These instructions are very specific to CentOS 6. For this I assume you have setup your server using the “Minimal” option when installing CentOS 6. You must also have the Virtualization features enabled for your CPU. This is done in your host’s BIOS. Optionally you can skip the first section, Installing KVM, if you check all 4 “Virtualization” software categories during the install. Installing KVM If you choose the “Minimal” option during CentOS 6 then this step is necessary. To get the full set of tools there are 4 software groups to install… Virtualization Virtualization Client Virtualization Platform Virtualization Tools To install run yum groupinstall “Virtualization*” dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts is necessary or all the fonts in virt-manager will show as squares yum install dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts Once the install is finished verify that the KVM kernel module is loaded. ...