How to enable nested virtualization in ubuntu
I would like to do some lib testing on my OS. So I need several environment to run KVM. And I found my guest machine was not able to run KVM.
I was using virtualbox 4.2.
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I would like to do some lib testing on my OS. So I need several environment to run KVM. And I found my guest machine was not able to run KVM.
I was using virtualbox 4.2.
virtualbox virtualization
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
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Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37
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I would like to do some lib testing on my OS. So I need several environment to run KVM. And I found my guest machine was not able to run KVM.
I was using virtualbox 4.2.
virtualbox virtualization
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
1,30051829
I would like to do some lib testing on my OS. So I need several environment to run KVM. And I found my guest machine was not able to run KVM.
I was using virtualbox 4.2.
virtualbox virtualization
virtualbox virtualization
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
1,30051829
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
1,30051829
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
1,30051829
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
1,30051829
asked Aug 5 '13 at 2:22
王子1986王子1986
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Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37
add a comment |
Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37
Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37
Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37
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KVM requires VT-X/AMD-V, but VirtualBox does not pass VT-X/AMD-V to the guest operating system.
Therefore, KVM can't run in VirtualBox (yet). Please track bug ticket #4032.
VT-X and AMD-V (so-called virtualization extensions) run the guest operating system natively in the CPU. Without them, the virtualization software must interpret the operating system opcodes in software, which is very slow.
For now, you can either
- run KVM inside a hypervisor which passes virtualization extensions to the guest (e.g. KVM inside VMware Workstation 8), or
- run another hypervisor inside VirtualBox (e.g. VirtualBox inside VirtualBox).
This option will be very slow, because the guest will miss VT-X/AMD-V.
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
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what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.
– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
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Virtualbox just released (12/18/2018) version 6 in which is expected to have nested virtualization. However, at this moment it seems is still unavailable on Intel procs.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Regarding the main question (Enable nested virtualization in Ubuntu) - KVM module is supporting nested virtualization on Ubuntu 16 and above (maybe lower versions too). Not sure about using XEN on host, but you can nest XEN in KVM for sure.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
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You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
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KVM requires VT-X/AMD-V, but VirtualBox does not pass VT-X/AMD-V to the guest operating system.
Therefore, KVM can't run in VirtualBox (yet). Please track bug ticket #4032.
VT-X and AMD-V (so-called virtualization extensions) run the guest operating system natively in the CPU. Without them, the virtualization software must interpret the operating system opcodes in software, which is very slow.
For now, you can either
- run KVM inside a hypervisor which passes virtualization extensions to the guest (e.g. KVM inside VMware Workstation 8), or
- run another hypervisor inside VirtualBox (e.g. VirtualBox inside VirtualBox).
This option will be very slow, because the guest will miss VT-X/AMD-V.
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.
– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
add a comment |
KVM requires VT-X/AMD-V, but VirtualBox does not pass VT-X/AMD-V to the guest operating system.
Therefore, KVM can't run in VirtualBox (yet). Please track bug ticket #4032.
VT-X and AMD-V (so-called virtualization extensions) run the guest operating system natively in the CPU. Without them, the virtualization software must interpret the operating system opcodes in software, which is very slow.
For now, you can either
- run KVM inside a hypervisor which passes virtualization extensions to the guest (e.g. KVM inside VMware Workstation 8), or
- run another hypervisor inside VirtualBox (e.g. VirtualBox inside VirtualBox).
This option will be very slow, because the guest will miss VT-X/AMD-V.
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.
– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
add a comment |
KVM requires VT-X/AMD-V, but VirtualBox does not pass VT-X/AMD-V to the guest operating system.
Therefore, KVM can't run in VirtualBox (yet). Please track bug ticket #4032.
VT-X and AMD-V (so-called virtualization extensions) run the guest operating system natively in the CPU. Without them, the virtualization software must interpret the operating system opcodes in software, which is very slow.
