Install KVM Ubuntu 22.04 – Amazon AWS on your home server!

Using a simple Ubuntu Server machine, we can install a free and open source hypervisor that is used by the likes of Amazon Web Services to run their EC2 instances. KVM is a great platform to play around with virtualization and the installation and configuration of the hypervisor is straightforward and easy. We take a look at installing KVM and configuring a new virtual machine running in KVM.

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Introduction to KVM virtualization - 0:00
Today's sponsor - Cameyo Virtual App Delivery - 1:11
Looking at the requirements for enabling KVM virtualization - 2:10
Talking about nested virtualization - 2:44
Verifying the CPU requirements from the command line - 2:55
Talking about the one-line install of KVM - 3:53
Covering the command to install the KVM components - 4:05
KVM installation completed successfully, verifying KVM installation from the command line - 4:50
Discussing the Ubuntu workstation management machine and Virtual Machine Manager - 5:26
Looking at the command to install Virtual Machine Manager - 5:48
Adding a new connection to the new KVM hypervisor - 6:13
Successfully connected - 6:48
Creating the first virtual machine 6:52
Starting the new virtual machine wizard - 6:58
Browsing to the CDROM image - 7:22
Choosing the operating system - 7:45
Memory and CPU settings - 8:05
Storage settings - 8:20
Name of the VM - 8:30
Looking at the virtual machine properties - 8:42
Changing boot options - 9:03
Looking at the default network settings - 9:23
Changing the display settings - 9:33
Booting Windows Server 2022 in KVM - 10:00
Concluding thoughts on KVM virtualization - 10:24

Take a look at my written writeup of how to Install KVM in Ubuntu 22.04 here:

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[wodclerc]

By the way, using virt-manager also brings along vendor lockin. It's a redhat/IBM tool, and it's considered as deprecated. Replacement is the cockpit project, also by redhat/IBM. Exactly the reason why I go full commandline: kvm with the virsh command line tools.

[comfortzonegames]

I thought you were gonna link AWS with on-prem :D
Got me!!

[NonyaDamnbusiness]

Meh. I've tried ProxMox, XCP-NG, VMware ESXi, and Hyper-V and out of those four I stick with XCP-NG for it's ease of use and really kick-butt live migration and backup tools.
ESXi licensing is an expensive nightmare, Hyper-V is ignored by Microsoft who don't seem to do anything with it, ProxMox is OK I guess but XCP-NG's Xen Orchestra interface and features have spoiled me. It just works with little to no futzing around in a CLI to configure it.

[kirksteinklauber]

Thanks for the video. I do understand that Proxmox uses KVM as well so what are the advantages to use this solution compared with Proxmox?

[JohnHessGA]

thought this had some information on Amazon AWS

[alirobe]

My understanding of Nitro hypervisor is that it’s effectively a hardware integrated fork of Xen, so the premise of this video is just wrong.

[carmine]

Very rarely do I feel compelled to give a video a thumbs down. Even less rare are the time when I just simply need to explain why. Your video title is so misleading. Why would you put AWS in your title? Your video is a walkthrough of installation of VMM on a kvm host. You are weaving a web of technical jargon. What a disgrace. This has nothing to do with Amazon web services. It should not be in the title. Why just why?