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command_line [2011/07/22 14:09]
k2patel
command_line [2020/08/10 02:35]
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 ====== KVM Command Line ====== ====== KVM Command Line ======
  
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 [[http://​libvirt.org/​formatdomain.html|Domain Format in KVM]] [[http://​libvirt.org/​formatdomain.html|Domain Format in KVM]]
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 +==== Test your bootable USB on kvm ====
 +In order to test your USB using KVM use following command.
 +<code bash>
 +qemu-kvm -hdb <​device> ​
 +</​code>​
 +In my case device was "/​dev/​sdb"​.
  
 ==== Converting Existing Image ==== ==== Converting Existing Image ====
 === Converting VMWARE image for KVM === === Converting VMWARE image for KVM ===
 +
 use following command. use following command.
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 ovftool -tt=vmx Amazon-EC2-VM-Import-Connector.ova amazon_kvm ovftool -tt=vmx Amazon-EC2-VM-Import-Connector.ova amazon_kvm
 </​code>​ </​code>​
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 +converting .ova is just easy\\
 +some times ovftool failing\\
  
 <​html>​ <​html>​
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
 +==== FU Commands ====
 +
 +=== Create Disk ===
 +create disk of size 10G
 +<code bash | for dynamic allocation>​
 +qemu-img create -f raw vdisk.img 10G 
 +</​code>​
 +OR
 +<code bash | preallowcation>​
 +dd if=/​dev/​zero of=vdisk.img bs=1G count=0 seek=[NUMBER_OF_GB]
 +</​code>​
 +
 +==== How to allow network access to KVM Guest ====
 +
 +Modify guest.xml file and listen variable.
 +<code bash | vi /​etc/​libvirt/​qemu/​Archlinux.xml>​
 +<​graphics type='​vnc'​ port='​-1'​ autoport='​yes'​ listen='​192.168.1.4'​ passwd='​testing1'/>​
 +</​code>​
 +
 +==== Extract folder from KVM Guest Image ====
 +This is appear to be far easy solution then i thought.\\
 +[[http://​libguestfs.org/​virt-copy-out.1.html|Link to official Document]]
 +
 +For RHEL you require following packages installed.
 +  * libguestfs-tools
 +  * libguestfs-xfs ​ # if guest filesystem is XFS.
 +
 +<code bash>
 +mkdir test
 +virt-copy-out -a machine2.qcow2 /​metadata/​testing/​users test/
 +</​code>​
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