Install QEMU Guest Agent Purpose: You may need to install the QEMU guest agent on linux VMs manually, while Windows-based devices work out-of-the-box after installing the VirtIO guest tools installer. Ubuntu ServerRocky Linux sudo su apt update apt install -y qemu-guest-agent systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent sudo su dnf install -y qemu-guest-agent systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent