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linux_wiki:configure_a_physical_machine_to_host_virtual_guests [2016/03/03 22:46] billdozor |
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**General Information** | **General Information** | ||
- | Yum groups can save you time, as long as you have access to a repo that has the groups defined. | + | Yum groups can save you time, as long as you have access to a repo that has the groups defined. **This may NOT be the case on an exam**. |
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===== Installing and Starting KVM ===== | ===== Installing and Starting KVM ===== | ||
- | Install packages | + | Install packages |
- | <code bash> | + | * CLI packages<code bash>yum install virt-install |
- | yum install virt-install virt-manager | + | * virt-install: VM creation |
- | OR | + | * qemu-kvm: Provides hardware emulation for the KVM hypervisor |
- | yum groupinstall " | + | * qemu-img: Disk image utility |
- | </ | + | |
- | * qemu is the layer that allows for virtualization | + | * GUI packages< |
- | * KVM is built into the kernel | + | * **virt-manager** is only needed if you want the GUI Virtual Machine Manager application |
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+ | * CLI and GUI packages group< | ||
+ | * Will install all of the above (and probably extras) | ||
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- | Libvirt | + | Management |
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
yum install libvirt libvirt-client libvirt-python | yum install libvirt libvirt-client libvirt-python | ||
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</ | </ | ||
* libvirt packages allow interacting with virtual guests/ | * libvirt packages allow interacting with virtual guests/ | ||
+ | * libvirt: Interact with virtualization via an API | ||
+ | * libvirt-client: | ||
+ | * libvirt-python: | ||
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- | Enable/ | + | Enable/ |
<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
systemctl enable libvirtd | systemctl enable libvirtd |