• libvirtd is used to manage VMs
  • libvirt and dnsmasq are installed on the host
  • virt-manager is running from Apple MBP M2 laptop

ON LAPTOP

1brew install virt-manager
  • add connection
    • File > Add connection > tick “Connect to remote host over SSH”
    • fill “Username” and “Hostname”
    • tick “Autoconnect”

ON HOST

  • install for uefi support
1## from https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/edk2-aarch64/
2wget https://mirror.sunred.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/edk2-aarch64-202308-3-any.pkg.tar.zst
3pacman -U edk2-aarch64-202308-3-any.pkg.tar.zst

ARCHLINUX ARM64 ISO

INSTALLATION

  • install with grub uefi

  • because of weird characters at reboot, connect with virsh command

  • from laptop

1cat<<EOF>>~/.config/libvirt/libvirt.conf
2uri_default=qemu+ssh://<user>@<server_host>/system
3EOF
4virsh console --domain <archlinux_arm64>

SOURCES