OZO Virt-Install Installation, Configuration, and Usage

Overview

This script assists with virtual server deployment using virt-install to define and start a guest (domain) on a Linux KVM host. It requires the path to a file containing guest configuration information. Results are written to the system log (typically /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog).

Prerequisites

Install the required Linux KVM packages and start the required services.

AlmaLinux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Rocky Linux 10

dnf -y install libvirt libvirt-client virt-install
systemctl enable --now libvirtd

Debian

PENDING.

Installation

To install this script on your Linux KVM system, you must first register the One Zero One repository.

AlmaLinux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Rocky Linux 10 (RPM)

rpm -Uvh https://repositories.onezeroone.dev/el/10/noarch/onezeroone-release-latest.el10.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-ONEZEROONE
dnf repolist
dnf -y install ozo-virt-install

AlmaLinux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Rocky Linux 9 (RPM)

rpm -Uvh https://repositories.onezeroone.dev/el/9/noarch/onezeroone-release-latest.el9.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-ONEZEROONE
dnf repolist
dnf -y install ozo-virt-install

Debian (DEB)

PENDING.

Configuration

Using /etc/ozo-virt-install.conf.d/ozo-virt-install-guest-example.conf as a template, create a configuration file that represents your desired VM.

Usage

ozo-virt-install
    <String>

Examples

ozo-virt-install.sh /etc/ozo-virt-install.conf.d/ozo-virt-install-guest-example.conf

Notes

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