Usage: virt-install –name NAME –ram RAM STORAGE INSTALL [options]
Options:
–version show program’s version number and exit
-h, –help show this help message and exit
–connect=URI Connect to hypervisor with libvirt URI
General Options:
-n NAME, –name=NAME
Name of the guest instance
-r MEMORY, –ram=MEMORY
Memory to allocate for guest instance in megabytes
–vcpus=VCPUS Number of vcpus to configure for your guest. Ex:
–vcpus 5
–vcpus 5,maxcpus=10
–vcpus sockets=2,cores=4,threads=2
–cpuset=CPUSET Set which physical CPUs domain can use.
–cpu=CPU CPU model and features. Ex: –cpu coreduo,+x2apic
–description=DESCRIPTION
Human readable description of the VM to store in the
generated XML.
–security=SECURITY
Set domain security driver configuration.
–numatune=NUMATUNE
Tune NUMA policy for the domain process.
Installation Method Options:
-c CDROM, –cdrom=CDROM
CD-ROM installation media
-l LOCATION, –location=LOCATION
Installation source (eg, nfs:host:/path,
http://host/path, ftp://host/path)
–pxe Boot from the network using the PXE protocol
–import Build guest around an existing disk image
–init=INIT Path to init binary for container guest. Ex:
–init /path/to/app (to contain an application)
–init /sbin/init (for a full OS container)
–livecd Treat the CD-ROM media as a Live CD
-x EXTRA, –extra-args=EXTRA
Additional arguments to pass to the install kernel
booted from –location
–initrd-inject=INITRD_INJECTIONS
Add given file to root of initrd from –location
–os-type=DISTRO_TYPE
The OS type being installed, e.g. ‘linux’, ‘unix’,
‘windows’
–os-variant=DISTRO_VARIANT
The OS variant being installed guests, e.g. ‘fedora6’,
‘rhel5’, ‘solaris10’, ‘win2k’
–boot=BOOTOPTS Optionally configure post-install boot order, menu,
permanent kernel boot, etc.
Storage Configuration:
–disk=DISKOPTS Specify storage with various options. Ex.
–disk path=/my/existing/disk
–disk path=/my/new/disk,size=5 (in gigabytes)
–disk vol=poolname:volname,device=cdrom,bus=scsi,…
–nodisks Don’t set up any disks for the guest.
–filesystem=FILESYSTEMS
Pass host directory to the guest. Ex:
–filesystem /my/source/dir,/dir/in/guest
–filesystem template_name,/,type=template
Networking Configuration:
-w NETWORK, –network=NETWORK
Configure a guest network interface. Ex:
–network bridge=mybr0
–network network=my_libvirt_virtual_net
–network network=mynet,model=virtio,mac=00:11…
–nonetworks Don’t create network interfaces for the guest.
Graphics Configuration:
–graphics=GRAPHICS
Configure guest display settings. Ex:
–graphics vnc
–graphics spice,port=5901,tlsport=5902
–graphics none
–graphics vnc,password=foobar,port=5910,keymap=ja
–noautoconsole Don’t automatically try to connect to the guest
console
Device Options:
–serial=SERIALS Configure a guest serial device
–parallel=PARALLELS
Configure a guest parallel device
–channel=CHANNELS Configure a guest communication channel
–console=CONSOLES Configure a text console connection between the guest
and host
–host-device=HOSTDEVS
Configure physical host devices attached to the guest
–soundhw=SOUNDHW Configure guest sound device emulation
–watchdog=WATCHDOG
Configure a guest watchdog device
–video=VIDEO Configure guest video hardware.
–smartcard=SMARTCARD
Configure a guest smartcard device. Ex:
–smartcard mode=passthrough
Virtualization Platform Options:
-v, –hvm This guest should be a fully virtualized guest
-p, –paravirt This guest should be a paravirtualized guest
–container This guest should be a container guest
–virt-type=HV_TYPE
Hypervisor name to use (kvm, qemu, xen, …)
–arch=ARCH The CPU architecture to simulate
–machine=MACHINE The machine type to emulate
–noapic Disables APIC for fully virtualized guest (overrides
value in os-type/os-variant db)
–noacpi Disables ACPI for fully virtualized guest (overrides
value in os-type/os-variant db)
-u UUID, –uuid=UUID
UUID for the guest.
选项
Miscellaneous Options: --autostart Have domain autostart on host boot up. --print-xml Print the generated domain XML rather than define the guest. --print-step=XMLSTEP Print XML of a specific install step (1, 2, 3, all) rather than define the guest. --noreboot Don't boot guest after completing install. --wait=WAIT Time to wait (in minutes) --dry-run Run through install process, but do not create devices or define the guest. --force Forces 'yes' for any applicable prompts, terminates for all others -q, --quiet Suppress non-error output --prompt Request user input for ambiguous situations or required options. -d, --debug Print debugging information