This page describes how to create new virtual machines on the infra/api hosts running KVM/libvirt, with Virtual Machine Manager or with CLI tools.
In order for any of this to work, it is required that one or more hosts are installed with the role::kvm puppet role.
Virtual Machine Manager
Install Virtual Machine Manager
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$ virt-install --name <vm-name> --memory <RAM in MB> --vcpus <cpus> --cpu host --pxe --boot network,hd --os-variant ubuntu16.04 --disk size=<disk size in GB>,pool=vmvg -w network:<net-name> --autostart --noautoconsole --wait 0 |
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$ virsh domiflist <vm-name> Interface Type Source Model MAC ------------------------------------------------------- - network management virtio 52:54:00:e8:8d:1c |
Start/stop/reset machine
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$ virsh start <vm-name> # start a shutdown machine
$ virsh destroy <vm-name> # Force stop a machine
$ virsh shutdown <vm-name> # Gracefully shutdown a machine
$ virsh reboot <vm-name> # Gracefully reboot a machine
$ virsh reset <vm-name> # Hard reset / cold boot a machine |
Important note
If you know that the VM you're creating is supposed to run a keepalived instance, enable allmulticast on the VM's vtap interface:
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root@infra1# ip link set dev macvtap<N> allmulticast on |