Chapter 8. Virtual machines 8.1. Creating virtual machines Use one of these procedures to create a virtual machine: Quick Start guided tour Running the wizard Pasting a pre-configured YAML file with the virtual machine wizard Using the CLI Warning Do not create virtual machines in openshift-* namespaces. Instead, create a new namespace or use an existing namespace without the openshift prefix. When you create virtual machines from the web console, select a virtual machine template that is configured with a boot source. Virtual machine templates with a boot source are labeled as Available boot source or they display a customized label text. Using templates with an available boot source expedites the process of creating virtual machines. Templates without a boot source are labeled as Boot source required . You can use these templates if you complete the steps for adding a boot source to the virtual machine . 8.1.1. Using a Quick Start to create a virtual machine The web console provides Quick Starts with instructional guided tours for creating virtual machines. You can access the Quick Starts catalog by selecting the Help menu in the Administrator perspective to view the Quick Starts catalog. When you click on a Quick Start tile and begin the tour, the system guides you through the process. Tasks in a Quick Start begin with selecting a Red Hat template. Then, you can add a boot source and import the operating system image. Finally, you can save the custom template and use it to create a virtual machine. Prerequisites Access to the website where you can download the URL link for the operating system image. Procedure In the web console, select Quick Starts from the Help menu. Click on a tile in the Quick Starts catalog. For example: Creating a Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux virtual machine . Follow the instructions in the guided tour and complete the tasks for importing an operating system image and creating a virtual machine. The Virtual Machines tab displays the virtual machine. 8.1.2. Running the virtual machine wizard to create a virtual machine The web console features a wizard that guides you through the process of selecting a virtual machine template and creating a virtual machine. Red Hat virtual machine templates are preconfigured with an operating system image, default settings for the operating system, flavor (CPU and memory), and workload type (server). When templates are configured with a boot source, they are labeled with a customized label text or the default label text Available boot source . These templates are then ready to be used for creating virtual machines. You can select a template from the list of preconfigured templates, review the settings, and create a virtual machine in the Create virtual machine from template wizard. If you choose to customize your virtual machine, the wizard guides you through the General , Networking , Storage , Advanced , and Review steps. All required fields displayed by the wizard are marked by a *. Create network interface controllers (NICs) and storage disks later and attach them to virtual machines. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. From the Virtual Machines tab or the Templates tab, click Create and select Virtual Machine with Wizard . Select a template that is configured with a boot source. Click to go to the Review and create step. Clear the Start this virtual machine after creation checkbox if you do not want to start the virtual machine now. Click Create virtual machine and exit the wizard or continue with the wizard to customize the virtual machine. Click Customize virtual machine to go to the General step. Optional: Edit the Name field to specify a custom name for the virtual machine. Optional: In the Description field, add a description. Click to go to the Networking step. A nic0 NIC is attached by default. Optional: Click Add Network Interface to create additional NICs. Optional: You can remove any or all NICs by clicking the Options menu and selecting Delete . A virtual machine does not need a NIC attached to be created. You can create NICs after the virtual machine has been created. Click to go to the Storage step. Optional: Click Add Disk to create additional disks. These disks can be removed by clicking the Options menu and selecting Delete . Optional: Click the Options menu to edit the disk and save your changes. Click to go to the Advanced step and choose one of the following options: If you selected a Linux template to create the VM, review the details for Cloud-init and configure SSH access. Note Statically inject an SSH key by using the custom script in cloud-init or in the wizard. This allows you to securely and remotely manage virtual machines and manage and transfer information. This step is strongly recommended to secure your VM. If you selected a Windows template to create the VM, use the SysPrep section to upload answer files in XML format for automated Windows setup. Click to go to the Review step and review the settings for the virtual machine. Click Create Virtual Machine . Click See virtual machine details to view the Overview for this virtual machine. The virtual machine is listed in the Virtual Machines tab. Refer to the virtual machine wizard fields section when running the web console wizard. 