[ 0.0] Examining the guest ... virt-customize: error: libguestfs error: could not create appliance through libvirt. Try running qemu directly without libvirt using this environment variable: export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct Original error from libvirt: Cannot write data: Broken pipe [code=38 int1=32] If reporting bugs, run virt-customize with debugging enabled and include the complete output: virt-customize -v -x [...]