KVM Kernel Virtualization Machine on Rocky Linux 9: Difference between revisions
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...below are just rough notes from three different sources, including ChatGPT. They are ordered in each section as below from the following sources; | ...below are just rough notes from three different sources, including ChatGPT. They are ordered in each section as below from the following sources; | ||
* https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-kvm-on-rocky-linux-almalinux/ | *https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-kvm-on-rocky-linux-almalinux/ | ||
* https://computingforgeeks.com/install-use-kvm-virtualization-on-rocky/ | *https://computingforgeeks.com/install-use-kvm-virtualization-on-rocky/ | ||
* ChatCPT | *ChatCPT | ||
'''Check for VM Support in CPU;''' | '''Check for VM Support in CPU;''' | ||
* cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "vmx|svm" | *cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "vmx|svm" | ||
* lscpu | grep Virtualization | *lscpu | grep Virtualization | ||
* No Comment | *No Comment | ||
'''Install all the Stuff (for the first two sources there were duplicate items on multiple lines that were cleaned up, oops, no proof reading on their part, huh, just a copy and paste);''' | '''Install all the Stuff (for the first two sources there were duplicate items on multiple lines that were cleaned up, oops, no proof reading on their part, huh, just a copy and paste);''' | ||
* dnf install qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt virt-install virt-viewer libguestfs-tools bridge-utils virt-top | *dnf install qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt virt-install virt-viewer libguestfs-tools bridge-utils virt-top | ||
* dnf install qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt virt-install virt-viewer libguestfs-tools bridge-utils virt-top | *dnf install qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt virt-install virt-viewer libguestfs-tools bridge-utils virt-top | ||
* dnf install qemu-kvm libvirt virt-install virt-manager AND apparently installing virt-manager again (just to make sure) | *dnf install qemu-kvm libvirt virt-install virt-manager AND apparently installing virt-manager again (just to make sure) | ||
NOTES: And of course there are about a hundred or so other dependencies that are downloaded and installed too. | NOTES: And of course there are about a hundred or so other dependencies that are downloaded and installed too. | ||
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'''Check Installation;''' | '''Check Installation;''' | ||
* lsmod | grep kvm | *lsmod | grep kvm | ||
* lsmod | grep kvm | *lsmod | grep kvm | ||
* | *lsmod | grep kvm AND virsh list --all | ||
'''Start AND Enable Automatic Starting of the "KVM" Services AND see if they're actually running;''' | '''Start AND Enable Automatic Starting of the "KVM" Services AND see if they're actually running;''' | ||
* sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND systemctl enable --now libvirtd AND systemctl status libvirtd | *sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND systemctl enable --now libvirtd AND systemctl status libvirtd | ||
* sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND sudo systemctl enable libvirtd AND systemctl status libvirtd | *sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND sudo systemctl enable libvirtd AND systemctl status libvirtd | ||
* sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND sudo systemctl enable libvirtd AND No Comment | *sudo systemctl start libvirtd AND sudo systemctl enable libvirtd AND No Comment | ||
'''Permissions and User Related Stuff;''' | '''Permissions and User Related Stuff;''' | ||
* No Comment | *No Comment | ||
* usermod -aG libvirt $USER | *usermod -aG libvirt $USER AND newgrp libvirt | ||
* usermod -aG libvirt $(whoami) | *usermod -aG libvirt $(whoami) | ||
'''Network Connectivity, don't forget that;''' | |||
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