This article will describe installing KVM.
Table of Contents
1 Install KVM
Install packages for KVM.
> sudo zypper -n in patterns-openSUSE-kvm_server \
patterns-server-kvm_tools guestfs-tools
> sudo systemctl enable libvirtd
> sudo systemctl restart libvirtd
The user in libvirt group can run virt-manager without sudo.
> sudo gpasswd -a "${USER}" libvirt
2 VNC port
Allow VNC port with using vnc-server.xml so that other machine can access virtual machine.
> sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=vnc-server --permanent > sudo firewall-cmd --reload
3 Enable kvm_intel nested
If Enable kvm_intel nested, you can create nested virtual machine on virtual machine.
> echo "options kvm_intel nested=1" | \ sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf > sudo reboot
4 Run virt-manager
You can manage virtual machines via GUI with virt-manager. For managing virtual machines via CUI, use virsh and virt-install.
> virt-manager
