**This is for VM prep for cloning**

*Prep*
Install the base OS.
Install all required apps
    * openssh-server
Install all required updates

Shutdown guest
    * virsh shotdown $guest-vm


On the VM Host server make sure you have libgustsfs-tools

```
apt list --installed |grep -i libguestfs-tools
```

if its not there, install it.

```
sudo apt install libguestfs-tools
```


This step strips stuff that must be unique per VM (machine-id, SSH keys, etc.) from the *template*.

```
sudo virt-sysprep -d $guest-vm \
  --operations machine-id,ssh-hostkeys,udev-persistent-net,logfiles,tmp-files
```

Your output should be similiar to the following:

```
sudo virt-sysprep -d Debian-Base   --operations machine-id,ssh-hostkeys,udev-persistent-net,logfiles,tmp-files
[   0.0] Examining the guest ...
[  17.4] Performing "logfiles" ...
[  17.6] Performing "machine-id" ...
[  17.6] Performing "ssh-hostkeys" ...
[  17.6] Performing "tmp-files" ...
[  17.6] Performing "udev-persistent-net" ...
```

The base is now ready to go.

**Create Clone**

sudo virt-clone --original $guest-vm \
  --name guest-01 \
  --auto-clone

example

```
sudo virt-clone --original Debian-Base \
  --name Node01 \
  --auto-clone
Allocating 'Node01.qcow2'                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1.6 GB  00:00:03 ...

Clone 'Node01' created successfully
```

Confirm your clones have been made 

```
virsh list --all
 Id   Name             State
---------------------------------
 1    downloads        running
 -    Debian-Base      shut off
 -    k8s-node1        shut off
 -    k8s-node2        shut off
 -    k8s-node3        shut off
 -    k8s-node4        shut off
 -    k8s-node5        shut off
 -    Node01           shut off
 -    Node02           shut off
 -    Node03           shut off
 -    Node04           shut off
 -    Node05           shut off
 -    Ubuntu_Default   shut off

```