Virtual Machine (KVM)
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Prerequisites
This guide assumes you have a basic working environment, run the kvm-ok command to sanity check...
root@kvm-host:# kvm-ok INFO: /dev/kvm exists KVM acceleration can be used
Install Media
You need to have a local copy of the appropriate ISO. If you have the ISO file already, upload to your KVM server, alternatively download from the site using wget
- Ubuntu Desktop LTS - http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.3/ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
Create Virtual Machine
| Parameter | Example | Usage |
|---|---|---|
name |
VM-Name | Name of virtual machine (typically this should match the intended hostname of the VM) |
description |
"Test VM to be used for X" | Description of virtual machine's purpose etc |
os-type |
Linux | OS family, can be Linux, Solaris, Unix or Windows |
os-variant |
ubuntu16.04 | Distribution type for the above (run osinfo-query os to view what is available)
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