27.1 Running virt-install to build a KVM Guest System

The virt-install utility accepts a wide range of command-line arguments that are used to provide configuration information related to the virtual machine being created. Some of these command-line options are mandatory (specifically name, memory and disk storage must be provided) while others are optional.

At a minimum, a virt-install command will typically need the following arguments:

•--name - The name to be assigned to the virtual machine.

•--memory - The amount of memory to be allocated to the virtual machine.

•--disk - The name and location of an image file to be used as storage for the virtual machine. This file will be created by virt-install during the virtual machine creation unless the --import option is specified to indicate an existing image file is to be used.

•--cdrom or --location - Specifies the local path or the URL of a remote ISO image containing the installation media...