# Is KVM enabled in the RancherOS Kernel? **URL:** \ **Category:** RancherOS\ **Created:** [November 9, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-kvm-enabled-in-the-rancheros-kernel/7762 "2017-11-09T12:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdevries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@sdevries](https://forums.suse.com/u/sdevries)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-kvm-enabled-in-the-rancheros-kernel/7762/1 "2017-11-09T12:50:32Z")
From [GitHub - harvester/harvester: Open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software](https://github.com/rancher/vm) > First, ensure Docker and KVM are both installed on your system. Follow the distribution-specific instructions to ensure KVM works. We only require KVM to be enabled in the kernel. We do not need any user space tools like qemu-kvm or libvirt. Obviously Docker is installed in RancherOS, but is KVM enabled in the kernel? If not, how do you get RancherOS setup to host RancherVM? ---
**Author:** ![tfiduccia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/tfiduccia/32/2005_2.png) [@tfiduccia](https://forums.suse.com/u/tfiduccia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-kvm-enabled-in-the-rancheros-kernel/7762/2 "2017-11-09T22:55:26Z")
From [https://github.com/rancher/vm](https://github.com/rancher/vm) `You can run RancherVM on RancherOS. If you are running RancherOS 0.3.1 or later, KVM is already enabled in the kernel` ---
**Author:** ![sdevries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@sdevries](https://forums.suse.com/u/sdevries)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-kvm-enabled-in-the-rancheros-kernel/7762/3 "2017-11-09T23:26:18Z")
Thank you. I missed that in there.