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Start with libvirt, it provides a full GUI around QEMU operations. Run ps to see the underlying QEMU commands it runs. Inspect the XML files to understand how

Start with libvirt, it provides a full GUI around QEMU operations. Run ps to see the underlying QEMU commands it runs. Inspect the XML files to understand how it builds machines.

cpach 2y ago
A coworker came up with a similar idea: We started a VM using Lima, then ran ps to see what args it passed to QEMU. It was enlightening!
freedomben 2y ago
I agree but I think you meant "Virt Manager"? afaik libvirt is an API, not even a CLI and definitely not a full GUI. For a CLI, virsh is your guy.
- khrbtxyz 2y ago
  There's also virt-install, which is part of the Virt Manager package. https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/blob/main/man/virt-install.rst https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/blob/main/man/v... curl --output-dir $HOME/.local/share/libvirt/images/ -LO https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/20240507-1740/debian-12-genericcloud-arm64-20240507-1740.qcow2 virt-install --import --osinfo debian12 --disk size=20,backing_store=$HOME/.local/share/libvirt/images/debian-12-genericcloud-arm64-20240507-1740.qcow2 --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi --cloud-init