3.2.4. VM manifest creation commands

Create a VirtualMachine (VM) manifest.

virtctl create vm --name <vm_name>

Create a VM manifest, specifying a name for the VM.

virtctl create vm --user <user_name> --ssh-key|password-file=<value>

Create a VM manifest with a cloud-init configuration to create the selected user and either add an SSH public key from the supplied string, or a password from a file.

virtctl create vm --access-cred type:password,src:<secret>

Create a VM manifest with a user and password combination injected from the selected secret.

virtctl create vm --access-cred type:ssh,src:<secret>,user:<user_name>

Create a VM manifest with an SSH public key injected from the selected secret.

virtctl create vm --volume-sysprep src:<config_map>

Create a VM manifest, specifying a config map to use as the sysprep volume. The config map must contain a valid answer file named unattend.xml or autounattend.xml.

virtctl create vm --instancetype <instancetype_name>

Create a VM manifest that uses an existing cluster-wide instance type.

virtctl create vm --instancetype=virtualmachineinstancetype/<instancetype_name>

Create a VM manifest that uses an existing namespaced instance type.

virtctl create instancetype --cpu <cpu_value> --memory <memory_value> --name <instancetype_name>

Create a manifest for a cluster-wide instance type.

virtctl create instancetype --cpu <cpu_value> --memory <memory_value> --name <instancetype_name> --namespace <namespace_value>

Create a manifest for a namespaced instance type.

virtctl create preference --name <preference_name>

Create a manifest for a cluster-wide VM preference, specifying a name for the preference.

virtctl create preference --namespace <namespace_value>

Create a manifest for a namespaced VM preference.