Shell script to create a Windows server 2019 KVM using virt-install and LVM

create-windows-vm.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Creates a Windows server KVM using LVM.
# Use ssh forwarding to access the VNC display to complete the Windows installation, like ssh example.host -L 56681:127.0.0.1:56681
# Once connected with VNC, browse for the viostor driver
#
# In this example, both network bridges on the host will be available in the Windows VM.
#
NAME=desktop
RAM=4096
CPU=2
IMAGE=win-server-2019.iso
VIRTIO_IMAGE=virtio-win.iso
SIZE=50G
VNC_PORT=56681
VARIANT=win2k16
VG=vg0
MAC=02:00:00:d1:78:d9
lvcreate -L $SIZE -n lv_vm_$NAME $VG
virt-install --connect qemu:///system --arch=x86_64 -n $NAME -r $RAM --vcpus=$CPU \
--mac=$MAC \
--cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/$IMAGE \
--disk path=/dev/$VG/lv_vm_$NAME,bus=virtio \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/$VIRTIO_IMAGE,device=cdrom \
--graphics vnc,listen=127.0.0.1,port=$VNC_PORT \
--noautoconsole \
--os-type windows \
--os-variant=$VARIANT \
--network=bridge:br0,model=virtio \
--network=bridge:br1,model=virtio \
--accelerate \
--noapic