Tools and interfaces for virtualization management
You can manage virtualization in RHEL 10 by using the command line (CLI) or the web console graphical user interface (GUI).
Command-line interface
The CLI is the most powerful method of managing virtualization in RHEL 10. Prominent CLI commands for virtual machine (VM) management include:
- virsh - A versatile virtualization command-line utility and shell with a great variety of purposes, depending on the provided arguments. For example:
- Starting and shutting down a VM -
virsh startandvirsh shutdown - Listing available VMs -
virsh list - Creating a VM from a configuration file -
virsh create - Entering a virtualization shell -
virsh
For more information, see the
virsh(1)man page on your system. - Starting and shutting down a VM -
virt-install- A CLI utility for creating new VMs. For more information, see thevirt-install(1)man page on your system.virt-xml- A utility for editing the configuration of a VM.guestfish- A utility for examining and modifying VM disk images. For more information, see theguestfish(1)man page on your system.
Graphical interface
- To manage virtualization in RHEL 10 in a GUI, you can use the RHEL 10 web console, also known as Cockpit. The web console provides a remotely accessible and easy-to-use GUI for managing VMs and virtualization hosts.