For now, you can either
- run KVM inside a hypervisor which passes virtualization extensions to the guest (e.g. KVM inside VMware Workstation 8), or
- run another hypervisor inside VirtualBox (e.g. VirtualBox inside VirtualBox).
This option will be very slow, because the guest will miss VT-X/AMD-V.
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
KVM requires VT-X/AMD-V, but VirtualBox does not pass VT-X/AMD-V to the guest operating system.
Therefore, KVM can't run in VirtualBox (yet). Please track bug ticket #4032.
VT-X and AMD-V (so-called virtualization extensions) run the guest operating system natively in the CPU. Without them, the virtualization software must interpret the operating system opcodes in software, which is very slow.
For now, you can either
- run KVM inside a hypervisor which passes virtualization extensions to the guest (e.g. KVM inside VMware Workstation 8), or
- run another hypervisor inside VirtualBox (e.g. VirtualBox inside VirtualBox).
This option will be very slow, because the guest will miss VT-X/AMD-V.
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
answered Aug 6 '13 at 9:50
ignisignis
3,2731924
3,2731924
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.
– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
add a comment |
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.
– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
what about the possibility to run it in the host? e.g. share the folders he wants to test in his guest, and run say android emulation on the host? how is the performance of that?
– Toskan
Aug 12 '15 at 7:20
3
3
command to check if your CPU support KVM:
egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
command to check if your CPU support KVM:
egrep -c "(svm|vmx)" /proc/cpuinfo. 0 means no.– Woeitg
Feb 3 '17 at 10:07
add a comment |
Virtualbox just released (12/18/2018) version 6 in which is expected to have nested virtualization. However, at this moment it seems is still unavailable on Intel procs.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Regarding the main question (Enable nested virtualization in Ubuntu) - KVM module is supporting nested virtualization on Ubuntu 16 and above (maybe lower versions too). Not sure about using XEN on host, but you can nest XEN in KVM for sure.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
add a comment |
Virtualbox just released (12/18/2018) version 6 in which is expected to have nested virtualization. However, at this moment it seems is still unavailable on Intel procs.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Regarding the main question (Enable nested virtualization in Ubuntu) - KVM module is supporting nested virtualization on Ubuntu 16 and above (maybe lower versions too). Not sure about using XEN on host, but you can nest XEN in KVM for sure.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
add a comment |
Virtualbox just released (12/18/2018) version 6 in which is expected to have nested virtualization. However, at this moment it seems is still unavailable on Intel procs.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Regarding the main question (Enable nested virtualization in Ubuntu) - KVM module is supporting nested virtualization on Ubuntu 16 and above (maybe lower versions too). Not sure about using XEN on host, but you can nest XEN in KVM for sure.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
Virtualbox just released (12/18/2018) version 6 in which is expected to have nested virtualization. However, at this moment it seems is still unavailable on Intel procs.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Regarding the main question (Enable nested virtualization in Ubuntu) - KVM module is supporting nested virtualization on Ubuntu 16 and above (maybe lower versions too). Not sure about using XEN on host, but you can nest XEN in KVM for sure.
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
edited Jan 7 at 0:39
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
answered Dec 19 '18 at 10:20
George BungarzescuGeorge Bungarzescu
213
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You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
add a comment |
You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
You can "activate" nested virtualization using: vboxmanage modifyvm yournestedvmname --nested-hw-virt on , or by adding <NestedHWVirt enabled="true"/> in CPU section of your .vbox file, but the only effect will be, the activation of the coresponding checkbox on the UI. cat /proc/cpuinfo on guest, still no vmx.
– George Bungarzescu
Dec 19 '18 at 10:49
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Not sure they're appropriate replacements, but I want to mention user-mode linux (more links) - LXC (Linux Containers) - chroot - Linux namespaces (supported from kernel 3.8 upwards)
– ignis
Aug 6 '13 at 9:37