The libvirt library is an open source library that is helpful for interfacing with different virtualization technologies. One small task before starting with libvirt is to check your hardware support extensions for KVM. The command to do so is as follows:
kvm-ok
You will see a message stating whether or not your CPU supports hardware virtualization. An additional task would be to verify the BIOS settings for virtualization and activate it.
Use the following command to install the package for libvirt:
sudo apt-get install kvm libvirt-bin
Next, you will need to add the user to the group libvirt. This will ensure that user gets additional options for networking. The command is as follows:
sudo adduser $USER libvirtd
We are now ready to install a guest OS. Its installation is very similar to that of installing a normal OS on the hardware. If your virtual machine needs a graphical user interface (GUI), you can make use of an application virt-viewer and connect using VNC to...