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Prepare the host for virtualization

Prepare the host for virtualization

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Prepare the host for virtualization

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- [Instructor] In order to prepare our CentOS 7 OS for virtualization, we need to install some additional software. In a terminal in our host computer, type in sudo space yum, space install, space qemu dash kvm, space libvirt, space virt-manager, space libvirt dash client, and hit enter. Qemu-kvm provides a user-level KVM emulator and facilitates communication between host and guest virtual machines. Libvirt is a server and host site library site for interacting with hypervisors and host systems. Virt-manager is a graphical tool for administering virtual machines. Lastly, the libvirt-client package provides the client side APIs and libraries for accessing libvirt servers. This package also includes a virsh command line tool to manage and control virtual machines and hypervisors from the command line. Another way to install virtualization is by group. This will install a few more items, so let's install a group as well. Type in clear, and then hit enter. And type in sudo space yum…

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