HOWTO

Howto's

General

• Getting KVM to run on your machine
• choose the right kvm & kernel version
• How To Migrate From Vmware To KVM
• Migrating User Mode Linux to Xen and KVM

Network related

• Setting guest network
• set up a network console

Hardware related

• How to assign devices with VT-d in KVM
• Enable VT-X on Mac Pro (Early 2008)

USB

• usb related

Ethernet

• ethernet_related

PCI

• hotadd pci devices

Sound

• Using Sound in the guest

virtio

• boot from virtio block device
• use virtio_net interface in the guest (Debian)

cdrom

• Changing disks in the cdrom drive

Operating System related

Ubuntu

• using-kvm-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon
• Setting up NAT with KVM in Ubuntu
• Running Guest Systems on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
• Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

Fedora

• Fedora Virt Quick Start

ArchLinux

• Setting up KVM on ArchLinux
• Detailed QEMU Tutorial

BSD

• KVM on BSD, FreeBSD

Windows

• Information about guest drivers

Windows Vista

• Vista Networking Workaround

Scripting & Software

• Configuration Script for KVM - a complete management utility, configuration file format, and init script.
• Another script for KVM - Init scripts for kvm, using it with time scheduled start order (German)
• simple shell script to manage your virtual machine with bridged networking
• Hosting your VMs in a DMZ - a management and configuration script to assist with setting up a VM in a semi-secured demilitarized zone.
• Bare-metal installer with KVM

libvirt

• Running libvirt with KVM

Other

• HOWTO VMGL - OpenGL support for Linux guests