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--- linux_wiki:configure_a_physical_machine_to_host_virtual_guests [2018/03/18 22:48]
billdozor [Installing and Starting KVM]
+++ linux_wiki:configure_a_physical_machine_to_host_virtual_guests [2018/03/18 23:08]
billdozor [Installing and Starting KVM]
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 ===== Installing and Starting KVM =====
-Install packages
+Install packages for VM installs, hardware emulation, imaging
-<code bash>
+  * CLI packages<code bash>yum install virt-install qemu-kvm qemu-img</code>
-yum install virt-install virt-manager qemu-kvm qemu-img
+    * virt-install: VM creation
-OR
+    * qemu-kvm: Provides hardware emulation for the KVM hypervisor
-yum groupinstall "Virtualization Client"
+    * qemu-img: Disk image utility
-</code>
-  * **virt-manager** is only needed if you want the GUI Virtual Machine Manager application.
+  * GUI packages<code bash>yum install virt-manager</code>
-  * qemu is the layer that allows for virtualization to work with KVM
+    * **virt-manager** is only needed if you want the GUI Virtual Machine Manager application to create/control VMs.
-  * KVM is built into the kernel and allows virtualization support
+  * CLI and GUI packages group<code bash>yum groupinstall "Virtualization Client"</code>
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-Libvirt packages
+Management packages
 <code bash>
 yum install libvirt libvirt-client libvirt-python
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 </code>
   * libvirt packages allow interacting with virtual guests/managing virtual machines
+    * libvirt: Interact with virtualization via an API
+    * libvirt-client: Client binaries to access virtualization (provides virsh CLI VM management utility)
+    * libvirt-python: Module for Python programs to access virtualization
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-Enable/Start libvirt
+Enable/Start libvirtd - Daemon required to manage virtualization
 <code bash>
 systemctl enable libvirtd