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This guide assumes you have a working Ubuntu Server with one physical NIC that will used for networking to the host server, and also for a bridged network for guest virtual machines. | This guide assumes you have a working Ubuntu Server with one physical NIC that will used for networking to the host server, and also for a bridged network for guest virtual machines. | ||
Ensure your server has CPU's that support hardware virtualisation, you should get one output of flags per CPU (which will include either <code>svm</code> or <code>vmx</code>) | Ensure your server has CPU's that support hardware virtualisation, you should get one output of flags per CPU (which will include either <code>svm</code> or <code>vmx</code>). If you don't, reboot the server into BIOS and see if there is an option to enable CPU Virtualisation features or VT, if you don't your hardware may too old to support virtualisation. If your hardware is recent, it should, so consult your vendors documentation (either for the server, or for the server's motherboard). | ||
egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo | egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo | ||
Ensure your server can run KVM hardware acceleration. Install <code>cpu-checker</code> and run as follows... | |||
apt install cpu-checker | |||
kvm-ok | |||
...which should return... | |||
INFO: /dev/kvm exists | |||
KVM acceleration can be used | |||
== Installation == | == Installation == | ||