Using Linux KVM, Expose Virtual Guests On The LAN

Audience: The blog post is for beginner to intermediary Linux system administrators.

• You should have a thorough understanding of the shell commands and
• be comfortable on the command line
• be able to install and configure packages, etc.
• be able to start and stop services using systemd
• be familiar with Linux configuration files
• be able to set Linux kernel parameters using sysctl
• be able to enable and disable Kernel modules
• be comfortable installing and using guest VMs using libvirt

You should have a rudimentary understanding of networking concepts and tooling such as

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), libvirt, and QEMU are three components that work together to provide a virtualization solution on Linux systems.

KVM is a virtualization infrastructure built into the Linux kernel that allows it to run multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical host. It provides the underlying virtualization technology, such as hardware acceleration for virtualized CPU and memory, and device emulation.