/VM-Void

Setup Virt Manager For Void Linux.

Installation.

$ sudo xbps-install -S virt-manager libvirt qemu openbsd-netcat dnsmasq vde2 bridge-utils

Setup.

$ sudo usermod -aG kvm <username>

$ modprobe kvm-<your CPU> For AMD use kvm-amd & for Intel use kvm-intel .

$ sudo usermod -a -G libvirt <username>

Configuration.

$ sudo vim /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf

  • Uncomment this lines.
  1. listen_tls = 0
  2. unix_sock_group = "libvirt"
  3. unix_sock_ro_perms = "0777"
  4. unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770"
  5. unix_sock_dir = "/run/libvirt"
  6. auto_unix_ro = "polkit" >>> auto_unix_ro = "none"
  7. auto_unix_rw = "polkit" >>> auto-unix_rw = "none"

Save and exit.

$ sudo vim /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf

  • Uncomment.
  1. uri_default = "qemu:///system"

Save and exit.

$ sudo vim /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

Go to line 519.

  • Uncomment line 519 and 523.
  1. user = "your username"
  2. group = "libvirt"

Enable Services.

  1. $ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/libvirtd /var/service/

  2. $ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/virtlogd /var/service/

  3. $ sudo reboot

End.

  • Download an ISO.
  • Create a virtual machine.

Note.

If you have DHCPCD for network, you need to change it up to NetworkManager. Just to be able to connect via ssh to the virtual machine.

  1. $ sudo xbps-install -S NetworkManager
  2. $ sudo sv down dhcpcd
  3. $ sudo rm /var/service/dhcpcd
  4. $ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/NetworkManager /var/service/
  5. $ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/
  6. $ sudo reboot