QEMU/KVM Guest tools
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Linux Guest tools
Here is how to install QEMU Guest tools on Debian based operating systems.
sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent && sudo apt install spice-vdagent
Enable Cloud-init on Linux
If you are using Cloud-init image on your hypervisor you may want to install the cloud-init
package and enable the feature. On Ubuntu it is done by default, but on some other distributions like Kali Linux – it is not.
sudo apt install cloud-init
sudo systemctl enable cloud-init.service
Windows Guest tools
- SPICE Download Page
- Windows VirtIO drivers ISO [mount this ISO as second CD-ROM during the Windows guest installation process] [these tools must be installed in order to shutdown the guest via qemu/kvm host by
virsh
] - Windows Spice guest tools [install this package in a Windows guest instance]
Operating systems images
- Windows 10 ISO image via Download Tool
- Ubuntu Desktop ISO
- Ubuntu Server ISO
- Pop!OS by System76 ISO
- Kali Linux ISO (Choose the bare metal images)