Linux/KVM

Red Hat 7

Packages

• libvirt : The libvirt package provides the server and host side libraries for interacting with hypervisors and host systems. The libvirt package provides the libvirtd daemon that handles the library calls, manages virtual machines and controls the hypervisor.
• virt-manager : virt-manager, also known as Virtual Machine Manager, provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines. It uses libvirt-client library as the management API.
• libvirt-client : The libvirt-client package provides the client-side APIs and libraries for accessing libvirt servers. The libvirt-client package includes the virsh command line tool to manage and control virtual machines and hypervisors from the command line or a special virtualization shell.

yum install virt-manager libvirt-client

Manage

virsh list --all
virsh autostart vm-name