Installation guide

Ad d in g p ackag es t o yo u r list o f Red Hat acco u n t en t it lemen t s
This section describes how to enable entitlements in your Red Hat account for the virtualization
packages. You need these entitlements enabled to install and update the virtualization packages on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You require a valid Red Hat account in order to install virtualization
packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
If you do not have a valid Red Hat subscription, visit the Red Hat online store.
Inst allin g t h e KVM h yp erviso r wit h yum
To use virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux you require the kvm package. The kvm package
contains the KVM kernel module providing the KVM hypervisor on the default Red Hat Enterprise
Linux kernel.
To install the kvm package, run:
# yum install kvm
Now, install additional virtualization management packages.
Reco mmen d ed virt u aliz at io n p ackag es:
python-virtinst
Provides the virt-install command for creating virtual machines.
libvirt
libvirt is an API library for interacting with hypervisors. libvirt uses the xm
virtualization framework and the virsh command line tool to manage and control virtual
machines.
libvirt-python
The libvirt-python package contains a module that permits applications written in the
Python programming language to use the interface supplied by the libvirt API.
virt-manager
virt-manager, also known as Virt u al Mach in e Man ag er, provides a graphical tool for
administering virtual machines. It uses libvirt library as the management API.
Install the other recommended virtualization packages:
# yum install virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst
⁠Chapt er 6 . Inst alling t h e virt ualizat ion packages
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