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Steps to install KVM
- Check if virtualization is enabled.
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -Ec '(vmx|svm)'
In this command, we are printing the contents of /proc/cpuinfo, then using grep for pattern matching. vmx is the name for Intel's virtualization and svm is AMD's. If the output is 0, virtualization is disabled in BIOS, otherwise it's on.
- Check if KVM virtualization is enabled.
sudo apt install -y cpu-checker
kvm-ok
- Install required packages
sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt-daemon-system virtinst libvirt-clients
- qemu-kvm – An opensource emulator and virtualization package that provides hardware emulation.
- virt-manager – A Qt-based graphical interface for managing virtual machines via the libvirt daemon.
- libvirt-daemon-system – A package that provides configuration files required to run the libvirt daemon.
- virtinst – A set of command-line utilities for provisioning and modifying virtual machines.
- libvirt-clients – A set of client-side libraries and APIs for managing and controlling virtual machines & hypervisors from the command line.
- Start and enable virtualization daemon
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd
sudo systemctl start libvirtd
sudo systemctl status libvirtd
- Add user to KVM and libvirt group
sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER
sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
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Launch KVM Virtual Machine Manager from App Launcher.