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Setting up the physical Host

Setting up the physical Host

Owned by Torsten Schmidt
Last updated: Oct 23, 2024 by Ole ErnstVersion comment



We also use CentOS 7 on the real machines. This makes life easier, because we only need to know CentOS config style. Of cause you could use other Linux distribution on the real host.

1.1. 1. Step: Install CentOS 7


1.2. 2. Step: Install KVM

Required packages:

yum install qemu-kvm libvirt bridge-utils

Start libvirt:

systemctl start libvirtd
systemctl enable libvirtd


1.2.1. Install KVM real machine

This is a excellent article on how to setup the real host system: https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-kvm-hypervisor-on-centos-7-and-rhel-7/


1.3. Download CentOS 7

https://www.centos.org/download/