The following information describes how to start, enable, and check the status of the libvirtd service.

1. To start the libvirtd service, type:

   sudo systemctl start libvirtd 

2. To enable the libvirtd service, type:

   sudo systemctl enable libvirtd

3. To check the status of the libvirtd service, type:

   sudo systemctl status libvirtd

   The output indicates whether the libvirtd daemon is running, as shown in the following example output:

    * libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since time_stamp; xh ago