You have several options. First is virsh
Second is to run kvm directly from the command line. You then use the option -vnc :0 Third is to use one of several web interfaces (Personally I advise Proxmox, there are others). On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Bodhi Zazen <bodhi.za...@montanalinux.org>wrote: > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "Keith Edmunds" <k...@midnighthax.com> > To: et-mgmt-tools@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 > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools >
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