KVM Management Tools： Command Line(CLI), virsh & virt-install (depends on QEMU libvirt)

Management Tools - KVM

virsh

A minimal shell around libvirt for managing VMs

CLI

Active

Uses libvirt

LGPL

[root@wincarbon rgqancy]# virsh list

 

VMM's supporting tools virt-install/clone/convert

Command line tools for provisioning new VMs, cloning existing VMs and importing / converting appliance images.

CLI

Active

Uses libvirt

GPL v2

 

[root@wincarbon rgqancy]# virt-install --name=debian-vm \
--os-type=Linux \
--os-variant=debian12 \
--vcpu=4 \
--ram=096 \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Debian.img,size=15 \
--graphics spice \
--location=/home/rgqancy/Downloads/debian-12.9.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso \
--network bridge:virbr0