Minimal OS for KVM

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While there are minimal OS (CoreOS, Ubuntu Core etc) for container hypervisors, I would like to know if there is a minimal OS for KVM too. By a minimal OS for KVM I mean an OS which can be installed on a bare metal machine and has nothing more than what is required to run KVM and control it remotely. It seems people are trying to achieve this by installing ubuntu core on bare metal. However I could not find any concrete example on this.

If there is no minimal OS for KVM, what all things I can remove from ubuntu 15.04 to convert it to a minimal OS for KVM?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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I would install Ubuntu server edition and select only virtual machine host at the Software Selection step. See also.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Jun 18 '15 at 15:30

Doug Smythies

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '18 at 19:23

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There is one now:

Minimal Ubuntu is a set of Ubuntu images designed for automated deployment at scale and made available across a range of cloud substrates. ... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Minimal

answered Nov 06 '18 at 19:23

Bob

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Minimal OS for KVM

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