3.2. Creating virtual machines by using the web console

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface of the web console, click Create VM.

   The Create new virtual machine dialog appears.

   

2. Enter the basic configuration of the VM you want to create.

   • Name - The name of the VM.
   • Connection - The level of privileges granted to the session. For more details, expand the associated dialog box in the web console.
   • Installation type - The installation can use a local installation medium, a URL, a PXE network boot, a cloud base image, or download an operating system from a limited set of guest operating systems.

   • Operating system - The guest operating system running on the VM. Note that Red Hat provides support only for a limited set of guest operating systems.

     注意

     To download and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux directly from web console, you must add an offline token in the Offline token field.

   • Storage - The type of storage.
   • Storage Limit - The amount of storage space.
   • Memory - The amount of memory.

3. Create the VM:

   • If you want the VM to automatically install the operating system, click Create and run.
   • If you want to edit the VM before the operating system is installed, click Create and edit.
   注意

   If you do not want to install an operating system immediately after creating a VM, you can do it later by selecting the VM in the Virtual Machines interface and clicking the Install button.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface of the web console, click Import VM.

   The Import a virtual machine dialog appears.

2. Enter the basic configuration of the VM you want to create:

   • Name - The name of the VM.
   • Disk image - The path to the existing disk image of a VM on the host system.
   • Operating system - The operating system running on a VM disk. Note that Red Hat provides support only for a limited set of guest operating systems.
   • Memory - The amount of memory to allocate for use by the VM.

3. Import the VM:

   • To install the operating system on the VM without additional edits to the VM settings, click Import and run.
   • To edit the VM settings before the installation of the operating system, click Import and edit.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 10 web console.

2. In the Virtual Machines interface of the web console, click Create VM.

   The Create new virtual machine dialog appears.

3. In the Name field, enter a name for the VM.
4. On the Details tab, in the Installation type field, select Cloud base image.
5. In the Installation source field, set the path to the image file on your host system.

6. Enter the configuration for the VM that you want to create.

   • Operating system - The VM’s operating system. Note that Red Hat provides support only for a limited set of guest operating systems.
   • Storage - The type of storage with which to configure the VM.
   • Storage Limit - The amount of storage space with which to configure the VM.
   • Memory - The amount of memory with which to configure the VM.

7. Click the Automation tab and set your cloud authentication credentials:

   • Root password - Enter a root password for your VM. Leave the field blank if you do not want to set a root password.
   • User login - Enter a cloud-init user login. Leave this field blank if you do not want to create a user account.
   • User password - Enter a password. Leave this field blank if you do not want to create a user account.

8. Click Create and run.

   The VM is created.