libvirt users - Oct 2019 - Error validating install location: Distro 'rhel8' does not exist in our dictionary

Hi,

I am running the below command to spawn CentOS8 based Virtual Machines
using KVM based technology

virt-install --name=centos8
> --file=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8 --file-size=100
> --nonsparse --vcpus=2 --ram=8096 --network=bridge:br0 --os-type=linux
> --os-variant=rhel8 --graphics none
>
--location=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/CentOS-8-x86_64-1905-dvd1.iso
> --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> ERROR    Error validating install location: Distro 'rhel8' does not
exist
> in our dictionary

Any clue and i look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
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Hi,

if you run on a shell the command:

osinfo-query os

you will see that its:

rhl8.0               | Red Hat Linux 8.0
  | 8.0      | http://redhat.com/rhl/8.0


so instead of rhel8, i suggest you to try rhl8.0

Good luck !

Greetings
Oliver


Am 05.10.19 um 14:48 schrieb Kaushal Shriyan:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running the below command to spawn CentOS8 based Virtual Machines
> using KVM based technology
> 
>     virt-install --name=centos8
>     --file=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8
>     --file-size=100 --nonsparse --vcpus=2 --ram=8096
>     --network=bridge:br0 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel8 --graphics
>     none
>    
--location=/linuxkvmguestosdisk/var/lib/libvirt/isos/CentOS-8-x86_64-1905-dvd1.iso
>     --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
>     ERROR ? ?Error validating install location: Distro 'rhel8' does
not
>     exist in our dictionary
> 
> 
> Any clue and i look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in?advance.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
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On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 7:27 PM Oliver Dzombic <info@layer7.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if you run on a shell the command:
>
> osinfo-query os
>
> you will see that its:
>
> rhl8.0               | Red Hat Linux 8.0
>   | 8.0      | http://redhat.com/rhl/8.0
>
>
> so instead of rhel8, i suggest you to try rhl8.0
>
> Good luck !
>
> Greetings
> Oliver
>
>
>
Thanks Oliver and it worked like a charm.