Provision a KVM instance with Cobbler - Documentation

Create a system in Cobbler¶

Create a KVM instance with virt-install¶

Create a MAC address¶

Create the KVM instance¶

virt-install   --name=rocky9-vm01   --ram=4096   --vcpus=2   --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rocky9-vm01.qcow2,size=50,format=qcow2   --network bridge=kvm_bridge,model=virtio,mac=$MAC   --pxe   --os-variant=rocky9   --boot network,hd   --graphics none   --serial pty   --console pty,target.type=virtio   --noautoconsole

sudo virsh console rocky9-vm01 --devname serial0

Cleanup¶

sudo virsh start rocky9-vm01
sudo virsh undefine rocky9-vm01 --remove-all-storage