Support #659
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This is a simple guide for getting started with virt-manager on Arch Linux.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
<pre>
sudo pacman -Syu
</pre>
* Install libvirt:
<pre>
sudo pacman -S libvirt
</pre>
* Start and enable libvirtd.service at boot:
<pre>
systemctl enable libvirtd.service
systemctl start libvirtd.service
</pre>
* Change the group authorized to access the RW daemon socket, create the following file:
<pre>
/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-org.libvirt.unix.manager.rules
</pre>
#* And add the following:
<pre>
/* Allow users in kvm group to manage the libvirt
daemon without authentication */
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (action.id == "org.libvirt.unix.manage" &&
subject.isInGroup("kvm")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
</pre>
* Then add the user bob to the kvm group:
<pre>
groupadd kvm
usermod -aG kvm bob
</pre>
* Log out and then log back in for the permissions to take effect.
h2. Install virt-manager
* Install virt-manager hypervisor:
<pre>
pacman -S virt-manager
</pre>
h2. Resources
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libvirt