Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM in short) is an open-source and de facto standard virtualization solution that is tightly integrated into Linux. It is a loadable kernel module that turns Linux into a type-1 (bare-metal)...
If you look up the word virtualize in a dictionary, you will find that it means “to create a virtual (rather than actual) version of something”. In computing, the term virtualization refers to the...
In this 4th part of our KVM series, we are discussing KVM environment management using CLI. We use ‘virt-install’ CL tool to create and configure virtual machines, virsh CL tool to create and configure...
In this part 3 of our tutorial, we are discussing how to create and manage KVM Storage volumes and Pools using virt-manager GUI tool. In general, we use storage devices with different file systems...
This is the Part 2 of KVM series, here we will discuss how to deploy Linux virtual machines using network installation under KVM environment. We will discuss three types of network installation (FTP, NFS...
This tutorial discusses KVM introduction, deployment and how to use it to create virtual machines under RedHat based-distributions such as RHEL/CentOS7 and Fedora 21. What is KVM? KVM or (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a...
