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--- windows_vm_in_kvm_on_headless_ubuntu_server [23.01.2016 17:08] – Pascal Suter
+++ windows_vm_in_kvm_on_headless_ubuntu_server [23.01.2016 17:10] – Pascal Suter
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 now in your qemu command line you ened to add the parameters
-  -net nic -net tap
+<code>-net nic -net tap</code>
 the default qemu-ifup script in /etc/ will do the rest for you.
+==== example config ====
+here is an example configuration for a windows 7 machine using the above mentioned init script.. if you use another init script or run kvm manually you can simply use all the cli options listed below as an example of what you might want to pass on to qemu.. also take a look at the man page it is very informative and helpful!
+<code>
+# Should be unique among all VMs
+MONITOR_PORT=5801
+# Not mandatory, but useful to keep it in a distinct variable
+VNC_DISPLAY=1
+# KVM parameters
+KVM_OPTS="\
+-enable-kvm \
+-k de-ch \
+-name windows \
+-drive file=/vm/windows.img,if=virtio,format=raw,index=0 \
+-m 4096 \
+-net nic \
+-net tap \
+-vnc :$VNC_DISPLAY \
+-monitor tcp:127.0.0.1:$MONITOR_PORT,server,nowait \
+-monitor vc \
+-daemonize \
+</code>