Nice simple kvm/qemu config for windows

Updated… this now uses volume groups for the disk storage, virtio for both disk and network. Created by Fedora 13.

There seem to be a real lack of decent xml examples for libvirt/kvm/qemu on the internet for people using it in a bit more of an infrastructury way (where you want to be able to access the consoles remotely using VNC) and to run windows virtual machines.

This example is a dump that doesn’t include a uuid or mac address, they will be automatically generated by libvirt.

Use

sudo virsh define dc1.vc.example.com.xml

or similar to install it.

More useful virsh commands:

virsh list --all	show all VMs, running or not
virsh start 		start a VM
virsh shutdown 		shutdown a VM
virsh edit 		edit the config for a VM
virsh dumpxml 		dump the xml config for a VM
virsh define 		create a VM without starting it
virsh undefine 		undefine a VM

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>dc1.vc.example.com</name>
  <memory>1572864</memory>
  <currentMemory>1572864</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='fedora-13'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <cpu>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='2'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <source dev='/dev/vg1/dc1.vc.example.com'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='no' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-gb'/>
    <video>
      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
  </devices>
</domain>