KVM Installation in Linux Mint – Step-by-step

Getting Started

4. 4. Adding User to Group

   Next Add User to libvirt Group
   First, you need to Make the Group:

   sudo addgroup libvirtd

   And then Add User with:

   sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd

   This because only the Users of this Group can Run Virtual Machines.
   Then Relogin to Enable this Setup!

5. 5. Verifing KVM Installation

   Finally, Test Installation.

   Simply performing:

   virsh list --all

   And in the Output you should find:

    Id    Name                           State
   ----------------------------------------------------

   This because still no VMs has been made.

6. 6. Starting Libvirt Daemon

   Again to Start Libvirtd Daemon.

   sudo service libvirtd start

   And to Enable it on Boot:

   sudo update-rc.d libvirtd enable

7. 7. Creating and Running KVM VMs

   KVM Virtualization Getting-Started Guide

   KVM+QEMU+VirtManager VM Quick Start

   Getting-Started with KVM Virtualization