Manage KVM through Cockpit
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Installing
cockpit-machinesis not dependent oncockpit. So you may not need the full cockpit to make it all work.[jbusch@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install cockpit-machines Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:34 ago on Mon 28 May 2018 02:13:56 PM CDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================== Installing: cockpit-machines noarch 168-1.fc28 updates 505 k Installing dependencies: libvirt x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 9.3 k libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 14 k libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 161 k libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 162 k libvirt-daemon-driver-uml x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 69 k libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 148 k libvirt-daemon-driver-xen x86_64 4.1.0-2.fc28 fedora 131 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================== Install 8 Packages -
@jaredbusch oh weird.
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@scottalanmiller said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@jaredbusch oh weird.
It's been like that since I can remember.
Also, minimal install doesn't install cockpit at all.
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@obsolesce said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@scottalanmiller said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@jaredbusch oh weird.
It's been like that since I can remember.
Also, minimal install doesn't install cockpit at all.
That I knew.
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@obsolesce said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@scottalanmiller said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@jaredbusch oh weird.
It's been like that since I can remember.
Also, minimal install doesn't install cockpit at all.
When I installed Fedora 28 minimal without LVM, installling cockpit didn’t include cockpit.storaged for some reason.
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm very new at Linux in general.
When adding a VM, where do you tell it to store the VM at?
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@ccwtech said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm very new at Linux in general.
When adding a VM, where do you tell it to store the VM at?
I don't think you can through Cockpit at this point. You need to either use
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@ccwtech said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm very new at Linux in general.
When adding a VM, where do you tell it to store the VM at?
I make another partition and mount it to /data
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Ok, I have the file system setup with plenty of space in /var
Trying to install using Cockpit:
ERROR internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2018-06-17T23:26:23.767121Z qemu-system-x86_64: -drive file=/run/media/root/DATA/en_windows_server_2012_r2_x64_dvd_2707946.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1,readonly=on: Could not open '/run/media/root/DATA/en_windows_server_2012_r2_x64_dvd_2707946.iso': Permission denied Domain installation does not appear to have been successful. If it was, you can restart your domain by running: virsh --connect qemu:///system start Server-2012R2 otherwise, please restart your installation.
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@ccwtech what account are you logged in as?
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@Obsolesce The file is on a USB Drive if that matters.
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@ccwtech said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
@Obsolesce The file is on a USB Drive if that matters.
The ISO might need to have the correct SELinux context. Try copying it to your /var/lib/libvirt/images directory and see if it lets you install that way.
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@stacksofplates said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
/var/lib/libvirt/images
That's the trick, thanks!
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Now the next issue... Appears as if Server 2012 R2 needs a driver to see the filesystem...
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@ccwtech said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
Now the next issue... Appears as if Server 2012 R2 needs a driver to see the filesystem...
I'm guessing you need to set the qcow2 disk to IDE instead of virtio. Then in the VM install the virtio drivers and you can change it back.
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I've never installed 2012 R2 in KVM yet. But Windows 10 automatically sets up as IDE when done from
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I think I have it figured out but don't know how to actually implement it. I'm running Fedora Server 28 Headless - so I have the ISO file for the drivers in /usr/share/virtio-win
I think I just need to mount the ISO for the VM but not sure how to do that.
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@ccwtech said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:
I think I have it figured out but don't know how to actually implement it. I'm running Fedora Server 28 Headless - so I have the ISO file for the drivers in /usr/share/virtio-win
I think I just need to mount the ISO for the VM but not sure how to do that.
I run Fedora on my desktop as well as my KVM server. so I just use Virtual Machine Manager most of the time.
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@jaredbusch Any idea how to do it in command line?
