1.4. Tools and interfaces for virtualization management

You can manage virtualization in RHEL 10 by using the command line (CLI) or several graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

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 start and virsh 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.
virt-install - A CLI utility for creating new VMs. For more information, see the virt-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 the guestfish(1) man page on your system.

Graphical interfaces

You can use the following GUIs to manage virtualization in RHEL 10:

The RHEL 10 web console, also known as Cockpit, provides a remotely accessible and easy to use graphical user interface for managing VMs and virtualization hosts.
For instructions on basic virtualization management with the web console, see Managing virtual machines in the web console.