How To Set Up Fedora In A Virtual Machine

How amazing would it be if we were able to run an Operating System over our base Operating System? Well, this is actually possible. Want to know more? Explore!

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My base Operating System is Linux, to be precise, Fedora 29. I will install Fedora 30 over my base, using Virtual Machine Manager. You can install a Windows image on it as well.

Setting up a Virtual Machine

If you have Fedora, just as I do, then Virtual Machine Manager will be pre-installed. Fedora ships with pre-installed Virtual Machine Manager. Otherwise, check this link.

You can install it using the following commands,

# yum install virt-manager (Fedora)
# apt-get install virt-manager (Debian)
# emerge virt-manager (Gentoo)
# pkg_add virt-manager (OpenBSD)

Now download any iso image. Here I have downloaded this image,

How To Set Up Fedora In A Virtual Machine

Click on the Download button for downloading the x86_64 DVD ISO image. Check this following link.

After the download is complete, open virtual machine manager. It might ask for your root password. After starting the tool, this window will appear.

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Your virtual machine manager might be empty. I have two virtual machines created already.

Now, from “File” tab, select “Add Connection” and this window will appear. By default, you will find that the manager is connected directly to localhost. You can connect another host remotely as well.

Check the "Connect to remote host" option then provide Hostname/IP of the remote server. If you need to establish the connection to the remote host every time the manager starts, just check the Auto Connect option.

Let’s return to our localhost and hit the button VM in the main window, this wizard window will appear.

Select the installation method which you will use to create the virtual machine. For now, we will use Local install media. We are using the iso image method, so we're browsing the path of the iso image. Press Forward and browse from downloads and select the iso image. Then click Choose Volume. A new window will open starting step 3 of 5. See below.

Provide the desired/required memory and allocate the CPUs. To run virtualization on Fedora, you need at least 600MB of hard disk storage per guest and 256MB of RAM per guest. Click on Forward. This screen will appear.

This is step 4 of 5. We are allocating 10 GiBs of space for creating a disk image for the virtual machine. Enable Storage box should be checked. Click on Forward.

Now, this is step 5 of 5 steps. Give a suitable name to your virtual machine and click on Finish. This above screen will appear.

Next, you will see this screen.

You will also find this, your Fedora30 is running.

Fedora30 will start booting after 60 seconds. Select Install to Hardrive from the GUI. Then select the language in which you want to use your new Fedora and press continue.

Next, select the disk and press "Done".

Now, begin the installation. It might take some time to install.

You can enjoy a full-screen view of your newly installed Fedora30 also.

After the installation is complete, you will see this screen.

You can now create a new user, set up a password, and other permissions for your newly created user. This is another topic to discuss for some other day. :)

Happy exploring!

I hope you have enjoyed reading this article as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you :)