In progress Project Cockpit on Ubuntu

Command to tell if all of your Virtulization Settings are enabled

    virt-host-validate`

Commands to install services

    sudo apt install qemu-system virt-manager bridge-utils

Additional Commands

Add user to appropriate groups

    sudo useradd -g $USER libvirt
    sudo useradd -g $USER libvirt-kvm

Enable libvirt service

    sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service && sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service

Command to install Cockpit

sudo apt-get install cockpit -y

Command to start and enable Cockpit

sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

Command to allow your user to log onto Cockpit and have SUDO privileges

sudo usermod -aG sudo ***YOURUSERNAME***

Command to open up Firewall ports for 9090

sudo ufw allow 53

Command to install Cockpit module

 sudo apt install cockpit-machines

Cockpit URL

https://serverIP:9090/

Commands to create VM

virt-install \
 --name web_devel \
 --ram 8192 \
 --disk path=/home/doug/vm/web_devel.img,bus=virtio,size=50 \
 --cdrom local-desktop-amd64.iso \
 --network network=default,model=virtio \
 --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --hvm --vcpus=4

There are many more arguments that can be found in the virt-install manpage. However, explaining those of the example above one by one:

--name web_devel
    The name of the new virtual machine will be web_devel.
--ram 8192
    Specifies the amount of memory the virtual machine will use (in megabytes).
--disk path=/home/doug/vm/web_devel.img,bus=virtio,size=50
    Indicates the path to the virtual disk which can be a file, partition, or logical volume. In this example a file named web_devel.img in the current user’s directory, with a size of 50 gigabytes, and using virtio for the disk bus. Depending on the disk path, virt-install may need to run with elevated privileges.
--cdrom focal-desktop-amd64.iso
    File to be used as a virtual CD-ROM. The file can be either an ISO file or the path to the host’s CD-ROM device.
--network
    Provides details related to the VM’s network interface. Here the default network is used, and the interface model is configured for virtio.
--graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0
    Exports the guest’s virtual console using VNC and on all host interfaces. Typically servers have no GUI, so another GUI-based computer on the Local Area Network (LAN) can connect via VNC to complete the installation.
--noautoconsole
    Will not automatically connect to the virtual machine’s console.
--hvm
    creates a fully virtualised guest.
--vcpus=4 
    allocate 4 virtual CPUs.

Reg Commands for Virtual Windows 11

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig]
    "BypassTPMCheck"=dword:00000001
    "BypassSecureBootCheck"=dword:00000001
    "BypassRAMCheck"=dword:00000001
    "BypassStorageCheck"=dword:00000001
    "BypassCPUCheck"=dword:00000001