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-==============
- Install QEMU
-==============
-
-QEMU KVM can interact with Ceph Block Devices via ``librbd``, which is an
-important feature for using Ceph with cloud platforms. Once you install QEMU,
-see `QEMU and Block Devices`_ for usage.
-
-
-Debian Packages
-===============
-
-QEMU packages are incorporated into Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and later
-versions. To install QEMU, execute the following::
-
- sudo apt-get install qemu
-
-
-RPM Packages
-============
-
-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
-
-
-
-Building QEMU
-=============
-
-To build QEMU from source, use the following procedure::
-
- cd {your-development-directory}
- git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git
- cd qemu
- ./configure --enable-rbd
- make; make install
-
-
-.. _QEMU and Block Devices: ../../rbd/qemu-rbd
-.. _Installing YUM Priorities: ../yum-priorities
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