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qm create — Create or restore a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://

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Problem

How to use the qm create command: Create or restore a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_create>.

Solution

qm create — Create or restore a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: <https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html#cli_qm_create>.

Create a virtual machine with access to 512MiB of memory and 1 CPU core:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}}

Give the virtual machine a name and automatically start the machine after creation:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --name {{vm_name}} --start

Give a virtual machine specified amount of memory and CPUs:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --memory {{8192}} --cores {{4}}

Specify the type of operating system on the machine:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --ostype {{win10}}

Replace an existing machine (requires archiving it):

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --archive {{path/to/backup_file.tar}} --force 1

Specify a script that is executed automatically depending on the state of the virtual machine:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --hookscript {{path/to/script.pl}}

Specify the install media:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --cdrom {{local:iso/install-media.iso}}

Create a VM that bridges itself to the host network:

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --net{{0}} virtio,bridge=vmbr{{0}}

Code Snippets

Create a virtual machine with access to 512MiB of memory and 1 CPU core

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}}

Give the virtual machine a name and automatically start the machine after creation

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --name {{vm_name}} --start

Give a virtual machine specified amount of memory and CPUs

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --memory {{8192}} --cores {{4}}

Specify the type of operating system on the machine

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --ostype {{win10}}

Replace an existing machine (requires archiving it)

qm {{[cr|create]}} {{100}} --archive {{path/to/backup_file.tar}} --force 1

Context

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