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

[bodhi zazen]

Umm ... I think virsh is what you want, slthough I do not think you
understand what I told you about KVM.

You will need to connect to the Debian installer somehow if you go that
route, I am not familiar with it and I am not sure if you can simply boot
the iso and then connect to the guest via ssh.

For virsh, since I see your google is broken =)

http://linux.die.net/man/1/virsh

http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2009/06/15/migrating-kvm-hosts-with-virsh/

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2450/6n4o5me9j?a=view

http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-ubuntu-9.04-p3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Managing

That should certainly get you started.

As far as running KVM without X I suggest you read man qemu

Or try this blog :

http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/how-to-run-kvm-without-x/

with the -vnc flag you can run without X

-vnc none

or , since you are installing from an iso, -vnc :0 (or what have you) so you
may connect to the installer from remote.

Neither -vnc none or -vnc :0 require X at all on the (host) server or guest
(you can connect via vnc to a minimal guest with no X installed on either
host or guest).

Happy reading =)



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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