• Check that KVM is available: 
    sudo apt install -y cpu-checker
sudo kvm-ok
  • Install required packages: 
    sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients virt-manager
  • Add the user to the right groups: 
    sudo adduser $USER libvirt
sudo adduser $USER kvm
  • The libvirtd systemd service should already be running.
  • Set up the Netplan configuration: 
    cat << "EOF" | sudo tee /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml
network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
  enp3s0:
    dhcp4: no
bridges:
  br0:
    interfaces: [enp3s0]
    addresses: [192.168.1.107/24]
    gateway4: 192.168.1.1
    nameservers:
      addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
    parameters:
      stp: false
      forward-delay: 0
EOF
  • Apply the configuration: 
    sudo netplan apply
  • Create a directory for the libvirt network definition files to live in: 
    mkdir ~/libvirt_network_definition_files
  • Then create the network definition file: ``` cat « “EOF” | tee ~/libvirt_network_definition_files/br0-network.xml
br0-network

EOF

* Define and start the network in `libvirt`:

sudo virsh net-define ~/libvirt_network_definition_files/br0-network.xml sudo virsh net-start br0-network sudo virsh net-autostart br0-network

* Select the `br0-network` when creating a VM.
* Reboot:

reboot

* Create the ISOs directory:

mkdir ~/isos

* Change into the `isos` directory:

cd isos

* Download the latest Rocky Linux Gnome ISO:

wget https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/live/x86_64/Rocky-9-Workstation-x86_64-latest.iso ```

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