Libvirt `--location` for $OperatingSystem
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I'm trying to install a virtual machine (libvirt + qemu kvm) and I would like to fetch the operating system from network. I'm using the --location option.
While I know that CentOS can be started with --location http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/, I'd like to know what URL I should use, for example, to start a Debian. Some hints are provided in the manpages, but are not always correct.
To generalize, I would like to know what the --location option is actually searching in the given URL, so that I can spawn any distribution. The manual mentions a location containing an installable distribution image, but it does not define what an installable distribution image is.
Any hint? Is this some distribution-dependent bit?
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I'm trying to install a virtual machine (libvirt + qemu kvm) and I would like to fetch the operating system from network. I'm using the --location option.
While I know that CentOS can be started with --location http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/, I'd like to know what URL I should use, for example, to start a Debian. Some hints are provided in the manpages, but are not always correct.
To generalize, I would like to know what the --location option is actually searching in the given URL, so that I can spawn any distribution. The manual mentions a location containing an installable distribution image, but it does not define what an installable distribution image is.
Any hint? Is this some distribution-dependent bit?
virt-manager
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
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asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
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I'm trying to install a virtual machine (libvirt + qemu kvm) and I would like to fetch the operating system from network. I'm using the --location option.
While I know that CentOS can be started with --location http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/, I'd like to know what URL I should use, for example, to start a Debian. Some hints are provided in the manpages, but are not always correct.
To generalize, I would like to know what the --location option is actually searching in the given URL, so that I can spawn any distribution. The manual mentions a location containing an installable distribution image, but it does not define what an installable distribution image is.
Any hint? Is this some distribution-dependent bit?
virt-manager
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
278212
I'm trying to install a virtual machine (libvirt + qemu kvm) and I would like to fetch the operating system from network. I'm using the --location option.
While I know that CentOS can be started with --location http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/, I'd like to know what URL I should use, for example, to start a Debian. Some hints are provided in the manpages, but are not always correct.
To generalize, I would like to know what the --location option is actually searching in the given URL, so that I can spawn any distribution. The manual mentions a location containing an installable distribution image, but it does not define what an installable distribution image is.
Any hint? Is this some distribution-dependent bit?
virt-manager
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
278212
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
edited Jun 22 at 0:34
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
2,1801410
asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
278212
asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
278212
asked Jun 21 at 20:10
Dacav
278212
278212
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Take a look at the source code for the urldetect.py module in virt-manager source tree. The module defines how the location URLs are interpreted.
The proper location URL for a given distro depends on the distro itself. The urldetect.py module looks at the URL and attempts to decipher what distro it refers to and figures out the rest from there.
This means installable distribution image is a broad concept which refers to distribution-specific URLs virt-manager knows how to decipher.
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
Take a look at the source code for the urldetect.py module in virt-manager source tree. The module defines how the location URLs are interpreted.
The proper location URL for a given distro depends on the distro itself. The urldetect.py module looks at the URL and attempts to decipher what distro it refers to and figures out the rest from there.
This means installable distribution image is a broad concept which refers to distribution-specific URLs virt-manager knows how to decipher.
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
Take a look at the source code for the urldetect.py module in virt-manager source tree. The module defines how the location URLs are interpreted.
The proper location URL for a given distro depends on the distro itself. The urldetect.py module looks at the URL and attempts to decipher what distro it refers to and figures out the rest from there.
This means installable distribution image is a broad concept which refers to distribution-specific URLs virt-manager knows how to decipher.
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
Take a look at the source code for the urldetect.py module in virt-manager source tree. The module defines how the location URLs are interpreted.
The proper location URL for a given distro depends on the distro itself. The urldetect.py module looks at the URL and attempts to decipher what distro it refers to and figures out the rest from there.
This means installable distribution image is a broad concept which refers to distribution-specific URLs virt-manager knows how to decipher.
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
Take a look at the source code for the urldetect.py module in virt-manager source tree. The module defines how the location URLs are interpreted.
The proper location URL for a given distro depends on the distro itself. The urldetect.py module looks at the URL and attempts to decipher what distro it refers to and figures out the rest from there.
This means installable distribution image is a broad concept which refers to distribution-specific URLs virt-manager knows how to decipher.
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
answered Jun 21 at 23:08
Emmanuel Rosa
2,1801410
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