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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ * [ FAQ ](#faq) * [ How do I know if Hypervisor supports SEV ](#faq-1) * [ How do I know if SEV is enabled in the guest](#faq-2) + * [ Can I use virt-manager to launch SEV guest](#faq-3) + <a name="intro"></a> # Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) @@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ for additional information. > See [QMP doc](https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt) for details on how to interact with QMP shell. - <a name="faq-2"></a> +<a name="faq-2"></a> * <b>How do I know if SEV is enabled in the guest ?</b> a) Check the kernel log buffer for the following message @@ -292,3 +294,10 @@ for additional information. Bit[0]: 0 = SEV is not active 1 = SEV is active </pre> + +<a name="faq-3"></a> + * <b>Can I use virt-manager to launch SEV guest?</b> + + virt-manager uses libvirt to manage VMs, SEV support has been added in libvirt but virt-manager does use the newly introduced [LaunchSecurity](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#sev) tags yet hence we will not able to launch SEV guest through the virt-manager. + > If your system is using libvirt >= 4.15 then you can manually edit the xml file to use [LaunchSecurity](https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#sev) to enable the SEV support in the guest. + |