Script to create VM on Qemu using libvirt

create-vm.sh

#!/bin/sh

STORAGE="/var/lib/libvirt/images"
NAME="ubuntu1204-64"
#MAC="54:52:00:6C:46:01"
#IMAGE=$STORAGE/$NAME.img
IMAGE=/root/ubuntu1204-64.qcow2
LOCATION="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/"
#LOCATION="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-i386/"
#NET_BRIDGE=br0
OS_TYPE=linux
OS_VARIANT=ubuntukarmic
MEMORY_SIZE=1024 # in MB
CPU=1
DISKSIZE=2 # in GB
NETWORK="bridge:br0,model=virtio"
KEYMAP=en-GB
CDROM=/root/ubuntu-12.04.3-server-i386.iso

virt-install -n $NAME \
  -r $MEMORY_SIZE \
  --vcpus=$CPU \
  --disk path=$IMAGE,format=qcow2,bus=virtio,cache=none \
  --os-type $OS_TYPE --os-variant=$OS_VARIANT \
  --accelerate --noautoconsole \
  --extra-args="console=ttyS0,9600n8" \
  --keymap=$KEYMAP \
  --location=$LOCATION \
  #--cdrom $CDROM
  #--network=$NETWORK \
  #-f $IMAGE -s $DISKSIZE \
  #--mac=$MAC \
  #--network bridge:$NET_BRIDGE \
  #--extra-args="ks=http://nena.inf.ed.ac.uk/ks/$NAME.cfg console=ttyS0,9600n8" \