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 **General Information** **General Information**
  
-About this page/how-to/script+Installing RHEL as a virtual machine
  
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 +
 +===== GUI Method: Virtual Machine Manager =====
  
   - Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager   - Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager
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   - Install OS as normal.   - Install OS as normal.
   - Login to OS and enable network interface at boot time.   - 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>
 +
 +\\
 +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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