The default path of ISO images is /var/lib/libvirt/boot/.įirst, let us see if there is any virtual machines. Once KVM installed, start libvertd service (If it is not started already): $ sudo systemctl enable libvirtd $ sudo systemctl start libvirtd Create Virtual machinesĪll virtual machine files and other related files will be stored under /var/lib/libvirt/. On Ubuntu and other DEB based systems, run: $ sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin virtinst bridge-utils cpu-checker Next, Install KVM and other required packages to setup a virtualization environment in Linux. How To Find If A CPU Supports Virtualization Technology (VT).Refer the following guide for more details. INFO: For more detailed results, you should run this as rootĪlso, there are other ways to find out if your CPU supports Virtualization or not. INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions

If you got the following error instead, you still can run guest machines in KVM, but the performance will be very poor. You need to install kvm first as described below, in order to use this command. However, you still need to enable the virtualization option in Bios before running the above commands.Īlternatively, you can use the following command to verify it. If the result is 1 or more, the system will support hardware virtualization. Go to your bios and check for the virtualization option and enable it. If the result is zero (0), the system doesn't support hardware virtualization or the virtualization is disabled in the Bios. To do so, run the following command from the Terminal: $ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo Guest OS (Which we are going to host on Ubuntu 18.04) : Ubuntu 16.04 LTS serverįirst, let us check if our system supports hardware virtualization.Host OS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS minimal server (No GUI).For the purpose of this guide, I will be using two systems.

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