Setting up Debian Wheezy as kvm host

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WARNING: This HowTo is still work in progress. Do not use it, yet. Sorry

This HowTo is based on Falko Timme's tutorial for "Virtualization With KVM On A Debian Squeeze Server ".

1) Install the required packages for KVM virtualization:

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$ apt-get install screen kvm qemu-kvm libvirt-bin virtinst

2) Add your user to the groups "kvm" and "libvirt":

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adduser `id -un` libvirt
adduser `id -un` kvm

NOTE: This applies to the user you're currently logged in with.

3) Create a network bridge:

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$ apt-get install bridge-utils

TODO: network configuration

4) Create a virtual machine for the Debian client:

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$ virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
--name=ferry-vm-1 \
--ram 2048 \
--vcpus 2 \
--disk path=/srv/vm_images/ferry-vm-1.img,size=10 \
--cdrom ~/install/debian-7.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso \
--vnc \
--noautoconsole \
--os-type linux \
--os-variant debianwheezy \
--network bridge:br0 \
--hvm

Parameters are:

• --name: Name of the virtual client
• --ram: RAM. Memory (in MiB) for the virtual client
• --vcpus: Number of virtual CPUs
• --disk path=,size=:
• --cdrom:
• --vnc:
• --noautoconsole:
• --os-type:
• --os-variant:
• --network:
• --hvm: