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======KVM hypervisor host======
Instructions to setup the host system (the iron, of the frame).


=====Distribution: Debian 6 (Squeeze) or 7 (Wheezy) or 8 (jessie)=====
===preparation===
Install a minimal debian system with a static IP-number.

Configure locale (for perl and apt-get tooling):

  export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
  export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
  locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
  dpkg-reconfigure locales



Install the software:

  apt-get install  qemu-kvm libvirt-bin virtinst virt-top


For multiple networking cards:
  apt-get install  bridge-utils vlan


Install usefull tooling:

  apt-get install  htop iftop iotop dnsutils tcpdump kpartx mc xfsprogs




===config===
Add to /etc/network/interfaces 
<code>
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        bridge_ports eth0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_maxwait 0
       address 10.11.12.10
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       broadcast 10.11.12.255
       gateway 10.11.12.1
       dns-nameservers 10.11.12.66 10.110.12.66
       dns-search intra.example.com

auto br1
iface br1 inet manual
        bridge_ports eth1
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_maxwait 0

auto br2
iface br2 inet manual
        bridge_ports eth2
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_maxwait 1

## dot1q Trunk
iface eth3.11 inet manual
vlan-raw-device eth3

iface eth3.12 inet manual
vlan-raw-device eth3

auto br3-vlan11
iface br3-vlan11 inet manual
        bridge_ports eth3.11
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_maxwait 0
        bridge_fd 9
        bridge_hello 2
        bridge_maxage 12
        up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up || /bin/true
</code>

===automatic suspend/resume===
== Debian 7==

Enable automatic save2disk at shutdown + resume at startup in /etc/default/libvirt-guests by setting:

  ON_BOOT=start
  ON_SHUTDOWN=suspend



== Debian 6==
Configure automatic suspend/resume for the guests:

  cd /etc/init.d
  cp /usr/share/doc/libvirt-bin/examples/libvirt-suspendonreboot virsh-suspend
  update-rc.d libvirt-suspendonreboot defaults 29 71
  mkdir /var/lib/libvirt/autosuspend


===real text-mode console===

== Debian 7 (Grub 2)==

/etc/default/grub

  GRUB_DEFAULT=0
  GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"
  GRUB_TERMINAL=console
  GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
  GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
  GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"


===Power===
For APC equipment, there is software ready in the Debian repository. Good reason to buy this if you need uninterrupted power. After connecting the equipment (power and USB-cabling), install the ups-daemon software:

  apt-get install  apcupsd apcupsd-doc apcupsd-cgi


Edit the configfile /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

<code>
## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##
#  for apcupsd release 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) - debian
UPSNAME apcups01
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE
LOCKFILE /var/lock
SCRIPTDIR /etc/apcupsd
PWRFAILDIR /etc/apcupsd
NOLOGINDIR /etc
ONBATTERYDELAY 6
BATTERYLEVEL 90
MINUTES 10
TIMEOUT 0
ANNOY 300
ANNOYDELAY 60
NOLOGON disable
KILLDELAY 0
NETSERVER off
NISIP 127.0.0.1
NISPORT 3551
EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events
EVENTSFILEMAX 10
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable
STATTIME 0
STATFILE /var/log/apcupsd.status
LOGSTATS off
DATATIME 0
</code>

And flag the parameter ISCONFIGURED in /etc/default/apcupsd to yes.



===docs===
  * http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/KVM_Setup_on_Debian_Squeeze
  * http://blog.frosty-geek.net/2011/02/ubuntu-tagged-vlan-interfaces-and.html
  * http://blog.snijders-it.nl/
  * http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking
  * http://wiki.andreas-duffner.de/index.php/Virtual_machines_with_kvm



=====Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 LTS =====
Use the Debian 6 howto.

Below some specific Ubuntu actions.

===real text-mode console===

/etc/default/grub

  GRUB_DEFAULT=0
  #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
  #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
  GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
  #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
  #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
  #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
  #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/sbin/init -v noplymouth INIT_VERBOSE=yes"
  #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=769"
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"
  GRUB_TERMINAL=console
  #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480


===locales===
  locale-gen nl_NL.UTF-8
  dpkg-reconfigure locales


=====Distribution: CentOS 6.0 =====
===preparation===
Install a minimal CentOS 6.0 system with a static IP-number.

Install the software:

  yum install kvm virt-manager libvirt




=====Nested KVM=====
(this feature is only for the purpose of testing, not for production)

A first check:
  egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
will give one or more lines when virtual machines can be created on this host.

