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Configure A Physical Machine To Host Virtual Guests
General Information
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.
Installing and Starting KVM
Install packages
yum install virt-install virt-manager qemu-kvm qemu-img OR yum groupinstall "Virtualization Client"
- qemu is the layer that allows for virtualization to work with KVM
- KVM is built into the kernel and allows virtualization support
Libvirt packages
yum install libvirt libvirt-client libvirt-python OR yum groupinstall "Virtualization Platform"
- libvirt packages allow interacting with virtual guests/managing virtual machines
Enable/Start libvirt
systemctl enable libvirtd
systemctl start libvirtd
Two ways to manage VMs
- virt-manager ⇒ GUI
- virsh ⇒ command line