Install KVM in Centos

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It's Virtualization with KVM ( Kernel-based Virtual Machine ) + QEMU.
This requires that the CPU on your computer which has a function Intel VT or AMD-V.

[1]    Install KVM.

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[root@dlp ~]# yum -y install qemu-kvm libvirt virt-install bridge-utils
# make sure modules are loaded

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[root@dlp ~]# lsmod | grep kvm
kvm_intel       138567  0
kvm             441119  1 kvm_intel

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[root@dlp ~]# systemctl start libvirtd

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[root@dlp ~]# systemctl enable libvirtd
[2]    Configure Bridge networking for KVM virtual machine.
Replace the interface name "eth0" for your own environment's one.

# add bridge "br0"

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c add type bridge autoconnect yes con-name br0 ifname br0
Connection 'br0' (0f4b7bc8-8c7a-461a-bff1-d516b941a6ec) successfully added.
# set IP for br0

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c modify br0 ipv4.addresses 10.0.0.30/24 ipv4.method manual
# set Gateway for br0

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c modify br0 ipv4.gateway 10.0.0.1
# set DNS for "br0"

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c modify br0 ipv4.dns 10.0.0.1
# remove the current setting

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c delete eth0
# add an interface again as a member of br0

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[root@dlp ~]# nmcli c add type bridge-slave autoconnect yes con-name eth0 ifname eth0 master br0
# restart

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[root@dlp ~]# reboot
[root@dlp ~]# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>
    mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:9f:9b:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default
    link/ether 22:f8:64:25:97:44 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default
    link/ether 00:0c:29:9f:9b:d3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.30/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global br0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe9f:9bd3/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever