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# Quick start instructions
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* Install docker-machine
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* Install `libvirt` and `qemu-kvm` on your system (e.g., `sudo apt-get install libvirt-bin qemu-kvm`)
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* Add yourself to the `libvirtd` group (may vary by linux distro) so you don't need to sudo
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* Install [docker-machine](https://github.com/docker/machine/releases)
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* Go to the
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[releases](https://github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm/releases)
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page and download the docker-machine-driver-kvm binary, putting it
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in your PATH.
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* You can now create virtual machines using this driver with
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`docker-machine -d kvm`.
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`docker-machine create -d kvm myengine0`.
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# Dependencies
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and should work on most platforms with KVM/libvirt support. If you run into
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compatibility problems, please file an [issue](https://github.com/dhiltgen/docker-machine-kvm/issues).
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Typically you'll run `docker-machine` as yourself, so you'll want to
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follow your distro specific instructions on allowing libvirt access
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from your account. For most distro's, you accomplish this by adding
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your account to the `libvirtd` group.
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# Capabilities
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* **boot2docker.iso** based images

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