14.5.24. Creating a Guest Virtual Machine from a Configuration File

Guest virtual machines can be created from XML configuration files. You can copy existing XML from previously created guest virtual machines or use the dumpxml option (refer to Section 14.5.23, “Creating a Virtual Machine XML Dump (Configuration File)”). To create a guest virtual machine with virsh from an XML file:

virsh create configuration_file.xml

# virsh create configuration_file.xml