Virsh

Docs

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Virsh
• http://virt-tools.org/learning/
• virsh commands cheatsheet
• Managing guests with virsh

FAQ

Find IP address of a guest

https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/tip-find-the-ip-address-of-a-virtual-machine/

Remove VM

virsh list
virsh destroy vmname
virsh undefine vmname
virsh vol-delete /path/to/image

Virsh console

show resources

virsh dominfo <vmname>

Centos 6, 7

To get to see bootloader:

grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="console=ttyS0"

ON Centos 6 you need to create /etc/init/ttyS0.conf:

stop on runlevel[S016]
start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
respawn
instance /dev/ttyS0
exec /sbin/mingetty /dev/ttyS0

Add "ttyS0" to /etc/securetty And then run:

initctl start ttyS0