libvirt users - Aug 2020 - Re: Installing Kali Linux using KVM virt-install tool

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (
> > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
> >
> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
> >
> > Starting install...
> > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
> >
> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > Retrieving file content...
> >
> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > Retrieving file info...
> >
> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > Retrieving file info...
> >
> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > Retrieving file info...
> >
> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
> > '/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso':
The URL could
> > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
> >
> > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
> > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
> > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
> > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
> >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
> > otherwise, please restart your installation.
> >
> >
> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> > ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See the
man
> > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
> >
> > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for*
--os-variant> * When
> > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything.
> > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from
> you.
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Hi,
>
> Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be available
> in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path to linux
> kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and
> --extra-args as well.
>
> If you look into virt-install man page in the section for --location you
> can find this example:
>
>     Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and 'initrd'
sub options.
>     These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that allow
>     selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install tree.
>     This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't know where to
>     find the kernel in the specified --location.
>
>     For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't know about
>     called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at 'kernel/fookernel' and
>     initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work with:
>
>         --location
> my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>
>
> You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image:
>
>     isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f
>
> and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which will make
> it work and --extra-args will work as well.
>
> Pavel
>
Hi Pavel,

Thanks for your email and much appreciated. I have pasted the output here
https://paste.centos.org/view/89952d91

#virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
--file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
--os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
--extra-args="console=ttyS0

--location my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd

--location
kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/?,initrd=kernel/?

I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant=  * When
I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. What should
be the value for --os-variant= as i want to install
kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
using KVM virt-install tool

Thanks once again and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,

Kaushal

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:13 PM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (
>> > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
>> >
>> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
--file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
>> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
>> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
>> >
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
>> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
>> >
>> > Starting install...
>> > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
>> >
>> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file content...
>> >
>> >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > Retrieving file info...
>> >
>> >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
>> > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
>> >
'/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL
>> could
>> > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
>> >
>> > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
>> > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
>> > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
>> > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
>> >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
>> > otherwise, please restart your installation.
>> >
>> >
>> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
--file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
>> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
>> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
>> > --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
>> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
>> > ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See
the
>> man
>> > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
>> >
>> > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for*
--os-variant>> * When
>> > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything.
>> > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing
from
>> you.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be available
>> in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path to
linux
>> kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and
>> --extra-args as well.
>>
>> If you look into virt-install man page in the section for --location
you
>> can find this example:
>>
>>     Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and
'initrd' sub options.
>>     These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that allow
>>     selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install tree.
>>     This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't know
where to
>>     find the kernel in the specified --location.
>>
>>     For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't know
about
>>     called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at 'kernel/fookernel'
and
>>     initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work with:
>>
>>         --location
>> my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>>
>>
>> You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image:
>>
>>     isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f
>>
>> and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which will
make
>> it work and --extra-args will work as well.
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>
> Hi Pavel,
>
> Thanks for your email and much appreciated. I have pasted the output here
> https://paste.centos.org/view/89952d91
>
> #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> --extra-args="console=ttyS0
>
> --location my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>
> --location
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/?,initrd=kernel/?
>
> I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant=  *
When
> I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. What should
> be the value for --os-variant= as i want to install
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
> using KVM virt-install tool
>
> Thanks once again and I look forward to hearing from you.
> Best Regards,
>
> Kaushal
>
Hi Pavel,

I will appreciate it if you can have a look at my earlier email to this
mailing list and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in Advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal

On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 10:13:57PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan
wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (
> > > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
> > >
> > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
--file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
> > > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > >
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
> > >
> > > Starting install...
> > > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
> > >
> > >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > > Retrieving file content...
> > >
> > >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > > Retrieving file info...
> > >
> > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > Retrieving file info...
> > >
> > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > Retrieving file info...
> > >
> > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
> > >
'/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL
could
> > > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
> > >
> > > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
> > > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
> > > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
> > > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
> > >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
> > > otherwise, please restart your installation.
> > >
> > >
> > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
--file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
> > > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > > --cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> > > ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See
the man
> > > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
> > >
> > > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for*
--os-variant> > * When
> > > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything.
> > > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing
from
> > you.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be available
> > in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path to
linux
> > kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and
> > --extra-args as well.
> >
> > If you look into virt-install man page in the section for --location
you
> > can find this example:
> >
> >     Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and
'initrd' sub options.
> >     These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that allow
> >     selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install
tree.
> >     This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't know
where to
> >     find the kernel in the specified --location.
> >
> >     For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't know
about
> >     called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at 'kernel/fookernel'
and
> >     initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work with:
> >
> >         --location
> > my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
> >
> >
> > You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image:
> >
> >     isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f
> >
> > and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which will
make
> > it work and --extra-args will work as well.
> >
> > Pavel
> >
>
> Hi Pavel,
>
> Thanks for your email and much appreciated. I have pasted the output here
> https://paste.centos.org/view/89952d91
Hi,
^this URL you provided already expired, consider using longer time periods
for pastebin services when posting to a mailing list.
>
> #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> --extra-args="console=ttyS0
>
> --location my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
>
> --location
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/?,initrd=kernel/?
>
> I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for* --os-variant=  *
When
> I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. What should
There's over 500 Linux distros out there with the vast majority being just
derivatives of the major distributions, so it requires someone who cares about
a specific distro to contribute the required changes to libosinfo and commit to
maintaining it to keep the information up to date.
> be the value for --os-variant= as i want to install
> kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
> using KVM virt-install tool
For any practical purposes, Debian 10 should do just fine in terms of pulling
the recommended VM settings from osinfo-db as Kali is derived from Debian.

