ubuntu:kvm:install_and_configure_kvm
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Ubuntu - KVM - Install and Configure KVM
Install KVM
sudo apt install qemu qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system virtinst bridge-utils
where
- qemu - A generic machine emulator and virtualizer,
- qemu-kvm - QEMU metapackage for KVM support (i.e. QEMU Full virtualization on x86 hardware),
- libvirt-clients - programs for the libvirt library,
- libvirt-daemon-system - Libvirt daemon configuration files,
- virtinst - programs to create and clone virtual machines,
- bridge-utils - utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge.
Start libvertd Service
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd sudo systemctl start libvirtd systemctl status libvirtd
returns
● libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-08-10 18:44:51 BST; 5h 1min ago
TriggeredBy: ● libvirtd-admin.socket
● libvirtd.socket
● libvirtd-ro.socket
Docs: man:libvirtd(8)
https://libvirt.org
Main PID: 1300 (libvirtd)
Tasks: 19 (limit: 32768)
Memory: 44.4M
CGroup: /system.slice/libvirtd.service
├─1300 /usr/sbin/libvirtd
├─1595 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelper
└─1596 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelper
Aug 10 23:46:37 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 10 23:46:37 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
Aug 10 23:46:37 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 10 23:46:37 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Aug 10 23:46:47 bigmamba dnsmasq[1595]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
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