KVM Virtualization with KVM APIs

Course details

This course is about getting to know about KVM Virtualization in the Linux kernel and its use with the userspace utility QEMU. Students will learn the basics of how to install KVM and Qemu in their Linux machine. The course also gives a basic introduction on KVM APIs and how they can be used to spin up a simple Virtual Machine. 

There are 2 examples provided in C language - one VM that runs in realmode, and the other VM that runs in protected paging mode, to give the student a sense of the various aspects of virtualization. The realmode example is very basic and the intent is to see how a simple piece of code can be run in a VM mode using KVM.

The course should be seen as a gateway, where the student is given some basic knowledge of KVM, and he can then on hos own dive deeper on his own and get more knowledge of the KVM Virtualization by working on more code examples.