Windows 2025 LibVirt (KVM) Installation

w2k25-libvirt-kvm-run.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Download VHDX file from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2025 

#Convert Vhdx to Qcow2
qemu-img convert -f vhdx -O qcow2 \
          /root/26100.1742.amd64fre.ge_release_svc_refresh.240906-0331_server_serverdatacentereval_en-us.vhdx  \
          /root/26100.1742.amd64fre.ge_release_svc_refresh.240906-0331_server_serverdatacentereval_en-us.qcow2

# Copy it to vms directory 
cp /root/26100.1742.amd64fre.ge_release_svc_refresh.240906-0331_server_serverdatacentereval_en-us.qcow2 /data/vms/Golden_W2K25.qcow2

# Create Virtual Machine
virt-install \
    --connect qemu:///system \
    --memory 16000 \
    --vcpus 4 \
    --name Golden_W2K25 \
    --disk path=/data/vms/Golden_W2K25.qcow2,device=disk,bus=sata,format=qcow2 \
    --sound none \
    --os-variant win2k22 \
    --virt-type kvm \
    --autoconsole none \
    --import \
    --network network=default \
   --machine q35 \
   --boot uefi,loader=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,loader_secure=yes,nvram.template=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS_4M.fd