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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

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Provisioning Guests Manually

Provisioning a guest manually

You can provision a guest manually by using a series of set virtualization guest commands.

The following example shows how to install and configure a guest with a remote display console connected to one network device and with the following parameters:
  • Unique name of the guest: a-guest.

    The name for a guest can be alphanumeric, consisting of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, the dash, and underscore . However, you cannot start a guest name with either the dash or underscore.

  • Number of CPUs: 2.

    The maximum number of CPUs that can be configured is 8.

  • Amount of RAM: 2048 MB.

    The maximum memory that can be configured is 6144 MB.

To install and configure a guest, perform the following steps in configuration mode.

Table 1. Provisioning a guest manually
Step Command
Create a guest called a-guest. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest
Assign the UUID to the guest. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest uuid afbca013-f984-44bf-a294-2190771ab53f
Set the number of CPUs as 2. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest cpus 2
Set the RAM as 2048 MB. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest memory 2048
Set a virtual disk for the guest. 
vyatta@vyatta#  set virtualization guest a-guest devices disk 0 device-type disk
Set the path of the disk image as /var/lib/libvirt/images/an-image.qcow2. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest devices disk 0 source file /var/lib/libvirt/images/an-image.qcow2
Set the boot order of the disk as 1. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest devices disk 0 boot-order 1
Set the display password as lotr. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest devices display password lotr
Set the display port as 5910. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest devices display port 5910
Set the remote display access type as vnc. 
vyatta@vyatta# set virtualization guest a-guest devices display connection-type vnc
Commit the changes. 
vyatta@vyatta# commit
Display the result. 
vyatta@vyatta# show virtualization
 virtualization {
        guest a-guest {
                cpus 2
                devices {
                        disk 0 {
                                boot-order 1
                                device-type disk
                                source {
                                        file /var/lib/libvirt/images/an-image.qcow2
                                }
                        }
                        display {
                                connection-type vnc
                                password "********"
                                port 5910
                        }
                }
                memory 2048
                uuid afbca013-f984-44bf-a294-2190771ab53f
        }
}

Last updated: February 23, 2022