Prepare the KVM Hypervisor

This video clip demonstrates how to enable KVM on an Oracle Linux 8 Intel-based system.

00:00 Introduction
00:15 Check for virtualization extensions
00:42 Ensure KVM kernel modules are loaded
00:56 Install collection of virtualization packages
01:14 Install virt-install and virt-viewer
01:30 Validate the host machine is ready
01:51 Start libvirtd service
02:21 Additional resources

The 'grep' command at 0:26 checks for virtualization extensions on Intel hardware using the 'vmx' argument, and also checks for the virtualization extensions on AMD hardware using the 'svm' argument. If no output returns on either Intel or AMD hardware, the virtualization extensions are not available and the hardware does not support KVM.

The 'dnf module install' command at 1:03 is for Oracle Linux 8. For Oracle Linux 9, you would run the command: 'dnf group install "Virtualization Host"'.

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