====== 24.04 KVM Virtual Host Installation ======


Install a few helper utils (Make sure Virtualization is enabled in the bios)

  apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system

Check all is ok with a 

  kvm-ok


After installing Windows WSL and Virtual Manager you can set up SSH key login to enable virtual manager to connect nicely.

  ssh-keygen (you may need to run this command 1st if you don't have a keypair, (VM machine)
  ssh-copy-id username@solaris.scottworld.net

You will need to also add a line to the .bash shell config to let virtual machine manager save its settings.

  nano ~/.bashrc

Add this line

  export $(dbus-launch)

Start up virtual machine manager and check connection

===== Configure Network =====


  Right click host --> details --> Virtual Networks

The click the + button in the bottom left
<code>
<network connections="1">
  <name>VMBridge</name>
  <forward mode="bridge"/>
  <bridge name="br0"/>
</network>
</code>

Setup the virtual storage by clicking the storage tab 

Select Logical LVM Volume Group to create the pool.

You can copy ISO images to the disk and then add a pool pointing to that location so the VMs can then use ISOs.