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--- getting_started_with_virtualization_on_fedora [2018/04/04 22:25] – [Links] rpjday
+++ getting_started_with_virtualization_on_fedora [2019/07/10 09:59] (current) – rpjday
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 ===== Links =====
-  * [[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/getting-started-with-virtualization.html|Getting started with virtualization]]
+  * [[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/getting-started-with-virtualization.html|Getting started with virtualization]] (Fedora docs)
-  * [[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/using-nested-virtualization-in-kvm.html|Enabling nested virtualization in KVM]]
+  * [[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/quick-docs/en-US/using-nested-virtualization-in-kvm.html|Enabling nested virtualization in KVM]] (Fedora docs)
   * [[https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Main_Page|https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Main_Page]]
   * [[https://www.virt-tools.org/|https://www.virt-tools.org/]]
-===== Installing packages =====
+===== Image formats =====
-<code>
+  * [[https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/convert-images.html|Converting between image formats]]
-$ dnf group info virtualization
+  * [[https://www.dark-hamster.com/server/virtualization/use-qcow2-image-virtualbox/|How to use qcow2 Image on Virtualbox]]
-Last metadata expiration check: 1:30:35 ago on Wed 04 Apr 2018 02:53:03 PM EDT.
+  * [[https://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/06/03/ovf-virtual-machine/|OVF? OVA? VMDK? – File Formats and Tools for Virtualization]]
-Group: Virtualization
+===== Creating virtual machines =====
- Description: These packages provide a graphical virtualization environment.
- Mandatory Packages:
-   virt-install
- Default Packages:
-   libvirt-daemon-config-network
-   libvirt-daemon-kvm
-   qemu-kvm
-   virt-manager
-   virt-viewer
- Optional Packages:
-   guestfs-browser
-   libguestfs-tools
-   libvirt-client
-   python-libguestfs
-   virt-top
-$ sudo dnf group install [--with-optional] @virtualization
-$
-</code>
-Small problem:
+==== virt-install ====
+Package contents:
 <code>
-$ sudo dnf group install --with-optional virtualization
+$ rpm -ql virt-install
-Last metadata expiration check: 0:41:26 ago on Wed 04 Apr 2018 03:53:26 PM EDT.
+/usr/bin/virt-clone
-Group 'Virtualization' is already installed.
+/usr/bin/virt-convert
-No match for group package "python-libguestfs"
+/usr/bin/virt-install
-Dependencies resolved.
+/usr/bin/virt-xml
-Nothing to do.
+/usr/share/man/man1/virt-clone.1.gz
-Complete!
+/usr/share/man/man1/virt-convert.1.gz
+/usr/share/man/man1/virt-install.1.gz
+/usr/share/man/man1/virt-xml.1.gz
+/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-clone
+/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-convert
+/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install
+/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-xml
 $
 </code>
-===== systemd =====
+==== virt-manager ====
-<code>
+===== Managing virtual machines =====
-$ systemctl status libvirtd
-● libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon
-   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
-   Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-04-04 11:40:44 EDT; 5h 21min ago
-     Docs: man:libvirtd(8)
-           http://libvirt.org
- Main PID: 1551 (libvirtd)
-    Tasks: 18 (limit: 32768)
-   Memory: 38.5M
-      CPU: 512ms
-   CGroup: /system.slice/libvirtd.service
-           ├─1551 /usr/sbin/libvirtd
-           ├─2027 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-
-           └─2028 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-
-Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.
+==== virsh ====
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-</code>
-===== Modules =====
-<code>
-$ lsmod | grep kvm
-kvm_intel             233472  0
-kvm                   700416  1 kvm_intel
-irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
-$
-</code>