

The virt-install package must be installed on your Linux system.

If not available load them manually using the command below: sudo modprobe vhost_net vhost How To Install KVM on Rocky Linux 8 / RHEL 8 / CentOS 8Īfter installation check if kvm.ko kernel module is loaded: $ lsmod | grep vhost.How To Install KVM Hypervisor on Debian.If you’re new to KVM Hypervisor refer to our previous articles on the installation and usage on standard Linux distributions: All of the tasks should be performed on a Linux Server / Desktop with Virtualization support and KVM tools installed. There are no official Qcow2 images available for OpenStack users, at the moment, hence the need to create them yourself. With Rocky Linux 8.4 stable release, it can be that ultimate CentOS replacement, potentially deprecating any reason to switch to CentOS Stream. We will discuss in detail the process of generating Rocky Linux 8 Qcow2 Image for OpenStack / KVM / Qemu. If you’re ready to take it for a spin on OpenStack Cloud environment then this article is for you. As of this article update, Rocky Linux 8.4 is the first stable release that you can use in production as an alternative to CentOS 8 / CentOS Stream 8. Rocky Linux is one of the most anticipated Enterprise Linux releases after direction shift in CentOS Project.
