Enable Yum Repositories

To use any of the Oracle KVM stacks, first enable the ol8_kvm_appstream yum repository before installing the chosen application stream module.

Ensure that the following are true before proceeding:

• The system meets the virtualization package requirements for the KVM application stream module that you're installing. See KVM Host: System Requirements and Virtualization Package Sources.
• Either UEK R6 or UEK R7 is installed and running on the system.
• You have administrator privileges.

This task is only required when using Oracle KVM stacks. The Default KVM stack is available as an application stream module in the standard yum repositories and can be installed without enabling any other repositories.

Tip:

If the Oracle KVM stack is already installed and you want to switch KVM stacks, see Switch KVM Stacks.

Follow these steps to enable the ol8_kvm_appstream repository.

1. Install or update the release package:

   sudo dnf install -y oraclelinux-release-el8

2. Enable the Oracle Linux 8 yum repository, by running the dnf config-manager command:

   sudo dnf config-manager --enable ol8_kvm_appstream

After enabling the ol8_kvm_appstream repository, you can install the Oracle KVM Stack. See Install Virtualization Packages.