KVM Setup
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@fateknollogee said in KVM Setup:
@stacksofplates said in KVM Setup:
On Fedora under software choose headless virtualization:
I installed F26 & KVM via Headless Virt.
Same thing like I've done many times...From my F27 desktop, I can not connect (see image for error msg)
Any ideas before I decide to reinstall F26?
sudo dnf install openssh-askpass
Or use ssh keys instead
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@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
sudo dnf install openssh-askpass
Or use ssh keys instead
Tried both of those, no difference, still get the error
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@fateknollogee said in KVM Setup:
@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
sudo dnf install openssh-askpass
Or use ssh keys instead
Tried both of those, no difference, still get the error
Are you connecting using root or your own login?
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@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
Are you connecting usinf root or your own login?
Add yourself to libvirt group.Tried connecting as root & myself, no diff, still get the error
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All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
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All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
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All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
You can use putty to ssh into the server and then use virsh commands to manage VMs.
You can setup a Fedora VM and use a light desktop environment or just a windows manager only to help with using less resources and then install virt-manager. That's the same way I would do it when I need to manage a Hyper-V host from Fedora or any other distros.
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@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
sudo dnf install openssh-askpass
Or use ssh keys instead
Ooops brain fart of the week...
I wasn't paying attention, I installed openssh-askpass on the host instead of my workstation....(that was pretty stupid)
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@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
Pretty much or running a Fedora VM. The command line tools are incredibly robust and very easy to learn.
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@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
Pretty much or running a Fedora VM. The command line tools are incredibly robust and very easy to learn.
Ansible has a libvirt module as well (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/virt_module.html). However it doesn't have clone because libvirt doesn't have a clone function. Virt-clone does a bunch of other work like snapshotting, copying, etc. And you can just run the commands with it like this simple setup here https://mangolassi.it/topic/15257/ansible-create-kvm-guests that builds a disk with virt-builder. By default the OS disks from virt-builder are really small (like 6GB), so you will need to add the logic in to create the second disk.
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@stacksofplates said in KVM Setup:
@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
Pretty much or running a Fedora VM. The command line tools are incredibly robust and very easy to learn.
Ansible has a libvirt module as well (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/virt_module.html). However it doesn't have clone because libvirt doesn't have a clone function. Virt-clone does a bunch of other work like snapshotting, copying, etc. And you can just run the commands with it like this simple setup here https://mangolassi.it/topic/15257/ansible-create-kvm-guests that builds a disk with virt-builder. By default the OS disks from virt-builder are really small (like 6GB), so you will need to add the logic in to create the second disk.
I really need to dig into Ansible. AWX as well could be really useful.
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@stacksofplates said in KVM Setup:
@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
Pretty much or running a Fedora VM. The command line tools are incredibly robust and very easy to learn.
Ansible has a libvirt module as well (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/virt_module.html). However it doesn't have clone because libvirt doesn't have a clone function. Virt-clone does a bunch of other work like snapshotting, copying, etc. And you can just run the commands with it like this simple setup here https://mangolassi.it/topic/15257/ansible-create-kvm-guests that builds a disk with virt-builder. By default the OS disks from virt-builder are really small (like 6GB), so you will need to add the logic in to create the second disk.
I really need to dig into Ansible. AWX as well could be really useful.
I run AWX at home and Tower at work. It's really amazing how easy it makes everything.
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@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
You can use putty to ssh into the server and then use virsh commands to manage VMs.
You can setup a Fedora VM and use a light desktop environment or just a windows manager only to help with using less resources and then install virt-manager. That's the same way I would do it when I need to manage a Hyper-V host from Fedora or any other distros.
Any GUI options?
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@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
SSH (I like Putty)
@black3dynamite said in KVM Setup:
All scorn and derision aside, if I wanted to manage a KVM host from Windows what are my options?
You can use putty to ssh into the server and then use virsh commands to manage VMs.
You can setup a Fedora VM and use a light desktop environment or just a windows manager only to help with using less resources and then install virt-manager. That's the same way I would do it when I need to manage a Hyper-V host from Fedora or any other distros.
Any GUI options?
Not on Windows no. There is Kimchi which does an ok job of managing VMs but it's clunky and not as powerful as Hyper-V Manager or vCenter.
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It's the same in reverse too. How do you manage (via GUI) Hyper-V from Linux? You do it through a Win10 VM.
How do you manage (via GUI) KVM from Windows? You do it through a Linux VM.
That's really the easiest way to do it, without adding software to your hypervisors to be able to do it all via HTML5.
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@tim_g said in KVM Setup:
It's the same in reverse too. How do you manage (via GUI) Hyper-V from Linux? You do it through a Win10 VM.
How do you manage (via GUI) KVM from Windows? You do it through a Linux VM.
That's really the easiest way to do it, without adding software to your hypervisors to be able to do it all via HTML5.
XenServer doesn't have to add software to the hypervisor.
But I think I'm going to setup a basic lab at the office for this. I want to test it out, really I do.
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@dustinb3403 said in KVM Setup:
XenServer doesn't have to add software to the hypervisor.
Neither does KVM. IMO KVM has always been so much easier to use than XenServer. No weird proprietary formats. No strange matching UUIDs of disks to UUIDs of VMs. It's just super easy overall.
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@stacksofplates What is your distro of choice for running your Ansible "control machine?"
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@stacksofplates What is your distro of choice for running your Ansible "control machine?"
I use Fedora for AWX and Ansible core. For Tower, CentOS which is what they recommend.
