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How to Automate QEMU/KVM VM Deployments? (lemmy.ca)
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I'm looking to use KVM/QEMU on my Linux computer.

Are there scripts that help me automate deploying the same VM builds I've done before -- with the same RAM, HDD, networking, etc.. settings.

I've found the following but I'm not sure if there are better options:

https://github.com/doccaz/kvm-scripts

https://github.com/doccaz/kvm-scripts

Would Ansible be a better option for this?

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[–] ken@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

packer + ansible + cloud-init; then libvirtd or proxmox or incus as you do

i also hear you can build such images straight up with nix though i have yet to try that