Install KVM on CentOS 7

Introduction

This is an Ansible Playbook used to install KVM on remote servers. This was built specifically for CentOS 7 Linux but could easily be adapted for other Linux Distributions

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Update inventory to use your IP address (or DNS) or your machine
3. Verify the correct configuration in ansible.cfg exist for your setup
4. execute ansible-playbook main.yml

Sample Output

PLAY [Install KVM] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.1.2]

TASK [checkVirtualization : Check for CPU Virtualization] *************************************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.2]

TASK [installKVM : Installing KVM Packages] ***************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.2] => (item=qemu-kvm)
changed: [192.168.1.2] => (item=libvirt)
changed: [192.168.1.2] => (item=libvirt-python)
changed: [192.168.1.2] => (item=libguestfs-tools)
changed: [192.168.1.2] => (item=virt-install)

TASK [installKVM : Enable and Start libvirtd] *************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.2]

TASK [installKVM : Verify KVM module is loaded] ***********************************************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.2]

PLAY RECAP ************************************************************************************************************************************************************
192.168.1.2                  : ok=1    changed=8    unreachable=0    failed=0