# VMs ## HOW-TO To start (or create) a VM, go in the desired folder and run ```console $ ./run.sh [OPTS] ``` You can pass `qemu` flags to `./run.sh` directly or you can make theses flags permanent in `run.sh` (this VM only) or `lib.sh` (all VMs). See `QEMU(1)` for all options. ### CPU/RAM limit See `QEMU(1)` for CPU limit.
Default RAM flag: `-m "2G,maxmem=$((MAX_RAM - 2))G"`. ``` ./run.sh -smp "$NB_CPUS,maxcpus=$MAX_CPUS" \ -m "${RAM}G,maxmem=${MAX_RAM}G" ``` ### Port forwarding To forward host port 2222 to guest 22: ``` ./run.sh -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 ``` ### USB passthrough If you need USB passthrough, uncomment and fill in the corresponding line in `run.sh`. [You may need root privileges](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#Pass-through_host_USB_device). ## See also