Libvirt/QEMU guest

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This article covers libvirt and its creation of a virtual machine (VM) for use under the soft-emulation mode QEMU hypervisor Type-2, notably using virsh command.

The virsh command and its configuration toward the creation of an strict-emulation-mode virtual machine that an QEMU-capable operating system to be installed on.

Usage

List virtual machines (domains)

root #virsh list

 Id   Name                  State
-------------------------------------
 1    gentoo                running

See also

• Virtualization — the concept and technique that permits running software in an environment separate from a computer operating system.
• QEMU — a generic, open source hardware emulator and virtualization suite.
• QEMU/QEMU front-ends — user interface application to the QEMU/libvirt API/library.

• Libvirt — a virtualization management toolkit.
• Libvirt/QEMU_networking — details the setup of Gentoo networking by Libvirt for use by guest containers and QEMU-based virtual machines.

• Virt-manager — desktop user interface for management of virtual machines and containers through the libvirt library
• Virt-manager/QEMU_guest — QEMU creation of a guest (VM or container)

• QEMU/Linux guest — describes the setup of a Gentoo Linux guest in QEMU using Gentoo bootable media.