KVM (libvirt) support for Linux

Here are some notes to install and run VMs on KVM and Mint.

First to build the packer stuff, we need to install these packes:

$ sudo apt-get install qemu-system qemu-utils libvirt-bin virt-manager python-spice-client-gtk virt-viewer

Make and load the boxes you want (note that rake load will build the boxes as needed):

$ rake build:kvm:all
$ rake load:kvm:all

Then, make sure to run the latest vagrant, at least 1.7.2, and install the necessary plugin:

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt

you will need the following packages to use synced folders:

$ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

Test your new VMs:

$ rake up:kvm:windows-2012R2-full-standard-eval

or

$ cd spec && BOX=windows-2012R2-full-standard-eval vagrant up --provider=libvirt

And you are good to go!

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