Disabling SELinux File Labeling¶

You might need to disable the SELinux file labeling in order to use existing virtual disks previously assigned to a different virtual machine.

Open your CLI and execute sudo nano /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf.

Uncomment the line #remember_owner = 1 by removing the leading hash sign (#) and set the remember_owner parameter value to 0.

Your configuration should look like this:

# Whether libvirt should remember and restore the original
# ownership over files it is relabeling. Defaults to 1, set
# to 0 to disable the feature.
remember_owner = 0

For the changes to take effect, execute the following command:
```
sudo systemctl restart libvirtd
```