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Anyone have a tutorial on setting up a KVM host?
I'd like to make use of an unused PC lying around, and I thought that instead of renting a cloud server, I'd try to set up a Linux KVM host to play around with. This will not host anything other than some personal test sandbox VMs.
Obviously Googling this is an option, but I'm looking for experienced users here who may have better suggestions.
Thanks!!
Jim
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Use proxmox and save your sleep.
Francisco
This ^
Proxmox
Learning to use virt-install and all support tools means you won't be here screaming and begging for help when you upgrade ProxMox and it eats itself.
If you decide to go with ProxMox, I prefer to install Debian and then add ProxMox to it, since that will make it easier to follow the Debian distributions' defaults, and you'll get more of a top-down of what installing ProxMox is actually involved.
I just install/create my own KVMs because I like making things harder than they need to be. A rather popular front-end tool is 'virt-manager', which is X11 based. I've never really had luck with that since it still keeps you from the underlying system to some degree.
may even try virtualizor, and/or its tutorial
I'm curious about some alternatives to Proxmox. I tried both v4 and v5. Both resolve extremely slowly or not at all.
i am not experienced user, but also think Proxmox is good way, another way would be http://www.virtualizor.com/wiki/Install_KVM (you will pay $1 monthly for one VPS. $9 = unlimited VPS)
http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/KVM_Virtualization_in_RHEL_7_Made_Easy.pdf
You should find this guide helpful.
If you're looking to run some quick and simple virtual machines for personal sandbox purposes, then just use something like Virtualbox. If you're looking for something more complicated but also more powerful (e.g. what hosting providers use), then look into Proxmox or Virtualizor.