How to setup Kimchi(Wok) for management of KVM host

This note provides steps how to install kimchi(wok) for management of KVM virtualization

Install Centos7 with Minimal installation Update system to up to date

yum update -y

Install KVM

yum -y install qemu-kvm libvirt virt-install bridge-utils bind-utils virt-manager wget net-tools virt-viewer genisoimage epel-release

Make sure KVM start upon reboot

systemctl start libvirtd
systemctl enable libvirtd

Download Kimchi project installers

wget https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/releases/download/2.5.0/kimchi-2.5.0-0.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
wget https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/releases/download/2.5.0/wok-2.5.0-0.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
wget http://kimchi-project.github.io/gingerbase/downloads/latest/ginger-base.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
wget http://kimchi-project.github.io/ginger/downloads/latest/ginger.el7.centos.noarch.rpm

Install RPMs

yum localinstall *

Start service

systemctl enable wokd
systemctl start wokd

Allow firewall

firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent  --add-port=8001/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload

Disable network manager

systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
systemctl disable NetworkManager.service