Check the CPU-architecture of the physical system with:
  lscpu

Check the current status of the host/hypervisor (the physical system) with:
  cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested

To activate KVM nesting, create or edit /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf (or /etc/modprobe.d/qemu-system-x86.conf on ubuntu) on the host and add:
<code>
options kvm_intel nested=1
#options kvm_amd nested=1
</code>

Reboot the system to effect the setting.


Create a VM, and use "copy host CPU configuration" in the cpu-section of the VM-definition.


In this VM you can check the kvm nesting feature with:
  cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested

Also:
  egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
will give one or more lines.




======KVM guest actions======

=====Usefull tooling for a VM=====

====ACPI-stuff====

Requirements Debian:

   apt-get install  acpid





====disk-changes changes====

Requirements Debian:

   apt-get install parted


Probe the changed partition-table:

  partprobe



=====enlarge a vdisk=====

First enlarge the vdisk in the KVM host (with lvm or whatever).

In case the (v)disk is larger dan 2TB, use parted instead of fdisk.
Below an example of a 3 TB disk, which is enlarged to 3.5TB. The KVM guest is rebooted, and the filesystem on it is umounted.
The trick is to delete te partition (rm) and to recreate it directly afterwards, with the same startingpoint, and with a lager number as the endpoint.

  parted -l /dev/vdc



<code>
# parted /dev/vdc
(parted) p
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vdc: 3848GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  3299GB  3299GB  xfs
</code>


<code>
# parted /dev/vdc
(parted) rm 1
</code>

<code>
# parted /dev/vdc
(parted) mkpart                                                           
Partition name?  []?                                                      
File system type?  [ext2]? xfs                                            
Start? 1049kB                                                             
End? 3848GB
</code>

Instead of a number as an answer to the question "End", it is also possible to use -1. This will use the largest possible value, ie. the end of the disk.

The action above can also be done in a one-liner:
<code>
# parted /dev/vdc
(parted) mkpart  primary xfs 1049kB -1
</code>


View the result:
<code>
# parted /dev/vdc                                                        
(parted) p                                                                
Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vdc: 3848GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  3848GB  3848GB  xfs

(parted) q
</code>

The partitioning part is done now.


Resize the filesystem on the partition. For example with resizefs or xfs_growfs.





======KVM administration workstation======

====Ubuntu/Debian====
For a Ubuntu/Debian based workstation with graphical display:

  apt-get install ssh virt-manager


Only when it is needed to run kvm-vpsses on the workstation also, install also the package kvm.

Start virtmanager, and click on 'add-connection'.



====MS-windows====

Using Virt-manager via XMing and putty:

http://blog.allanglesit.com/2011/03/linux-kvm-managing-kvm-guests-using-virt-manager-on-windows/


======KVM administration======
Instructions how to administer the KVM host system (the iron, of the frame).

====disk administration of the VPSses====

===creation of diskspace for a VPS===

A wide range of storage formats are available to choose from. A few thoughts:
  * for the best performance, use a raw partition as storage backend for a VPS. You can create a partition on the host or a logical-volume on the host. This will be assigned to the guest.
  * if you are using raw volumes or partitions, it is best to set the caching option to 'none' (to avoid the cache completely, which reduces data copies and bus traffic).
  * if you are using files, and you are not in the need of storage guarantees, for example for testing purposes, you can choose 'writeback caching' which offers maximum speed.
  * if your guest supports it, use the 'virtio' interface.
  * don't the linux filesystem btrfs on the host for image files. It will result in low I/O performance.



===enlarge diskspace inside a VPS===

To enlarge a disk of a VPS , use the following procedure:

On the VM-host:

In case of raw-devices, enlarge the logical-volume:

  lvresize -L +2G  /dev/vg01/VPSfoo01

to grow the disk/LUN of VPSfoo with 2G

In case of file-devices:

  cd /var/lib/libvirt/images
  dd if=/dev/null of=VPSfoo.img bs=1 count=0 seek=10G
  
to grow the disk/LUN of VPSfoo to 10G


After this, stop and start the VPS. This is needed, because the new disk-geometry has to be read by the kernel.

In the VPS:

Now start fdisk, and it will detect a larger disk. Add a partition, or repartition the partition at the end of the disk (you did have this procedure in mind, when designing the disk-layout, didn't you :-)

Now run pvresize on this partition, and after this, the volume-group has free-extents. Use these to grow one or more logical-volumes.





===add a lun to a VPS===

To attach a storage lun to a running VPS , use the following procedure:

On the VM-host:

Create a new raw-device (and optionally make a symlink).

Attach the raw-device to the vps (in this case, the name is vpsfoo2 and it is the second virtio-disk aka vdb):

  virsh attach-disk vpsfoo2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/vpsfoo2data.img vdb --targetbus virtio  --live
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