart file

• Use the following wget command to fetch a standalone kickstart file made to deploy a stripped down desktop based on GNOME Shell, and put it in the working directory

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PhyllomeOS/phyllomeos/main/leaves/phyllome-virtual-desktop.cfg

Please verify the content of the script if you intent to use this virtual machine in production, for instance by using the following command cat virtual-desktop.cfg {.is-info}

If using a custom kickstart script, make sure it includes repo information {.is-warning}

• Deploy a stripped down desktop based on GNOME Shell using a local kickstart file

virt-install \
    --connect qemu:///session \
    --os-variant detect=off \
    --virt-type kvm \
    --arch x86_64 \
    --machine q35 \
    --name virtual-phyllome-desktop \
    --boot uefi \
    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=1 \
    --vcpus 2 \
    --memory 4096 \
    --video virtio \
    --graphics spice,listen=none \
    --channel spicevmc \
    --channel unix,target.type=virtio,target.name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
    --autoconsole none \
    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
    --sound none \
    --network type=user,model=virtio \
    --controller type=virtio-serial \
    --controller type=usb,model=none \
    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
    --input type=tablet,bus=virtio \
    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
    --disk path=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/virtual-desktop.img,format=raw,bus=virtio,cache=writeback,size=10 \
    --location=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
    --initrd-inject virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg"

Automated installation using a remote kickstart file

• Alternatively, you can do the same as above but with an Internet-accessible kickstart file. The last line has to be swapped with :

virt-install \
    --connect qemu:///session \
    --os-variant detect=off \
    --virt-type kvm \
    --arch x86_64 \
    --machine q35 \
    --name virtual-phyllome-desktop \
    --boot uefi \
    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=1 \
    --vcpus 2 \
    --memory 4096 \
    --video virtio \
    --graphics spice,listen=none \
    --channel spicevmc \
    --channel unix,target.type=virtio,target.name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
    --autoconsole none \
    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
    --sound none \
    --network type=user,model=virtio \
    --controller type=virtio-serial \
    --controller type=usb,model=none \
    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
    --input type=tablet,bus=virtio \
    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
    --disk path=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/virtual-phyllome-desktop.img,format=raw,bus=virtio,cache=writeback,size=10 \
    --location=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
    --extra-args="inst.ks=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PhyllomeOS/phyllomeos/main/leaves/virtual-phyllome-desktop.cfg"

Local deployment without installation

The idea here is to define a virtual machine and use the netboot.xyz.iso as a way to boot into an installer.

virt-install \
    --connect qemu:///session \
    --os-variant detect=off \
    --virt-type kvm \
    --arch x86_64 \
    --machine q35 \
    --name virtual-desktop \
    --boot uefi \
    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=1 \
    --vcpus 2 \
    --memory 4096 \
    --video virtio \
    --graphics spice,listen=none \
    --channel spicevmc \
    --channel unix,target.type=virtio,target.name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
    --autoconsole none \
    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
    --sound none \
    --network type=user,model=virtio \
    --controller type=virtio-serial \
    --controller type=usb,model=none \
    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
    --input type=tablet,bus=virtio \
    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
    --disk none \
    --cdrom=/var/lib/libvirt/iso/netboot.xyz.iso \
    --install no_install=yes

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