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en:manual:virtual_machine_manager [2022/03/09 12:52]
i3_relativism [Enable kernel modules for virtualization] 		en:manual:virtual_machine_manager [2023/10/24 01:08]
throgh [Virtual Machine Manager Installing]
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 ====== Install a virtual machine manager ====== ====== Install a virtual machine manager ======
  
-Your host may be Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre x86_64 architecture, for example, but with enough memory and processing power you could run [[https://trisquel.info|trisquel]] and [[https://dragora.org/en/index.html|Dragora]] of the same time, on the same machine.+Your host may be Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre x86_64 architecture, for example, but with enough memory and processing power you could run [[https://trisquel.info|Trisquel]] and [[https://dragora.org/en/index.html|Dragora]] of the same time, on the same machine.
  
 ===== What is a virtual machine? ===== ===== What is a virtual machine? =====
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 [[https://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page|qemu]] works through the command line, but there are also GUIs. [[https://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page|qemu]] works through the command line, but there are also GUIs.
  
-In this guide we explain how to install [[https://virt-manager.org/|Virtual Machine Manager]] which is very complete when virtualizing operating systems.+In this guide we explain how to install [[https://qtemu.org/|QtEmu]] which offers a simple nevertheless quite effective graphical interface for managing virtual machines.
  
-====== Virtual Machine Manager installation ======+====== QtEmu installation ======
  
 ===== Check if your PC supports virtualization ===== ===== Check if your PC supports virtualization =====
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 If your computer supports virtualization, you should see the output as <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>Virtualization: VT-x</color> or <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>Virtualization: AMD-V</color>, otherwise your computer is not capable of virtualizing. If your computer supports virtualization, you should see the output as <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>Virtualization: VT-x</color> or <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>Virtualization: AMD-V</color>, otherwise your computer is not capable of virtualizing.
  
-===== Virtual Machine Manager Installing =====+===== QtEmu Installing =====
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 <code bash> <code bash>
-# pacman -S virt-manager qemu vde2 dnsmasq bridge-utils libvirt+# pacman -S qtemu
 </code> </code>
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
-# gpasswd -a <your-user> kvm+# usermod -aG kvm <your-user>
 </code> </code>
  
-<code bash> 
-# gpasswd -a <your-user> libvirt 
-</code> 
- 
- 
-===== Check kvm group ===== 
- 
-<code bash> 
-# grep -E 'group="kvm"|group="78"' /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf 
-</code> 
- 
-Check if there is <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>group="kvm"</color> or <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>group="78"</color> 
  
 ===== Enable kernel modules for virtualization ===== ===== Enable kernel modules for virtualization =====
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 kvm_amd module (AMD processors) kvm_amd module (AMD processors)
 <code bash># modprobe kvm_amd</code> <code bash># modprobe kvm_amd</code>
-===== Verify that the virtual machine is configured correctly ===== 
- 
-<code bash> 
-$ virt-host-validate 
-</code> 
- 
-===== Services ===== 
- 
-Virt-Manager relies on <color #620BB9/#EEDDFF>libvirtd</color> services to function. 
- 
-Here we explain how to start these service: 
- 
-==== Start libvirtd ==== 
- 
-<code bash> 
-# rc-service libvirtd start 
-</code> 
- 
-==== Add libvirtd for default ==== 
- 
-<code bash> 
-# rc-update add libvirtd default 
-</code> 
- 
-==== Remove Service ==== 
- 
-If you want to remove the service and start 
-only when you want, run: 
- 
-<code bash> 
-# rc-update del libvirtd default 
-</code> 
  
 ===== Enable nested virtualization in KVM ===== ===== Enable nested virtualization in KVM =====
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 # nano -w /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf # nano -w /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf
 ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
-options kvm_intel nested=1+options kvm_amd nested=1
 </code> </code>