KVM Bridge Network
Bridge Network KB ID 0001891 Problem Not sure why KVM does not come preconfigured for this out of the box, and it took me a very long time to work out how to do this. But if you want your KVM VMs to behave as if they are on your production LAN (rather than the default of setting up DHCP and NAT). The default is fine but if you want to access your VMs from outside the host you need to setup bridged networking. In my example I want my...
Install Ubuntu KVM
Ubuntu KVM KB ID 0001890 Problem I’ve been looking at KVM for a couple of reasons, firstly people are looking at VMware alternatives, now there’s no ‘free version’, and secondly the firm I work for have potentially a large KVM to VMware migration on the horizon, so I thought I’d build it on the test bench and see how best to address that migration scenario. Note: This was written with Ubuntu version 24.04,...
SSH: Host Identification Has Changed
Host Identification Has Changed KB ID 0001889 Problem I’ve been doing a lot of building and destroying Linux boxes lately, and came across this problem, (while attempting to SSH into one). WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also possible that a host key has just been changed. The...
Hyper-V Enable Nested Virtualisation
Enable Nested Virtualisation KB ID 0001888 Problem Note: Also the solution for Hyper-V on windows 11 If you want to enable virtualisation in a VM that is running inside Hyper-V (itself a hypervisor). Then you need to expose the virtualisation elements of the physical hosts processor to the nested VM. In the case of Intel VMs that’s VTx and EPT. (For Intel based CPUs). Under VMware you would simply enable “Expose hardware...
Microsoft 365 Backup
Microsoft 365 Backup KB ID 0001887 Problem : Microsoft 365 Backup Originally released 2023, Microsoft 365 Backup is now general release. Microsoft 365 Backup is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution designed to protect your critical data stored in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange*. This service ensures that your data is always recoverable, providing peace of mind in the face of potential data loss scenarios like ransomware...