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=== NixOS === | === NixOS === | ||
Before 23.11: | |||
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virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true; | virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true; | ||
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environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ]; | environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ]; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
After 23.11: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true; | |||
programs.virt-manager.enable = true; | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
See [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/261474 relevant merge request] | |||
You will get a warning when you open it for the first time | You will get a warning when you open it for the first time | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 25 October 2023
Installation
NixOS
Before 23.11:
virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
programs.dconf.enable = true; # virt-manager requires dconf to remember settings
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ];
After 23.11:
virtualisation.libvirtd.enable = true;
programs.virt-manager.enable = true;
You will get a warning when you open it for the first time
Could not detect a default hypervisor. Make sure the appropriate QEMU/KVM virtualization packages are installed to manage virtualization on this host.
A virtualization connection can be manually added via File->Add Connection
To resolve
File (in the menu bar) -> Add connection HyperVisor = QEMU/KVM Autoconnect = checkmark Connect
The same can also be achieved decoratively by setting the corresponding dconf settings with home-manager. If you want to do this instead of the imperative configuration described above, add the following snippet to your home-manager configuration:
dconf.settings = {
"org/virt-manager/virt-manager/connections" = {
autoconnect = ["qemu:///system"];
uris = ["qemu:///system"];
};
};
You can get the following error :
authentication unavailable: no polkit agent available to authenticate action 'org.libvirt.unix.manage'
To resolve, add the user to the libvirtd group.
{
users.users.<myuser>.extraGroups = [ "libvirtd" ];
}