Virtual machine manager on linux (for qemu): virt-manager

Manage the virtual machine of qemu using a virtual machine manager. This allows easy management of the harddrive file, make snapshots, and provide a more advanced GUI for linking devices or mounting filesystems.

1. Install the virt-manager package.
2. Install further dependencies, such as: dnsmasq and ebtables, to make the network-interface work when using the manager GUI application.
3. Start the system service: libvirtd
4. Run virt-manager to start the GUI application.
   1. Press the New Virtual Machine button.
   2. Create a new virtual machine: choose "Import existing disk image".
   3. Provide the existing storage path: ./vm-harddrive.qcow2.
   4. Choose the operating system you are installing. Make sure the version matches that of the downloaded iso-file, otherwise choose the "Generic" OS.
   5. Choose Memory and CPU settings: 4096 bytes and 4 CPUs.
   6. Ready to begin installation. Check "Customize configuration before install.
   7. Add additional devices from the host, so that the virtual machine may have access to it. Such as a webcam USB-device as a camera, or a shared filesystem mount on the host which may be used to transfer files between the virtual machine and the host machine.
   8. Begin installation.