Table of Contents
1 Install KVM
Install packages for KVM.
> sudo zypper -n in patterns-openSUSE-kvm_server> sudo systemctl enable libvirtd> sudo systemctl restart libvirtd
The user in libvirt group can run virt-manager without sudo.
> sudo gpasswd -a “${USER}” libvirt
2 VNC port
Allow VNC port with using vnc-server.xml so that other machine can access virtual machine.
> for t in FW_CONFIGURATIONS_EXT FW_CONFIGURATIONS_DMZ FW_CONFIGURATIONS_INT; do sudo sed -e “s/^${t}=”(.*)”/${t}=”1 vnc-server”/g” -i /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2done> sudo systemctl restart SuSEfirewall2
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/99-local.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