--- /dev/null
+=================
+ Installing QEMU
+=================
+
+To install QEMU with ``yum``, you must ensure that you have
+``yum-plugin-priorities`` installed. See `Installing YUM Priorities`_
+for details.
+
+To install QEMU, execute the following:
+
+#. Create a ``/etc/yum.repos.d/ceph-qemu.conf`` file with the following
+ contents::
+
+ [ceph-qemu]
+ name=Ceph Packages for QEMU
+ baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6.3/$basearch
+ enabled=1
+ priority=2
+ gpgcheck=1
+ type=rpm-md
+ gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
+
+ [ceph-qemu-noarch]
+ name=Ceph QEMU noarch
+ baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6.3/noarch
+ enabled=1
+ priority=2
+ gpgcheck=1
+ type=rpm-md
+ gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
+
+ [ceph-qemu-source]
+ name=Ceph QEMU Sources
+ baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6.3/SRPMS
+ enabled=1
+ priority=2
+ gpgcheck=1
+ type=rpm-md
+ gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
+
+#. Update your repositories. ::
+
+ sudo yum update
+
+#. Install QEMU for Ceph. ::
+
+ sudo yum install qemu-kvm qemu-kvm-tools qemu-img
+
+#. Install additional QEMU packages (optional)::
+
+ sudo yum install qemu-guest-agent qemu-guest-agent-win32
+
+See `QEMU and Block Devices`_ for usage.
+
+.. _QEMU and Block Devices: ../../rbd/qemu-rbd
+.. _Installing YUM Priorities: ../yum-priorities
\ No newline at end of file