====== Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems As Virtual Guests ======

**General Information**

Installing RHEL as a virtual machine. 

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===== GUI Method: Virtual Machine Manager =====

  - Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager
  - File > New Virtual Machine
  - Follow prompts to select installation source and configure VM specs.
  - Install OS as normal.
  - Login to OS and enable network interface at boot time.

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===== CLI Method: Virt-Install =====

The CLI method uses the command "virt-install".

Run by itself, you will see the required options
<code bash>
virt-install
ERROR    
--name is required
--memory amount in MiB is required
--disk storage must be specified (override with --disk none)
An install method must be specified
(--location URL, --cdrom CD/ISO, --pxe, --import, --boot hd|cdrom|...)
</code>

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Example virt-install
<code bash>
virt-install \
--name=server1.example.com \
--vcpus 2 \
--memory 1024 \
--disk size=20 \
--location http://192.168.1.50/repo/CentOS/7/os/x86_64/ \
--extra-args="console=ttyS0 ks=http://192.168.1.50/repo/kickstart.cfg"
</code>
  * name => fully qualified hostname of VM
  * vcpus 2 => give guest VM 2 CPUs
  * memory => in MBs
  * disk size => in GB (since no disk path is specified, it will be stored in the default location /var/lib/libvirt/images/)
  * location => location of installation files
  * extra-args => a console is specified so CLI console access is enabled if needed and a path to a kickstart file will be used for install.

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