[et-mgmt-tools] Running virt-install without X

[bodhi zazen]

You have several options.

First is virsh

Second is to run kvm directly from the command line. You then use the option
-vnc :0

Third is to use one of several web interfaces (Personally I advise Proxmox,
there are others).

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Bodhi Zazen
<bodhi.zazen at montanalinux.org>wrote:

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> From: "Keith Edmunds" <kae at midnighthax.com>
> To: et-mgmt-tools at redhat.com
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:44:18 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: [et-mgmt-tools] Running virt-install without X
>
> New to list. I couldn't find a searchable archive of this ML, so
> apologies if this has been asked before (feel free to flame me, but
> please include a pointer to where I can find the answer).
>
> I've been looking at KVM virtualisation recently. I want to use it on a
> hosted server without X installed, and I want to be able to create new
> (Linux) guests from the command line.
>
> virt-install lets me kick off an installation, but everything I've tried
> so far needs a graphical terminal of some sort to carry out the
> text-based (Debian Lenny) installation. Once the installation is
> complete, I can use 'virsh' to connect to the serial console and that
> works fine.
>
> I suspect the key is in virt-install's '--nographics' option, but I
> can't seem to connect to the console to carry out the installation
> after using that option. Can anyone shed some light?
>
> (Just to be clear: I want to do everything via an ssh session, so no
> VNC, etc).
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
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