Install KVM in an Ubuntu Server

Install KVM in an Ubuntu Server following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation instructions for Ubuntu 18.10 LTS:

• sudo apt-get -y install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virtinst && sudo adduser `id -un` kvm && virsh list --all

And create your fist guest machine from command line using virt-install python script.

virt-install --virt-type kvm --name buster-amd64 --memory 1G --cdrom ~/iso/Debian/debian-10.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso --disk size=10G --os-variant debian10

Optional software to install:

• apt-get install virt-top
• apt-get install virt-top

Packages

• qemu-kvm, provides kvm binary and requires qemu-system-x86 package
• libvirt-daemon-system
• libvirt-clients, provides virsh client and virt-admin
• bridge-utils
• virtinst

See also

• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM