Installing the VM

To install the VM, run the below command:

sudo virt-install \

--virt-type=kvm \

--name <EXINDA_VM_NAME> \

--ram 4096 \

--vcpus=2 \

--os-variant=centos6.3 \

--virt-type=kvm \

--hvm \

--cdrom=<PATH_TO_ISO> \

--network=bridge=<BRIDGE_1>,model=virtio \

--network=bridge=<BRIDGE_2>,model=virtio \

--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/<EXINDA_VM_NAME>.qcow2,size=40,bus=virtio,format=qcow2

The above command will create the VM and also allocate the disk stored in qcow2 format.

The domain might take some time to be created, as the script that installs Exinda OS is being executed. You can view the progress by opening another console and running the below command:

sudo sudo virsh console $VM_ID

Where $VM_ID is the unique identifier for the running VM. You can view running VMs by running virsh list and virsh list --all for all VMs (started and stopped).