Build two guests: $ virt-builder fedora-21 --format qcow2 --update \ --selinux-relabel --size 40G -o controller.qcow2 $ virt-builder fedora-21 --format qcow2 --update \ --selinux-relabel --size 40G -o compute.qcow2 (Don't miss to note down the root passwords once the above commands run successfully) Import the guests into libvirt: $ virt-install --name controller --ram 4096 \ --disk path=/export/vmimages/controller.qcow2,cache=writeback,format=qcow2 \ --network network=openstackvms \ --os-variant=fedora21 --nographics --serial=pty --import $ virt-install --name compute --ram 4096 \ --disk path=/export/vmimages/compute.qcow2,cache=writeback,format=qcow2 \ --network network=openstackvms \ --os-variant=fedora21 --nographics --serial=pty --import