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| # quickemu | <h1 align="center"> | ||||||
| Simple shell script to manage Qemu virtual machines. |   <img src=".github/logo.png" alt="Quickemu" /> | ||||||
|  |   <br /> | ||||||
|  |   Quickemu | ||||||
|  | </h1> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | <p align="center"><b>Simple shell script to manage Qemu virtual machines.</b></p> | ||||||
|  | <div align="center"><img src=".github/screenshot.png" alt="Quickemu Screenshot" /></div> | ||||||
|  | <p align="center">Made with 💝 for <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anythingcodes/slack-emoji-for-techies/gh-pages/emoji/tux.png" align="top" width="24" /></p> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ## Introduction | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | Quickemu is a very simple script to "manage" Qemu virtual machines. Each virtual | ||||||
|  | machine configuration is broadly the same requiring minimal setup. The main | ||||||
|  | objective of the project is to enable quick testing of desktop Linux | ||||||
|  | distributions where the virtual machines can be stored anywhere, such as external | ||||||
|  | USB storage. | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | See the video where I explain my motivations for creating this script. | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTYWEgw0hI) | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ## Installation | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ### Ubuntu 19.10 or newer | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | Install qemu | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ```bash | ||||||
|  | sudo apt install qemu qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon bridge-utils ovmf | ||||||
|  | sudo adduser ${SUDO_USER} kvm | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | Install `samba` *(optional)* if you want to share home directories with guest virtual machines | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ```bash | ||||||
|  | sudo apt install samba | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | Install the `qemu-virgil` snap *(optional)* | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ```bash | ||||||
|  | snap install qemu-virgil | ||||||
|  | snap connect qemu-virgil:removable-media | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ## Usage | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  |   * Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution | ||||||
|  |   * Create a VM configuration file; for example `ubuntu.conf` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | iso="/media/$USER/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso" | ||||||
|  | disk_img="/media/$USER/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.qcow2 | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  |   * Use `quickemu.sh` to start the virtual machine: | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | ./quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal-desktop.conf | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | Here are the full usage instructions: | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | Usage | ||||||
|  |   quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | You can also pass optional parameters | ||||||
|  |   --delete   : Delete the disk image. | ||||||
|  |   --efi      : Enable EFI BIOS (default). | ||||||
|  |   --legacy   : Enable legacy BIOS. | ||||||
|  |   --restore  : Restore the snapshot. | ||||||
|  |   --samba    : Share your home directory to the guest. | ||||||
|  |   --snapshot : Create a disk snapshot. | ||||||
|  |   --virgil   : Use virgil, if available. | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ## TODO | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  |   - [ ] Make display configuration more robust | ||||||
|  |   - [ ] Improve stdout presentation | ||||||
|  |   - [ ] Make disk image optionally size configurable | ||||||
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