Set Up Ubuntu to Host VMs

Download and install the latest Ubuntu Desktop LTS Release. The reasons we choose Ubuntu Desktop instead of Ubuntu Server is that a) it's a lot easier to use the GUI tools to manage the VMs, and b) to allow VNC connection to a VM, we'll need lots of desktop packages anyway.

After installing Ubuntu Desktop, use apt-get to add the following packages:

• openssh-sever
• qemu-kvm
• libvirt-bin
• bridge-utils
• virt-manager

1. Create a VM Image

Download an ISO image, e.g.

>  wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.3/ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso