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[`Click here to launch this container in the cloud!`](https://github.com/codespaces/new?skip_quickstart=true&machine=basicLinux32gb&repo=619260050&ref=master&devcontainer_path=.devcontainer.json)



## Compatibility ⚙️



| **Product**  | **Linux** | **Win11** | **Win10** | **macOS** |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Docker CLI        | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ |

| Docker Desktop    | ❌   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 

| Podman CLI        | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 

| Podman Desktop    | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 

| Kubernetes        | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ |

| Github Codespaces | ✅   | ✅       | ✅        | ✅ | 



## FAQ 💬



### How do I use it?
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### How do I verify if my system supports KVM?



  Only Linux and Windows 11 support KVM virtualization, macOS and Windows 10 do not unfortunately.

  First check if your software is compatible using this chart:



  You can run the following commands in Linux to check your system:

  | **Product**  | **Linux** | **Win11** | **Win10** | **macOS** |

  |---|---|---|---|---|

  | Docker CLI        | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ |

  | Docker Desktop    | ❌   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 

  | Podman CLI        | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 

  | Podman Desktop    | ✅   | ✅       | ❌        | ❌ | 



  After that you can run the following commands in Linux to check your system:



  ```bash

  sudo apt install cpu-checker
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  - you are not using a cloud provider, as most of them do not allow nested virtualization for their VPS's.



  If you do not receive any error from `kvm-ok` but the container still complains about KVM, please check whether:



  - you are not using "Docker Desktop for Linux" as it does not support KVM, instead make use of Docker Engine directly.

 

  - it could help to add `privileged: true` to your compose file (or `sudo` to your `docker run` command), to rule out any permission issue.

  If you did not receive any error from `kvm-ok` but the container still complains about a missing KVM device, it could help to add `privileged: true` to your compose file (or `sudo` to your `docker` command) to rule out any permission issue.



### How do I assign an individual IP address to the container?