Domain Creation
A domain is really the virtual machine. Creating a new domain is just one simple command. virt-install. It takes a lot of parameters though. Use the following script to create your domains.
NAME="stretch-template" RAM="1024" LVM_SIZE="4G" LVM_GROUP="vg2" GRAPHICS_PROTOCOL="spice" #spice, vnc OS="debian9" MEDIA="/mnt/media/debian/stretch/debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso" if [ $# -eq 0 ] then echo "${0}: domain-name" else NAME=${1} fi LVM_NAME="kvm_${NAME}_vda" if [ ! -e /dev/${LVM_GROUP}/${LVM_NAME} ] then # create lvm partition lvcreate --size ${LVM_SIZE} --name ${LVM_NAME} ${LVM_GROUP} # create the virtual machine virt-install --name ${NAME} --memory ${RAM} --disk /dev/${LVM_GROUP}/${LVM_NAME},bus=virtio,format=raw --os-variant ${OS} --network bridge=br0,model=virtio --cdrom ${MEDIA} --graphics ${GRAPHICS_PROTOCOL},listen=192.168.1.33,password=${NAME} --noautoconsole --virt-type kvm else echo "${0}: refusing to overwrite existing domain"; fi