KVM

Fedora 14 notes

http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-fedora-14-server

Debian notes

install kvm virtualization:

  sudo apt-get install kvm

create disks:

  kvm-img create -f qcow2 ~/disks/debian603.qcow2 10G
  kvm-img create -f qcow2 ~/disks/data1.qcow2 10G

install debian to image:

  kvm -smp cores=2 -m 4G -net nic \
        -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp:8888-:80 \
        -cdrom Downloads/debian-6.0.3-amd64-businesscard.iso \
        -hda ~/disk

~/disks/data1.qcow2 10G

install debian to image:

  kvm -smp cores=2 -m 4G -net nic \
        -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp:8888-:80 \
        -cdrom Downloads/debian-6.0.3-amd64-businesscard.iso \
        -hda ~/disks/debian603.qcow2 -hdb ~/disks/data1.qcow2

on virtual machine, as root:

  apt-get install ssh

on host, add alias to start kvm .bash_aliases:

  alias kvm.deb603='kvm -smp cores=2 -m 4G -net nic \
    -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::8888-:80 \
    -hda ~/disks/debian603.qcow2 -hdb ~/disks/data1.qcow2'
  alias kvm.deb603ng='kvm -nographic \
   -smp cores=2 -m 4G -net nic \
   -net user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::8888-:80 \
   -hda ~/disks/deb603.qcow2 -hdb ~/disks/data1.qcow2'