How to Install Kvm In Ubuntu 20.04

Install KVM on Ubuntu 20.04: verify Intel VMX or AMD SVM support, install qemu-kvm and libvirt packages, add your user to the libvirt group and use virsh.

Run the following egrep command to verify that Intel VMX or AMD SVM supported on your CPU:

egrep --color 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo

Install kvm

sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils libguestfs-tools genisoimage virtinst libosinfo-bin

Allow normal user to manage virtual machine

# Add user to libvirt and libvirt-qemu:
sudo usermod -aG libvirt ${USER}
sudo usermod -aG libvirt-qemu ${USER}

# Verify
id

you need to use the following command to connect to KVM server:

virsh --connect qemu:///system
virsh --connect qemu:///system command
virsh --connect qemu:///system list --all

To see current networking setting for KVM, run:

sudo virsh net-list --all
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