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-====== 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>
-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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