# cat /etc/nova/nova-compute.conf 
[libvirt]
virt_type=[ kvm | qemu ]
QEMU
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 
-name instance-00000025 -S 
-machine pc-i440fx-vivid,accel=tcg,usb=off 
-cpu Opteron_G5,+bmi1,+perfctr_nb,+perfctr_core,+topoext,+nodeid_msr,+tce,+lwp,+wdt,+skinit,+ibs,+osvw,+cr8legacy,+extapic,+cmp_legacy,+fxsr_opt,+mmxext,+osxsave,
+monitor,+ht,+vme 
-m 2048 -realtime mlock=off 
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 
-uuid d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e 
-smbios type=1,manufacturer=OpenStack Foundation,product=OpenStack Nova,version=12.0.0,serial=49434d53-0200-7a72-c40c-727ac40c8249,uuid=d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e,family=Virtual Machine 
-no-user-config -nodefaults 
-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/instance-00000025.monitor,server,nowait 
-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control 
-rtc base=utc -no-shutdown 
-boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk.eph0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk.swap,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk2,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk2,id=virtio-disk2 
-netdev tap,fd=24,id=hostnet0 
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=fa:16:3e:00:53:0e,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 
-chardev file,id=charserial0,path=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/console.log 
-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 
-chardev pty,id=charserial1 
-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 
-device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 0.0.0.0:2 -k en-us 
-device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 
-msg timestamp=on
KVM
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 
-name instance-00000025 -S 
-machine pc-i440fx-vivid,accel=kvm,usb=off 
-cpu Opteron_G5,+bmi1,+perfctr_nb,+perfctr_core,+topoext,+nodeid_msr,+tce,+lwp,+wdt,+skinit,+ibs,+osvw,+cr8legacy,+extapic,+cmp_legacy,+fxsr_opt,+mmxext,+osxsave,
+monitor,+ht,+vme 
-m 2048 -realtime mlock=off 
-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 
-uuid d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e 
-smbios type=1,manufacturer=OpenStack Foundation,product=OpenStack Nova,version=12.0.0,serial=49434d53-0200-7a72-c40c-727ac40c8249,uuid=d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e,family=Virtual Machine 
-no-user-config -nodefaults 
-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/instance-00000025.monitor,server,nowait 
-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control 
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard -no-hpet -no-shutdown 
-boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk.eph0,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1 
-drive file=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/disk.swap,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk2,format=qcow2,cache=none 
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk2,id=virtio-disk2 
-netdev tap,fd=24,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=27 
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=fa:16:3e:00:53:0e,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 
-chardev file,id=charserial0,path=/var/lib/nova/instances/d8c2c03b-d746-4d25-9804-b2559427ce9e/console.log 
-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 
-chardev pty,id=charserial1 
-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 
-device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 0.0.0.0:2 -k en-us 
-device cirrus-vga,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 
-msg timestamp=on