# tianon/qemu touch /home/jsmith/hda.qcow2 docker run -it --rm \ --device /dev/kvm \ --name qemu-container \ -v /home/jsmith/hda.qcow2:/tmp/hda.qcow2 \ -e QEMU_HDA=/tmp/hda.qcow2 \ -e QEMU_HDA_SIZE=100G \ -e QEMU_CPU=4 \ -e QEMU_RAM=4096 \ -v /home/jsmith/downloads/debian.iso:/tmp/debian.iso:ro \ -e QEMU_CDROM=/tmp/debian.iso \ -e QEMU_BOOT='order=d' \ -e QEMU_PORTS='2375 2376' \ tianon/qemu Note: port 22 will always be mapped (regardless of the contents of `QEMU_PORTS`). For supplying additional arguments, use a command of `start-qemu `. For example, to use `-curses`, one would `docker run ... tianon/qemu start-qemu -curses`. For UEFI support, [the `ovmf` package](https://packages.debian.org/sid/ovmf) is installed, which can be utilized most easily by supplying `--bios /usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd`.