qemu
, libvirt
, ebtables
, dnsmasq
, dmidecode
, virt-manager
, and possibly qemu-arch-extra
)
To use virt-manager
, the user needs to be part of the libvirt
group:
# gpasswd -a $(whoami) libvirt
virt-manager has its own networks, by default it uses the network default
. One might need to activate it:
# virsh net-start default
It is also possible to set it up so it activates automatically:
# virsh net-autostart default
Qemu nbd allows to connect qcow2 files with a block device
# modprobe --first-time nbd # qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 <path of the .qcow2 file>
Now /dev/mbd0
is a block device connected to the qcow2 file.
To disconnect use:
# qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0
In Windows share using the GUI and in Linux open the following path with your explorer:
smb://<ip address>/<share name>
It needs the gvfs-smb
package. At the moment I managed to make it work only with an empty password.
Depending on the Windows version Samba may not support the protocol anymore. If everything fails, one can share via HTTP: