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# As root, install the virtualization software by issuing the command:<br><b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">yum install qemu-kvm qemu-img virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python \<br>python-virtinst libvirt-client virt-install virt-viewer bridge-utils</span></code></b> <br><br>
{{Admon/important|Restart your Host Machine|You must restart your '''c7host''' machine after installing the virtualization program above. If you fail to do this, you may experience virtualization network problems!}} .<br><br>There are actually several key programs installed for virtualization using KVM::This will install many applications (including)::::* <ul><li>'''kvm/qemu''' - the hypervisor and other hardware emulation systems.:::* </li><li>A system service named '''libvirtd''' that manages the VMs.:::* </li><li>A graphical tool for managing virtual machines ('''virt-manager''') and the '''virsh''' command-line tool.<br/li><br/ul>}}
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<li value="7">Start the virtualization service: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">systemctl start libvirtd</span></code></b><br><br></li></ol>
