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virsh¶

virsh list --domain centos8
virsh start --domain centos8
virsh dominfo centos8
virsh edit /etc/libvirt/qemu/ubuntu20.04-2.xml
virsh create /etc/libvirt/qemu/ubuntu20.04-2.xml

Commands¶

Autostart domain: virsh autostart git

List guest domains¶

$ virsh list
 Id   Name          State
-----------------------------
 3    ubuntu22.04   running

Clone¶

virt-clone                           \
  --original=server1.linuxconfig.org \
  --name=server2.linuxconfig.org     \
  --auto-clone

Default to system instead of session¶

#/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf
#
# These can be used in cases when no URI is supplied by the application
# (@uri_default also prevents probing of the hypervisor driver).
#
uri_default = "qemu:///system"

Just for one user (~/.bashrc)

export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"

See also¶

kvm