This is a simple script for managing virtual machines used for testing. Currently only RHEL8, RHEL9 and Fedora 35 operating systems are supported and it's mainly used to runnung xfstests on ext4. But it can be easily expanded in the future.
- Create and initialize new virtual machine
- Clone a virtual machine for testing
- Run automatized scripts and tests on virtual machine
You have to have the following tools available: lvm virsh virt-builder
ssh wget
The script utilizes lvm thin provisioning so you have to have lvm volume group and lvm thin-pool already set up with some free space available.
Example:
# Create a new volume group
vgcreate lvm_pool /dev/sda /dev/sdb
# Create a new thin-pool
lvcreate -L 100G --thinpool thin-pool lvm_pool
The script also requires some configuration. See vm.conf.template.
This script is for my personal use and may not meet your expectations. I made no effor making sure it works on any system other than mine for any purpose other than what I use it for. Please be careful!