Setting Up Ubuntu Server Using virt-install

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Install packages

$ sudo apt install libvirt-daemon qemu-kvm  libvirt-bin

Using virt-install

$ sudo virt-install --name ubuntu --ram 1024 --disk path=/var/lib/images/ubuntu_server,size=20 \
 --vcpus 1 --os-type linux --os-variant generic \
 --nographics --extra-args "console=ttyS0 " --location http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64/ \
 --extra-args "auto url=http://192.168.32.152:8000/ubuntu.seed"

For debugging purpose, you can add --debug in above command.