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title: "Install Virt Manager in Debian"
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date: 2022-04-18T13:39:50Z
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keywords: [virt-manager kvm libvirt qemu]
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description: ""
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tags: [libvirt]
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categories: [linux]
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---
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`virt-manager` or *Virtual Machine Manager* is a frontend for managing virtual machines through *libvirt*. It primarily targets KVM virtual machines but is also capable of managing Xen and LXC. In this post we will focus on KVM.
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*All commands in this post are supposed to be run as root.*
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## Installing necessary tools
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We will install libvirt, QEMU and a spice client.
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```bash
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apt-get --no-install-recommends install qemu-utils qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system virtinst bridge-utils gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 virt-viewer libosinfo-bin
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```
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## Setting up libvirt
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### Set up networking
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libvirt ships with a default network profile. Here we enable it have it start automatically. This will allow the virtual machines to connect to the internet.
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```bash
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virsh net-start default
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virsh net-autostart default
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```
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### Add yourself to necessary groups
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Here you will add yourself to the necessary groups to avoid running as root every time you want to run a virtual machine. Replace `<user>` with normal user.
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```bash
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adduser <user> libvirt
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adduser <user> libvirt-qemu
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adduser <user> kvm
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```
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### Enable and start libvirt
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Apt automatically enables and starts `libvirtd.service`. We do it again anyways.
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```bash
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systemctl enable libvirtd.service
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systemctl restart libvirtd.service
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```
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Now you should be able to install and manage virtual machines through virt-manager.
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