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

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