Install kubevirt¶

Learn how to install Kubevirt on your system.

1. Install KubeVirt operator

   Bash

   export VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases | grep tag_name | grep -v -- '-rc' | sort -r | head -1 | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/,//' | xargs)
   echo $VERSION
   kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${VERSION}/kubevirt-operator.yaml
   

2. Deploy KubeVirt Custom Resource

   Bash

   kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${VERSION}/kubevirt-cr.yaml
   

3. Install Virtctl

   Bash

   ARCH=$(uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/')
   curl -L -o virtctl https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${VERSION}/virtctl-${VERSION}-${ARCH}
   chmod +x virtctl
   sudo install virtctl /usr/local/bin