KVM¶

The FlowPro virtual appliance for KVM is provided as an all-in-one OVA template to streamline the deployment process.

Importing the virtual machine¶

To deploy the FlowPro virtual appliance in KVM, follow these steps:

Contact Plixer Technical Support and use the link they provide to download the latest KVM virtual appliance package:
```
curl -k -o PACKAGE_FILENAME.tar.gz https://files.plixer.com/PACKAGE_PATH/PACKAGE_FILENAME.tar.gz
```
Create a directory for the install:
```
mkdir /kvm/flowpro
```
Extract the contents of the package to the new directory:
```
sudo tar xvzf PACKAGE_FILENAME.tar.gz -C /kvm/flowpro/
```

Run the installation script in the new directory:

cd /kvm/flowpro/PACKAGE_FILENAME
sudo ./deploy-flowpro.sh

Wait for the confirmation that the virtual machine has been created from the image.

After the FlowPro virtual machine has been created, add the necessary monitoring interfaces (as explained below) before proceeding with the initial appliance configuration.

Adding new interfaces¶

After the appliance is deployed, at least one additional interface will need to be created for monitoring.

To add a new interface to the FlowPro virtual appliance, follow these steps:

virsh attach-interface --domain <VM_NAME> --type network --source default --model virtio --config --live

Available interfaces can be verified by checking Flowpro.Interfaces in ~/flowpro/flowpro-settings.yaml after the initial appliance configuration is completed.

Note

The virtual appliance will be configured with one network adapter (MGMT) by default.
To monitor a different network, a mirror port of a virtual distributed switch or a mirror port using a physical NIC on the KVM server will need to be configured.
Monitoring interfaces can also be created at a later time. Follow these steps to register and connect additional interfaces.