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Requirements

Local machine🔗︎

On the machine where the command-line tool (kubitect) is installed, the following requirements must be met:

Hosts🔗︎

A host is a physical server that can be either a local or remote machine. Each host must have:

  • installed libvirt virtualization API and
  • installed hypervisor that is supported by libvirt

If the host is a remote server:

  • password-less SSH key to connect to the remote server

Example - Install KVM🔗︎

For example, to install the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor and libvirt, use yum or apt to install the following packages:

  • qemu-kvm
  • libvirt-clients
  • libvirt-daemon
  • libvirt-daemon-system

After installation, add user to the kvm and libvirt groups.

sudo adduser $USER kvm
sudo adduser $USER libvirt