From the course: Virtualization: Configuring VMs Across Platforms with VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Vagrant, and KVM
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Requirements for using KVM
From the course: Virtualization: Configuring VMs Across Platforms with VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Vagrant, and KVM
Requirements for using KVM
- KVM is a kernel virtual machine. It's virtualization provided by the Linux kernel. So what are the requirements? Now first, you need a Linux kernel. KVM is a default component of any Linux kernel, so any Linux kernel should do. You also need a 64 bit CPU that has virtualization support. Without virtualization support on your CPU, it's just not going to work. If your CPU has virtualization support, you can find the svm or vmx flag in the /proc/cpuinfo file on your Linux system. And if it doesn't, you may have to enable virtualization support in your BIOS or UEFI. Also, you need one gigabyte of RAM to run core KVM components. Obviously, one gigabyte of RAM is not much. If you also want to run virtual machines, I would say go for at least four gigabytes. If you want to use KVM, it's a couple of simple steps. First, ensure that the Linux Kernel kvm module is loaded. Next, for management, you have the libvirtd service, so you need to install libvirtd as well. And that is because the…
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