hyperv.md

windows hyperv

requires windows pro or higher (workstation)

cmd

DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V

powershell

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

permissions for hyperv

lusrmgr.msc

add your user to Hyper-V Administrators

log out and login for the new permissions to take effect

nested virt

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/enable-nested-virtualization

vgrant can enable nested virt

config.vm.provider "hyperv" do |hyperv|
    hyperv.cpus = 2
    hyperv.memory = 2048
    # allow nested virtualization
    hyperv.enable_virtualization_extensions = true

verify nested virt on a vm

egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
# assumes kvm is installed for kvm-ok
sudo kvm-ok