Virtualization Package Sources

The following table lists the KVM stacks available for deployment to an Oracle Linux 10 system, their benefits, and support limitations, and their corresponding package sources.

Table 1-1 Oracle Linux 10: KVM Stacks and Package Sources

KVM Stack Benefits and Limitations Yum Repositories Installation Notes

Default KVM Stack

KVM Stack	Benefits and Limitations	Yum Repositories	Installation Notes
Default KVM Stack	Fully supported across all Oracle Linux kernels. Offers maximum compatibility with RHCK and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.	`ol10_appstream` (Enabled by default on all Oracle Linux 10 systems)	The Default KVM stack can be installed without changing any repository configuration.
Oracle KVM Stack	Engineered to work with KVM features that are enabled in the latest releases of UEK. Provides QEMU 10.1 and libvirt 12.0. Requires UEK8U2 (UEK Release 8 Update 2) for these user space packages.	`ol10_kvm_utils`	Before enabling this repository, you must remove all existing virtualization packages. Installing or upgrading QEMU and libvirt from this repository upgrades the host kernel to UEK8U2 as required.

Fully supported across all Oracle Linux kernels.
Offers maximum compatibility with RHCK and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

ol10_appstream

(Enabled by default on all Oracle Linux 10 systems)

The Default KVM stack can be installed without changing any repository configuration.

Oracle KVM Stack

Engineered to work with KVM features that are enabled in the latest releases of UEK.
Provides QEMU 10.1 and libvirt 12.0.
Requires UEK8U2 (UEK Release 8 Update 2) for these user space packages.

ol10_kvm_utils

Before enabling this repository, you must remove all existing virtualization packages.

Installing or upgrading QEMU and libvirt from this repository upgrades the host kernel to UEK8U2 as required.

For more information about enabling repositories using dnf, or for details about how Oracle manages software package distribution using yum repositories and ULN channels, see: