Posted by on June 23, 2008 under Uncategorized | 
Redhat has released development versions of it’s new virtualization system that is targeting KVM and Xen. You can check out the web-based GUI goodness at http://ovirt.org
An article about it here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13556_3-9973661-61.html?hhTest=1
And this guy gets that KVM IS a hypervisor. There is some intelligent life out there…
It is interesting for sure, especially for those of you who don’t care for the command line.
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Posted by on June 20, 2008 under Uncategorized |
I am asked from time to time for my opinion on virtualization platforms. First, I’ll give it to you in a nutshell - KVM is the platform I use.
For more, read on…
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Posted by on June 18, 2008 under Uncategorized |
In the other articles, I try to go into detail on the hows and whys. Here, I am just going to give you the steps to get started:
Install Ubuntu Server 8.04 as a KVM Virtualization Host
- Install Ubuntu 8.04 Server, and at the end, select the option to install OpenSSH Server
- Reboot, login
sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get remove apparmor
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot
- login
sudo su
apt-get install kvm qemu uml-utilities bridge-utils
vi /etc/network/interfaces (You can use something other than vi, such as nano)
- you are now editing the network configuration. This will be different depending on your computer’s network interfaces. It should be similar to this:
touch /etc/qemu-br0-ifup
reboot
Need X Windows?:
For a production server (a system where you will be running VMs that are needed to run your business) I recommend just using a CLI (Command Line Interface). However, if this is a test system, or a system you are uusing in your home, than a windowing-console may be needed. You will then also want a good Terminal, and perhaps a web browser as well. To keep it minimal:
sudo su
apt-get install openbox obconf openbox-themes xfce4-terminal firefox-2
startx (this starts X Windows, and Openbox)
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Posted by on June 11, 2008 under Uncategorized |
I noticed two things with KVM today while doing performance and provisioning tests. Virtio should be used with Intel NICs (or, not with Broadcoms, and not in my configuration), and Windows installs and works with ACPI on, and with multiple processors. Read on for the details:
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