[Openstack] Switching to KVM from QEMU

Andreas Scheuring scheuran at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jul 6 07:24:04 UTC 2015


Hi, 
I assume devstack does autoselect kvm if available. You can check your
nova.conf (/etc/nova/nova.conf)

The following line specifies that kvm is being used:

[libvirt]
...
virt_type = kvm


On Sa, 2015-07-04 at 08:51 +0530, shine nelson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I just recently installed DevStack on my Dedicated Server running
> Debian 8 (Jessie). After install, I read that KVM would run better
> (and faster) on server infrastructure than QEMU. But I think I was too
> late to realize it. I had already initiated stack.sh.
> 
> 
> My question is : Can I switch to KVM without having to re-install
> DevStack? If yes, can somebody help me out by pointing to the right
> docs / procedure to achieve this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> ~ shine
> 
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