virtualize



    1 #!/usr/bin/env bash
    2 #
    3 # Provides a very simple "sane" default for quickly virtualizing a system using
    4 # kvm and qemu. Intended for use to run quick "burn-down" systems for testing
    5 # (eg: build from live-cd or prebuilt hda using configuration management)
    6 #
    7 # Requirements:
    8 #   qemu
    9 #   libvirt
   10 
   11 if [[ -z ${1} ]]; then
   12   echo -e "
   13 Please specify at least a system drive to boot (-hda <path>), or a live iso
   14 file to serve as the bootable virtual cdrom device (-cdrom <path>.iso).\n
   15 Note that other qemu settings can be passed as well to further customize.\n"
   16   exit 1
   17 fi
   18 
   19 # Execute
   20 qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -machine accel=kvm -vga std -m 2048 ${@}