How do I start libvirt in Fedora 19?

Thu Aug 8 01:53:09 UTC 2013

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:45:27PM +0800, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed virt-manager in Fedora 19. I have looked into
> the /etc/init.d directory but I can't find any init scripts for
> libvirt.
> 
> Is libvirt using systemd, and if so, how do I start it?
> 
> Thank you very much.

It is, and should be enabled by default so it starts automatically at
next reboot.  To start (as root):

systemctl start libvirtd.service

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