Install Security Director Insights With KVM virt-manager

You can install and launch Security Director Insights with the KVM virt-manager GUI package.

• You have already installed KVM, qemu, virt-manager, and libvirt on your host OS.

• You have created a bridge network to access KVM through SSH.

  In this document, a bridge network br0 is created with Netplan. Figure 1 shows an example configuration from the /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml file.

  Figure 1: Example Configuration of br0

  

1. Download the Security Director Insights KVM image from the Juniper software download site.
2. On your host OS, type virt-manager.

   The Virtual Machine Manager page appears, as shown in Figure 2.

   Figure 2: Virtual Machine Manager Page

   

   Note

   You must have admin rights on the host OS to use virt-manager.

3. Click the Create a new virtual machine icon, as shown in Figure 3.

   The Create a new virtual machine page appears.

   Figure 3: Create a New Virtual Machine

   

4. Select Import existing disk image, and click Forward.

   

5. Browse to the location of the downloaded Security Director Insights image and select the image.

   Figure 4: Select Storage Path And Operating System

   

6. In the Choose the operating system you are installing field, select Ubuntu 18.04 version, as shown in Figure 4.
7. Click Forward.
8. Set the RAM to 16384 MB and set CPUs to 8, as shown in Figure 5.

   Figure 5: Configure Memory And CPUs

   

   Click Forward.

9. Select the Customize configuration before install option, as shown in Figure 6.

   Figure 6: Network Selection Page

   

10. In the Network selection field, select the bridge network (typically br0) from the list.
11. Click Finish.
12. Click Add Hardware, as shown in Figure 7.

    The Add New Virtual Hardware page appears.

    Figure 7: Add Hardware Option

    

13. Select Network from the left side menu and click Finish.

    Figure 8: Network Details Page

    

14. Click Begin Installation.

    Figure 9: Begin Installation

    

    The VM manager creates the virtual machine and launches the Security Director Insights console.