kvm
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kvm ( Kernel-based Virtual Machine )
KVM wikipedia[link1]
grep -E '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
Packages
- qemu-kvm 1.2.0[link2]
- qemu-1.7.0[link3]
- libvirt-1.2.0[link4]
- virtio-win-0.1–74[link5]
- virt-manager 0.10.0 – virtinst 0.600.4 – virt-viewer 0.5.7[link6]
- augeas-1.1.0[link7]
- febootstrap 3.18[link8] [deprecated]
- supermin-4.1.5[link9]
- hivex-1.3.8[link10]
- libguestfs-1.24.2[link11]
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qemu-kvm -hda WinXP.vmdk -win2k-hack -m 256 -vga std -boot d -cdrom WinXP.iso -no-acpi -localtime
qemu-kvm winxp.qcow2 -cdrom winxp.iso
qemu-kvm archlinux.vdi
# qemu-img convert -f vdi win2003.vdi -O qcow2 win2003.qcow2 # qemu-img convert -f qcow2 winxp.qcow2 -O qed winxp.qed
qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtualdisk 5G
$ qemu-img info WinXP.vmdk image: WinXP/WinXP-disk1.vmdk file format: vmdk virtual size: 4.0G (4294967296 bytes) disk size: 3.6G
kvm archlinux.qcow2
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qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk1 10g qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk2 10g qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk3 10g qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk4 10g kvm \ -cdrom systemrescuecd-x86-2.3.1.iso \ -drive file=vdisk1,if=virtio \ -drive file=vdisk2,if=virtio \ -drive file=vdisk3,if=virtio \ -drive file=vdisk4,if=virtio
User Authentication
sudo saslpasswd2 -a libvirt ebal
Password: ******
Again (for verification): ******
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kvm on lvm
# lvcreate -L 5G vg01 -n winxp # kvm -cpu host -m 2048 /dev/vg01/winxp -cdrom winxp.iso -boot d
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kvm on lvm on virtio
qemu-kvm -drive file=/dev/vg01/wintest,if=virtio -cdrom winxp.iso -m 1024 -usb -fda viostor-0.1-22.img -cpu host -boot d
viostor-0.1–22.img[link12]
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virsh qemu-attach
qemu-kvm /dev/vg01/wintest -cdrom winxp.iso -m 1024 -usbdevice tablet -name wintest -vnc :1 -monitor unix:/tmp/wintest,server,nowait -boot menu=on -fda viostor-0.1-22.img virsh qemu-attach PID
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kernel initrd
Boot specific kernel image with initrd image
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel vmlinuz -initrd core.gz
dnsmasq
default example
<network>
<name>default</name>
<uuid>20afd66e-3b86-4d3d-b7d8-57d03c28ef0c</uuid>
<bridge name="virbr0"/>
<forward/>
<ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0">
<dhcp>
<range start="192.168.122.2" end="192.168.122.254"/>
<host mac='52:54:00:ea:05:c5' name='winxp' ip='192.168.122.20' />
</dhcp>
</ip>
</network>
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qemu-kvm supported machine types
qemu-kvm -M ?
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qemu-kvm driver
qemu-kvm -device ?
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libvirt operating system support
virt-install --os-variant list
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spice channel
host
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usb
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arm
qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.32-5-versatile -hda debian_lenny_armel_standard.qcow2 -append "root=/dev/sda1"
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- [link1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
- [link2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm/files/qemu-kvm/
- [link3] http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/
- [link4] http://libvirt.org/
- [link5] https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
- [link6] http://virt-manager.org/
- [link7] http://augeas.net/
- [link8] http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/febootstrap/files/
- [link9] http://libguestfs.org/download/supermin/
- [link10] http://libguestfs.org/download/hivex/
- [link11] http://libguestfs.org/
- [link12] https://balaskas.gr/img/viostor-0.1-22.img