KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) under Linux is an excellent virtualization environment yet it is still lacking in some areas. To manage your virtual machines, there isn’t a single management interface, so you are left with using Virt-manager which can be a bit of a pain. RHEV (ovirt) has some promise as it is a solid
Access to anything using root passwords is a Bad Thing(tm), so Policy-Kit comes to the rescue. Having never used Policy-Kit (polkit-d), it was always something disabled in order to limit the number of extraneous processes running on a server/hypervisor system. However, in this case, it comes in handy. Create: /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/50-libvirt-remote-access.pkla [libvirt Management Access] Identity=unix-group:libvirt Action=org.libvirt.unix.manage
KVM offers a slew of opportunities for home or business and a feature set that is ever growing. Some setups can be more complex than others, and incorporating a virtual firewall in to your existing KVM guests pushes the boundaries. Internet — KVM host virtual firewall — virtual hosts (internal) — physical virtual host The