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| # quickemu | ||||
| Simple shell script to manage Qemu virtual machines. | ||||
| <h1 align="center"> | ||||
|   <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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