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  vered, wdennis
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# Quick Start Guide

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This quick start guide is adapted from the [RHEV 3.0 quick start guide](http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.0/html/Quick_Start_Guide/index.html). The fundamentals are the same between RHEV and oVirt, but this document could use more checking against oVirt 3.2.

## Introduction

This document is a step-by-step guide for first-time users to install and configure a basic oVirt environment and create virtual machines.

### Prerequisites

The following requirements are typical for small- to medium-sized installations. Note that the exact requirements of the setup depend on the specific installation, sizing and load. Please use the following requirements as guidelines:

#### oVirt Engine

*   Minimum - Dual core server with 4 GB RAM, with 25 GB free disk space and 1 Gbps network interface.
*   Recommended - Dual Sockets/Quad core server with 16 GB RAM, 50 GB free disk space on multiple disk spindles and 1 Gbps network interface.
    The breakdown of the server requirements are as below:
    -   For the Fedora 18 operating system: minimum 1 GB RAM and 5 GB local disk space.
    -   For the oVirt Engine: minimum 3 GB RAM, 3 GB local disk space and 1 Gbps network controller bandwidth.
    -   If you wish to create an ISO domain on the Engine server, you need minimum 15 GB disk space.
*   The oVirt Engine must be configured to receive updates from the oVirt project's software repository, as provided by the [ovirt-release](http://ovirt.org/releases/ovirt-release-fedora.noarch.rpm) package.
*   A client for connecting to oVirt Engine.

#### For each Host (oVirt Node or Fedora Host)

*   Minimum - Dual core server, 10 GB RAM and 10 GB Storage, 1 Gbps network interface.
*   Recommended - Dual socket server, 16 GB RAM and 50 GB storage, two 1 Gbps network interfaces.
    The breakdown of the server requirements are as below:
    -   For each host: AMD-V or Intel VT enabled, AMD64 or Intel 64 extensions, minimum 1 GB RAM, 3 GB free storage and 1 Gbps network interface.
    -   For virtual machines running on each host: minimum 1 GB RAM per virtual machine.

#### Storage and Networking

*   At least one of the supported storage types (NFS, iSCSI, FCP, Local, POSIX FS).
    -   For NFS storage, a valid IP address and export path is required.
    -   For iSCSI storage, a valid IP address and target information is required.
*   Static IP addresses for the oVirt Engine server and for each host server.
*   DNS service which can resolve (forward and reverse) all the IP addresses.
*   An existing DHCP server which can allocate network addresses for the virtual machines.

#### Virtual Machines

*   Installation images for creating virtual machines, depending on which operating system you wish to use.

## Install oVirt

### Install oVirt Engine

oVirt Engine is the control center of the oVirt environment. It allows you to define hosts, configure data centers, add storage, define networks, create virtual machines, manage user permissions and use templates from one central location.

1. Install Fedora 18 on a server. When prompted for the software packages to install, select the minimal install option. See the [Fedora Installation Guide](http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Installation_Guide/index.html) for more details.

2. After you have installed your server, update all the packages on it. Run:

         # yum -y update

Reboot your server for the updates to be applied.
<commit_msg>Making updates to the guide for oVirt 3.3.1. Updated intro, updated oVirt Engine section (requirements based on download page, replaced F18 with F19, added requirements from release notes. Install oVirt, changed 18 to 19.<commit_after>---
title: Quick Start Guide
category: documentation
authors: adahms, bproffitt, didi, fab, gianluca, gshereme, jbrooks, jhernand, jonar,
  jvdwege, knesenko, mgoldboi, nkesick, oschreib, rydekull, sandrobonazzola, sgordon,
  vered, wdennis
wiki_category: Documentation
wiki_title: Quick Start Guide
wiki_revision_count: 80
wiki_last_updated: 2015-01-25
wiki_warnings: list-item?
---

# Quick Start Guide

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This quick start guide is adapted from the [RHEV 3.0 quick start guide](http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.0/html/Quick_Start_Guide/index.html). The fundamentals are the same between RHEV and oVirt, but this document could use more checking against oVirt 3.3.1

## Introduction

This document is a step-by-step guide for first-time users to install and configure a basic oVirt environment and create virtual machines.

### Prerequisites

The following requirements are typical for small- to medium-sized installations. Note that the exact requirements of the setup depend on the specific installation, sizing and load. Please use the following requirements as guidelines:

#### oVirt Engine

*   Minimum - Dual core server with 4 GB RAM, with 20 GB free disk space and 1 Gbps network interface.
*   Recommended - Dual Sockets/Quad core server with 16 GB RAM, 50 GB free disk space on multiple disk spindles and 1 Gbps network interface.
    The breakdown of the server requirements are as below:
    -   For the Fedora 19 operating system: minimum 1 GB RAM and 10 GB local disk space.
    -   For the oVirt Engine: minimum 3 GB RAM, 3 GB local disk space and 1 Gbps network controller bandwidth.
    -   If you wish to create an ISO domain on the Engine server, you need minimum 15 GB disk space.
*   The oVirt Engine must be configured to receive updates from the oVirt project's software repository, as provided by the [ovirt-release](http://ovirt.org/releases/ovirt-release-fedora.noarch.rpm) package.
*   A client for connecting to oVirt Engine.

#### For each Host (oVirt Node or Fedora Host)

*   Minimum - Dual core server, 10 GB RAM and 10 GB Storage, 1 Gbps network interface.
*   Recommended - Dual socket server, 16 GB RAM and 50 GB storage, two 1 Gbps network interfaces.
    The breakdown of the server requirements are as below:
    -   For each host: AMD-V or Intel VT enabled, AMD64 or Intel 64 extensions, minimum 1 GB RAM, 3 GB free storage and 1 Gbps network interface.
    -   For virtual machines running on each host: minimum 1 GB RAM per virtual machine.

#### Storage and Networking

*   At least one of the supported storage types (NFS, iSCSI, FCP, Local, POSIX FS).
    -   For NFS storage, a valid IP address and export path is required.
    -   For iSCSI storage, a valid IP address and target information is required.
*   Static IP addresses for the oVirt Engine server and for each host server.
*   DNS service which can resolve (forward and reverse) all the IP addresses.
*   An existing DHCP server which can allocate network addresses for the virtual machines.

#### Virtual Machines

*   Installation images for creating virtual machines, depending on which operating system you wish to use.

## Install oVirt

### Install oVirt Engine

oVirt Engine is the control center of the oVirt environment. It allows you to define hosts, configure data centers, add storage, define networks, create virtual machines, manage user permissions and use templates from one central location.

1. Install Fedora 19 on a server. When prompted for the software packages to install, select the minimal install option. See the [Fedora Installation Guide](http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/index.html) for more details.

2. After you have installed your server, update all the packages on it. Run:

         # yum -y update

Reboot your server for the updates to be applied.

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