Enable Yum Repositories

To use any of the Oracle KVM stacks, first enable the ol10_kvm_utils yum repository before installing the .

Ensure that the following are true before proceeding:

The system meets the virtualization package requirements . See KVM Host: System Requirements and Virtualization Package Sources.
UEK 8 is installed and running on the system.
You have administrator privileges.

This task is only required when using Oracle KVM stacks. The Default KVM stack is available in the standard yum repositories and can be installed without enabling any other repositories.

Tip:

If the Oracle KVM stack is already installed and you want to switch KVM stacks, see Switch KVM Stacks.

Important:

The Oracle KVM stack packages in ol10_kvm_utils provide QEMU 10.1 and libvirt 12.0 and have explicit dependencies on UEK8U2 kernel packages. When you install or upgrade these packages, dnf upgrades the host kernel to UEK8U2 as required.

Follow these steps to enable the repository.

Follow these steps to enable the ol10_kvm_utils repository.

Install or update the release package:

sudo dnf install -y oraclelinux-release-el10

Enable the Oracle Linux yum repository, by running the dnf config-manager command:
```
sudo dnf config-manager --enable ol10_kvm_utils
```

After enabling the ol10_kvm_utils repository, you can install the Oracle KVM Stack. See Install Virtualization Packages.