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...need additional code so it can be done remotely). libvirt already has a mechanism which can be used to run a process on the remote server which is responsible for creating the kernel/initrd, however it has some limitations and it currently only works for Xen: http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBootloader Problem (b) is really a shortcoming of libvirt. If you define a virtio-serial socket in libvirt [http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementCharChannel] then it's a bit stupid that these only work locally. It should be possible (Dan assures me "easy") to make these be forwarded...