Part II Managing virtual machines with libvirt
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- 8 Starting and stopping
libvirtd
- 9 Preparing the VM Host Server
Before you can install guest virtual machines, you need to prepare the VM Host Server to provide the guests with the resources that they need for their operation. Specifically, you need to configure:
- 10 Guest installation
- 11 Basic VM Guest management
- 12 Connecting and authorizing
- 13 Advanced storage topics
- 14 Configuring virtual machines with Virtual Machine Manager
Virtual Machine Manager's
view offers in-depth information about the VM Guest's complete configuration and hardware equipment. Using this view, you can also change the guest configuration or add and modify virtual hardware. To access this view, open the guest's console in Virtual Machine Manager and either choose › from the menu, or click in the toolbar.- 15 Configuring virtual machines with
virsh
You can use
virsh
to configure virtual machines (VM) on the command line as an alternative to using the Virtual Machine Manager. Withvirsh
, you can control the state of a VM, edit the configuration of a VM or even migrate a VM to another host. The following sections describe how to manage VMs by usingvirsh
.- 16 Managing virtual machines with Vagrant
Vagrant is a tool that provides a unified workflow for the creation, deployment and management of virtual development environments. The following sections describe how to manage virtual machines by using Vagrant.
- 17 Xen to KVM migration guide
As the KVM virtualization solution is becoming more and more popular among server administrators, many of them need a path to migrate their existing Xen based environments to KVM. As of now, there are no mature tools to automatically convert Xen VMs to KVM. There is, however, a technical solution th…