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Openstack Xena – Test Home Lab

Posted on December 19, 2021April 17, 2022 by sandeep

[  Previous: Cinder (9/9)  ]   [ Test Home Lab ] Access http://controller/horizon and log in using the ‘labuser’ account created We will need one floating IP to associate with the test VM we will bring up – Let us allocate on floating IP. Choose Network->Floating IP option in the dashboard. Click on Allocate IP to…

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Manual backup VM image in KVM

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by sandeep

Start virt-manager on the KVM host and note the name of the guest VM. (In my case I want to take a backup of the OpenStack VM) The instance is running. It is recommended to shut down the instance before taking a backup. In the KVM host create a backup folder as required and copy…

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OS installation: Debian 11 on a KVM guest VM.

Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by sandeep

Download the ISO image to the /var/lib/libvirt/images folder of the KVM host. Start virt-manager and opt to create a new VM and select Local install media. Click on browse and select the downloaded ISO image If the OS is not automatically detected, uncheck automatic detection and type in Debian testing Assign memory and CPU resources….

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Ubuntu Server 20.04 on a KVM guest VM (Remove snapd, netplan, motd, and enable legacy networking)

Posted on December 12, 2021December 13, 2021 by sandeep

Download and copy the Ubuntu server ISO image to /var/lib/libvirt/images/ folder. Start virt-manager Create a new VM (File -> New Virtual Machine) and choose local install media Click on browse, select the downloaded image Allocate/assign CPU and memory resources Allocate/assign storage as much as required. Provide a name and select a network interface. In my…

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