Before provisioning a guest automatically, ensure that the required files are either on the system or in a remotely accessible location. A mixture of local and remote sources is supported within a single command. The supported protocols for retrieving remote files are HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. The following list presents the required files.

• The libvirt domain XML file defines the guest parameters, such as the number of CPUs, amount of RAM, and details about the bridge and vhost interfaces.

  For the example in this chapter, the another-guest.xml file is used.

• The disk image must be in the QCOW2 format and specifies the guest operating system.

  For the example in this chapter, the disk.qcow2 file is used.

• The ISO configuration file specifies the guest configuration.

  For the example in this chapter, the config.iso file is used.