> # Install QEMU on Silicon based Apple Macs (June 2021)

## Option 1 - Automatically
```zsh
zsh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nrjdalal/silicon-virtualizer/master/install-qemu.sh)"
```
## Option 2 - Manually
* ### Install Xcode command line tools
```zsh
xcode-select --install
```
* ### Install Homebrew arm64
```zsh
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/$(logname)/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
```
* ### Install necessary packages for building
```zsh
brew install libffi gettext glib pkg-config autoconf automake pixman ninja
```
* ### Clone qemu
```zsh
git clone https://github.com/qemu/qemu
```
* ### Change directory to qemu repository
```zsh
cd qemu
```
* ### Checkout to commit dated June 03, 2021 v6.0.0
```zsh
git checkout 3c93dfa42c394fdd55684f2fbf24cf2f39b97d47
```
* ### Apply patch series v8 by Alexander Graf
```zsh
curl https://patchwork.kernel.org/series/485309/mbox/ | git am
```
* ### Building qemu installer
```zsh
mkdir build && cd build
../configure --target-list=aarch64-softmmu
make -j8
```
* ### Install qemu
```zsh
sudo make install
```

> # Create Ubuntu Server using QEMU on Silicon based Apple Macs

## First run, close manually after installation aka first reboot.
```zsh
curl https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/20.04/release/ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-arm64.iso -o ubuntu-lts.iso

qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtual-disk.qcow2 8G

cp $(dirname $(which qemu-img))/../share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd .

dd if=/dev/zero conv=sync bs=1m count=64 of=ovmf_vars.fd

qemu-system-aarch64 \
  -machine virt,accel=hvf,highmem=off \
  -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 4 -m 4G \
  -device virtio-gpu-pci \
  -device virtio-keyboard-pci \
  -drive "format=raw,file=edk2-aarch64-code.fd,if=pflash,readonly=on" \
  -drive "format=raw,file=ovmf_vars.fd,if=pflash" \
  -drive "format=qcow2,file=virtual-disk.qcow2" \
  -cdrom ubuntu-lts.iso
```
## Second run, enjoy your Ubuntu Server.
```zsh
qemu-system-aarch64 \
  -machine virt,accel=hvf,highmem=off \
  -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 4 -m 4G \
  -device virtio-gpu-pci \
  -device virtio-keyboard-pci \
  -drive "format=raw,file=edk2-aarch64-code.fd,if=pflash,readonly=on" \
  -drive "format=raw,file=ovmf_vars.fd,if=pflash" \
  -drive "format=qcow2,file=virtual-disk.qcow2"
```
## Bonus, connect via SSH and serve port 80 at localhost.
1. Start server using -
```zsh
qemu-system-aarch64 \
  -machine virt,accel=hvf,highmem=off \
  -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 4 -m 4G \
  -device virtio-gpu-pci \
  -device virtio-keyboard-pci \
  -drive "format=raw,file=edk2-aarch64-code.fd,if=pflash,readonly=on" \
  -drive "format=raw,file=ovmf_vars.fd,if=pflash" \
  -drive "format=qcow2,file=virtual-disk.qcow2" \
  -nic hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:9922-0.0.0.0:22,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:9980-0.0.0.0:80 &
```
2. Login via SSH using -
```zsh
ssh <username>@127.0.0.1 -p 9922
```
3. Visit http content at - 
```zsh
open http://127.0.0.1:9980
```