virt-install.sh

#!/bin/bash

usage()
{
cat << EOF
usage: $0 options

This script launches virt-install with the specified arguments.

OPTIONS:
   -h            Show this message
   -n NAME       VM's name
   -r RAM        Amount of RAM in MB
   -c CPU        Number of CPU
   -d DISK       The location of the disk
   [-l LOCATION] The location of the installer
   -v            Verbose
EOF
}

NAME=
RAM=
CPU=
LOCATION="http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/"
VERBOSE=
while getopts “hn:r:c:vl:d:” OPTION
do
  case $OPTION in
    h)
      usage
      exit
      ;;
    n)
      NAME=$OPTARG
      ;;
    r)
      RAM=$OPTARG
      ;;
    c)
      CPU=$OPTARG
      ;;
    l)
      LOCATION=$OPTARG
      ;;
    d)
      DISK=$OPTARG
      ;;
    v)
      VERBOSE="-d"
      ;;
    ?)
      usage
      exit 1
      ;;
  esac
done

if [[ -z $NAME ]] || [[ -z $RAM ]] || [[ -z $CPU ]] || [[ -z $DISK ]]; then
  usage
  exit 2
fi

VIRT_INSTALL_BIN=$(which virt-install | sed -e 's/virt-install is //')

if [[ ! -x $VIRT_INSTALL_BIN ]]; then
  echo virt-install not found
  exit 3
fi

$VIRT_INSTALL_BIN \
  --nographics \
  --name $NAME \
  --ram $RAM \
  --vcpus $CPU \
  --location $LOCATION \
  --os-variant=debian7 \
  --disk path=$DISK \
  --network default \
  --extra-args='console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8' \
  $VERBOSE