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Install Packages

The following commands will install the Linux packages required for VCL to manage a KVM host:

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yum install libvirt virt-manager dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts bridge-utils libguestfs-tools -y
/sbin/chkconfig libvirtd on

echo "Starting the libvirtd service..."
/sbin/chkconfig libvirtd on
/sbin/service libvirtd start

The virt-manager package is optional.  It is a graphical utility which is used to manage KVM and other hypervisors controlled via libvirt.  The dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts package is usually necessary in order for virt-manager to render fonts correctly.

Configure Networking

The following commands will configure networking to allow KVM guests to communicate.  It configures a bridge named br0 on eth0, and br1 on eth1.  When configured this way, the network names in the VM host profile should be set to br0 and br1.

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echo "Stopping the NetworkManager service..."
chkconfig NetworkManager off 2>/dev/null
service NetworkManager stop 2>/dev/null
yum erase NetworkManager -y

cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 <<EOF
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BRIDGE=br0
NM_CONTROLLED=no
EOF
echo "Configured ifcfg-eth0:"
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 <<EOF
DEVICE=br0
TYPE=Bridge
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
DELAY=0
NM_CONTROLLED=no
EOF
echo "Configured ifcfg-br0:"
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0

cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 <<EOF
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BRIDGE=br1
NM_CONTROLLED=no
EOF
echo "Configured ifcfg-eth1:"
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

cat > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br1 <<EOF
DEVICE=br1
TYPE=Bridge
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
DELAY=0
NM_CONTROLLED=no
EOF
echo "Configured ifcfg-br1:"
cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br1

echo "Configuring eth0 bridge..."
ifdown br0 2>/dev/null
brctl delbr br0 2>/dev/null
brctl addbr br0
brctl addif br0 eth0

echo "Configuring eth1 bridge..."
ifdown br1 2>/dev/null
brctl delbr br1 2>/dev/null
brctl addbr br1
brctl addif br1 eth1

/sbin/chkconfig network on
/sbin/service network restart

Add a Network Storage Pool

The following commands will add an NFS storage pool named images to the KVM host.  The /images directory is exported via NFS from host 10.10.10.1.  This directory is mounted as /mnt/kvm1 on the KVM host.  An entry is added to /etc/fstab to ensure the directory is mounted if the KVM host is rebooted.

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echo "Adding the images pool..."
virsh pool-destroy images 2>/dev/null
virsh pool-undefine images 2>/dev/null
umount /images 2>/dev/null
mkdir /images  2>/dev/null
chmod -R 0755 /images
echo '10.10.10.1:/mnt/kvm1 /images nfs vers=3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,rw,soft,bg 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
mount -a

virsh pool-define-as --name images --type dir --target /images
virsh pool-autostart --pool images
virsh pool-start images

Add a Local Storage Pool

The following commands will define a storage pool named local-vms pointing to the /vms directory on the local disk:

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echo "Adding the local-vms pool..."
virsh pool-destroy local-vms 2>/dev/null
virsh pool-undefine local-vms 2>/dev/null
mkdir /vms 2>/dev/null
chmod -R 755 /vms
virsh pool-define-as --name local-vms --type dir --target /vms
virsh pool-autostart --pool local-vms
virsh pool-start local-vms