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<img src=".github/logo.png" alt="Quickemu" />
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Quickemu
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<p align="center"><b>Simple shell script to "manage" Qemu virtual machines.</b></p>
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<div align="center"><img src=".github/screenshot.png" alt="Quickemu Screenshot" /></div>
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<p align="center">Made with 💝 for <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anythingcodes/slack-emoji-for-techies/gh-pages/emoji/tux.png" align="top" width="24" /></p>
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## Introduction
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Quickemu is a very simple script to "manage" Qemu virtual machines. Each
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virtual machine configuration is broadly the same requiring minimal setup. The
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main objective of the project is to enable quick testing of desktop Linux
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distributions where the virtual machines can be stored anywhere, such as
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external USB storage.
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Quickemu is opinionated and will attempt to *"do the right thing"* rather than
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expose rich configuration options. Quickemu is a frontend to the fully
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accelerated [qemu-virgil](https://snapcraft.io/qemu-virgil). See the video
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where I explain some of my motivations for creating this script.
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTYWEgw0hI)
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## Installation
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Clone this repository:
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```
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git clone https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu.git
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```
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Install the `qemu-virgil` snap. You can find details about how to install snapd
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and `qemu-virgil` on the [Snap Store page for qemu-virgil](https://snapcraft.io/qemu-virgil)
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```bash
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snap install qemu-virgil
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snap connect qemu-virgil:kvm
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snap connect qemu-virgil:removable-media
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```
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## Usage
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* Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
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* Create a VM configuration file; for example `ubuntu.conf`
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```
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iso="/media/$USER/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso"
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disk_img="/media/$USER/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.qcow2
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disk=128G
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```
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* Use `quickemu.sh` to start the virtual machine:
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```
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./quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal-desktop.conf
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```
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Which will output something like this:
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```
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Starting /media/martin/Quickemu/ubuntu-focal-desktop.conf
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- QEMU: /snap/bin/qemu-virgil v4.2.0
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- BIOS: Legacy
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- Disk: /media/martin/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.qcow2 (64G)
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- ISO: /media/martin/Quickemu/ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso
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- CPU: 4 Core(s)
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- RAM: 4G
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- UI: sdl
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- GL: on
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- VIRGL: on
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- Display: 1664x936
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- smbd: /home/martin will be exported to the guest via smb://10.0.2.4/qemu
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- ssh: 22221/tcp is connected. Login via 'ssh user@localhost -p 22221'
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```
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Here are the full usage instructions:
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```
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Usage
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quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf
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You can also pass optional parameters
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--delete : Delete the disk image.
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--efi : Enable EFI BIOS (experimental).
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--restore : Restore the snapshot.
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--snapshot : Create a disk snapshot.
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```
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## TODO
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- [x] Make display configuration more robust
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- [x] Improve stdout presentation
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- [x] Make disk image optionally size configurable
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- [ ] Improve snapshot management
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- [ ] Create desktop launcher for a VM
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- [x] Get QEMU `-audiodev` working for audio input, something like: |