Regards,
Erik

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:10 PM Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 10:13:57PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 06:57:11AM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to install kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
(
> > > > https://www.kali.org/downloads/) using KVM virt-install tool
> > > >
> > > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
> --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > > > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
> > > > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > > >
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > > > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
> > > >
> > > > Starting install...
> > > > Retrieving file .treeinfo...
> > > >
> > > >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > > > Retrieving file content...
> > > >
> > > >                               |    0 B  00:00:00
> > > > Retrieving file info...
> > > >
> > > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > > Retrieving file info...
> > > >
> > > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > > Retrieving file info...
> > > >
> > > >                              |  104 B  00:00:00
> > > > ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
> > > >
'/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL
> could
> > > > not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?
> > > >
> > > > The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
> > > > See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
> > > > Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
> > > > If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
> > > >   virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
> > > > otherwise, please restart your installation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > #virt-install --name=kalilinux
> --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > > > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--network=bridge:br0
> > > > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > > >
--cdrom=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > > > --extra-args="console=ttyS0"
> > > > ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with
--location. See
> the man
> > > > page for examples of using --location with CDROM media
> > > >
> > > > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for*
> --os-variant> > > * When
> > > > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return
anything.
> > > > Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to
hearing
> from
> > > you.
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Using --location with ISO image requires specific file to be
available
> > > in the ISO image where virt-install can look to figure out path
to
> linux
> > > kernel and initrd otherwise it is not able to use --location and
> > > --extra-args as well.
> > >
> > > If you look into virt-install man page in the section for
--location
> you
> > > can find this example:
> > >
> > >     Additionally, --location can take 'kernel' and
'initrd' sub
> options.
> > >     These paths relative to the specified location URL/ISO that
allow
> > >     selecting specific files for kernel/initrd within the install
tree.
> > >     This can be useful if virt-install/ libosinfo doesn't
know where to
> > >     find the kernel in the specified --location.
> > >
> > >     For example, if you have an ISO that libosinfo doesn't
know about
> > >     called my-unknown.iso, with a kernel at
'kernel/fookernel' and
> > >     initrd at 'kernel/fooinitrd', you can make this work
with:
> > >
> > >         --location
> > > my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
> > >
> > >
> > > You can use isoinfo to get the content of your ISO image:
> > >
> > >     isoinfo -J -i /path/to/your.iso -f
> > >
> > > and use the --location with kernel and initrd parameters which
will
> make
> > > it work and --extra-args will work as well.
> > >
> > > Pavel
> > >
> >
> > Hi Pavel,
> >
> > Thanks for your email and much appreciated. I have pasted the output
here
> > https://paste.centos.org/view/89952d91
>
> Hi,
> ^this URL you provided already expired, consider using longer time periods
> for pastebin services when posting to a mailing list.
>
> >
> > #virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
> > --file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
> > --os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
> > --location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
> > --extra-args="console=ttyS0
> >
> > --location
my-unknown.iso,kernel=kernel/fookernel,initrd=kernel/fooinitrd
> >
> > --location
> > kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/?,initrd=kernel/?
> >
> > I did not find kali OS details to provide an option for*
--os-variant> * When
> > I ran osinfo-query os | grep kali it did not return anything. What
should
>
> There's over 500 Linux distros out there with the vast majority being
just
> derivatives of the major distributions, so it requires someone who cares
> about
> a specific distro to contribute the required changes to libosinfo and
> commit to
> maintaining it to keep the information up to date.
>
> > be the value for --os-variant= as i want to install
> > kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
(https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
> > using KVM virt-install tool
>
> For any practical purposes, Debian 10 should do just fine in terms of
> pulling
> the recommended VM settings from osinfo-db as Kali is derived from Debian.
>
> Regards,
> Erik
>
>
Hi Erik,

Thanks Erik for the reply. I am running

#virt-install --name=kalilinux --file=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img
--file-size=50 --nonsparse --vcpu=2 --ram=4096 --network=bridge:br0
--os-type=linux --os-variant=debian9 --graphics none
--location=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso
--extra-args="console=ttyS0"

Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo...

                              |    0 B  00:00:00
Retrieving file content...

                              |    0 B  00:00:00
Retrieving file info...

                             |  104 B  00:00:00
Retrieving file info...

                             |  104 B  00:00:00
Retrieving file info...

                             |  104 B  00:00:00
ERROR    Could not find an installable distribution at
'/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso': The URL
could
not be accessed, maybe you mistyped?

The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
See virt-install man page for various distro examples.
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
  virsh --connect qemu:///system start kalilinux
otherwise, please restart your installation.

#virt-install --accelerate --hvm --connect qemu:///system --cdrom
/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso --name kalilinux
--ram 4096 --disk path=/linuxkvmaddgbdisk/kalilinux.img,size=50
--os-variant debian9 --graphics none --os-type linux
--extra-args="console=ttyS0"
ERROR    --extra-args only work if specified with --location. See the man
page for examples of using --location with CDROM media

I have pasted the output of the below command in http://sprunge.us/IdsF8Y

#isoinfo -J -i kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso

I am not sure if I understand about --location
kali-linux-2020.2-installer-amd64.iso,kernel=kernel/*?*,initrd=kernel/*?* as
per the pastebin http://sprunge.us/IdsF8Y

Any help will be highly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.
Please let me know if you need any additional details. Thanks in Advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal