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The [https://virt-manager.org/ virt-manager] ([[wikipedia:en:{{PAGENAME}}]]) application is a GUI for managing local and remote virtual machines through [[libvirt]]. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (linux containers). | |||
== Requisites == | == Requisites == | ||
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=== Networking === | === Networking === | ||
The default network starts off as being inactive, you must enable it before it is accessible. | The default network starts off as being inactive, you must enable it before it is accessible. | ||
This can be done by running the following command: | This can be done by running the following command (may require sudo): | ||
<code>virsh net-start default</code> | <code>virsh net-start default</code> | ||
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By default this will enable the <code>virbr0</code> virtual network bridge. | By default this will enable the <code>virbr0</code> virtual network bridge. | ||
===Display=== | === Display === | ||
The default Video may not allow different resolutions, `Virtio` will allow for more. | The default Video may not allow different resolutions, `Virtio` will allow for more. | ||
=== Shared folders === | |||
To be able to share a folder with a guest, you will need 'virtiofsd'. The recommended way to solve this problem is now to add <code>pkgs.virtiofsd</code> to <code>virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.vhostUserPackages</code>: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
virtualisation.libvirtd = { | |||
enable = true; | |||
qemu.vhostUserPackages = with pkgs; [ virtiofsd ]; | |||
}; | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
===Windows Guest=== | ===Windows Guest=== | ||
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{ | { | ||
services.qemuGuest.enable = true; | services.qemuGuest.enable = true; | ||
services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true; # enable copy and paste between host and guest | |||
} | } | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||