Installation guide

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6. The Storage window displays. Choose a disk partition, LUN or create a file-based image for
the guest's storage.
All image files are stored in the /var/lib/libvirt/images/ directory by default. In the
default configuration, other directory locations for file-based images are prohibited by
SELinux. If you use a different directory you must label the new directory according to
SELinux policy. See Section 19.2, “SELinux and virtualization” for details.
Allocate extra space if the guest needs additional space for applications or other data. For
example, web servers require additional space for log files.
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