Installing KVM on CentOS 5.5
Note that this now only works for the 64 bit version of CentOS
Here is Redhat's own guide: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Virtu...
and for bridging:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Virtu...
system-config-securitylevel #set to permissive, not disabled yum install kvm yum install virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst qemu yum install bridge-utils reboot
#configure bridge:
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 #I used these values: BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 ONBOOT=yes
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 #I used these values:DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:1F:D0:D7:48:F2 ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE=br0 NM_CONTROLLED=no
#then restart with: /etc/init.d/network restart
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-centos-5.2-server
http://havetheknowhow.com/Configure-the-server/Network-Bridge.html
#migrate from Xen:
http://www.gloudemans.info/migrate-paravirtualized-xen-to-kvm-under-rhel/
http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1...
#example:
http://ewx.livejournal.com/546854.html