On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 7:42 PM Erik Skultety <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:54:13PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > #cat /etc/redhat-release > > CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) > > #virt-install --version > > 1.5.0 > > #virt-install -n snipeitassetmanagementubuntu --ram 8096 --vcpus 2 > > --virt-type kvm --os-type linux --os-variant ubuntu18.04 --graphics none > > --location ' > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64/' > > --extra-args "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" --disk > > path=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/snipeitassetmanagementubuntu.img,size=30 > > > > I am unable to connect to the guest VM instance. Any clue and i look > > forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance. > > Can you elaborate on what connection type is not working for you - serial > console or SSH? > I will presume you're talking about the former in which case > --extra-args "console=..." is not a permanent setting, it is only placed > on the > kernel cmdline the first time the machine boots, IOW when it's being > installed. > That's how '--extra-args' works. Afterwards, the args will be lost, so you > need > to use some kind of automation management SW like Ansible to tweak the grub > config after the OS installation if you want to keep using serial console. > > If by any chance you were talking about the latter, then I guess you > haven't > installed the SSH server in the VM. > > Regards, > Erik > Hi Erik, $virsh console snipeitassetmanagemeubuntu Connected to domain snipeitassetmanagementubuntu Escape character is ^] The screen is frozen. To connect it to the VM guest instance, I need to configure the static private IP for this VM instance and later I can SSH login to the server using private IP. Please suggest. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Kaushal
