virsh

creating vms

• create vm with virt-install

  virt-install --name=<name> --vcpus=1 --memory=1024 --cdrom=/path/to/image.iso --disk size=8 --os-variant=<variant>

• above should automatically start virt-viewer if installed
• to see available variants incant

  virt-install --osinfo list

managing vms

virsh list --all
virsh start <name>
virsh dominfo <name>

connecting to running vm

• connect to terminal console

  virsh console <name>

• connect to gui

  virt-viewer <name>

customise image

• virt-customize requires libguestfs-tools pkg on debian

  virt-customize -a /path/to/image.qcow2 --root-password password:<passwd> --uninstall cloud-init