8.1.2.1. Virtual machine wizard fields Name Parameter Description Name The name can contain lowercase letters ( a-z ), numbers ( 0-9 ), and hyphens ( - ), up to a maximum of 253 characters. The first and last characters must be alphanumeric. The name must not contain uppercase letters, spaces, periods ( . ), or special characters. Description Optional description field. Operating System The operating system that is selected for the virtual machine in the template. You cannot edit this field when creating a virtual machine from a template. Boot Source Import via URL (creates PVC) Import content from an image available from an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint. Example: Obtaining a URL link from the web page with the operating system image. Clone existing PVC (creates PVC) Select an existent persistent volume claim available on the cluster and clone it. Import via Registry (creates PVC) Provision virtual machine from a bootable operating system container located in a registry accessible from the cluster. Example: kubevirt/cirros-registry-disk-demo . PXE (network boot - adds network interface) Boot an operating system from a server on the network. Requires a PXE bootable network attachment definition. Persistent Volume Claim project Project name that you want to use for cloning the PVC. Persistent Volume Claim name PVC name that should apply to this virtual machine template if you are cloning an existing PVC. Mount this as a CD-ROM boot source A CD-ROM requires an additional disk for installing the operating system. Select the checkbox to add a disk and customize it later. Flavor Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Custom Presets the amount of CPU and memory in a virtual machine template with predefined values that are allocated to the virtual machine, depending on the operating system associated with that template. If you choose a default template, you can override the cpus and memsize values in the template using custom values to create a custom template. Alternatively, you can create a custom template by modifying the cpus and memsize values in the Details tab on the Workloads Virtualization page. Workload Type Note If you choose the incorrect Workload Type , there could be performance or resource utilization issues (such as a slow UI). Desktop A virtual machine configuration for use on a desktop. Ideal for consumption on a small scale. Recommended for use with the web console. Use this template class or the Server template class to prioritize VM density over guaranteed VM performance. Server Balances performance and it is compatible with a wide range of server workloads. Use this template class or the Desktop template class to prioritize VM density over guaranteed VM performance. High-Performance (requires CPU Manager) A virtual machine configuration that is optimized for high-performance workloads. Use this template class to prioritize guaranteed VM performance over VM density. Start this virtual machine after creation. This checkbox is selected by default and the virtual machine starts running after creation. Clear the checkbox if you do not want the virtual machine to start when it is created. Enable the CPU Manager to use the high-performance workload profile. 8.1.2.2. Networking fields Name Description Name Name for the network interface controller. Model Indicates the model of the network interface controller. Supported values are e1000e and virtio . Network List of available network attachment definitions. Type List of available binding methods. For the default pod network, masquerade is the only recommended binding method. For secondary networks, use the bridge binding method. The masquerade method is not supported for non-default networks. Select SR-IOV if you configured an SR-IOV network device and defined that network in the namespace. MAC Address MAC address for the network interface controller. If a MAC address is not specified, one is assigned automatically. 8.1.2.3. Storage fields Name Selection Description Source Blank (creates PVC) Create an empty disk. Import via URL (creates PVC) Import content via URL (HTTP or HTTPS endpoint). Use an existing PVC Use a PVC that is already available in the cluster. Clone existing PVC (creates PVC) Select an existing PVC available in the cluster and clone it. Import via Registry (creates PVC) Import content via container registry. Container (ephemeral) Upload content from a container located in a registry accessible from the cluster. The container disk should be used only for read-only filesystems such as CD-ROMs or temporary virtual machines. Name Name of the disk. The name can contain lowercase letters ( a-z ), numbers ( 0-9 ), hyphens ( - ), and periods ( . ), up to a maximum of 253 characters. The first and last characters must be alphanumeric. The name must not contain uppercase letters, spaces, or special characters. Size Size of the disk in GiB. Type Type of disk. Example: Disk or CD-ROM Interface Type of disk device. Supported interfaces are virtIO , SATA , and SCSI . Storage Class The storage class that is used to create the disk. Advanced storage settings The following advanced storage settings are optional and available for Blank , Import via URL , and Clone existing PVC disks. Before OpenShift Virtualization 4.11, if you do not specify these parameters, the system uses the default values from the kubevirt-storage-class-defaults config map. In OpenShift Virtualization 4.11 and later, the system uses the default values from the storage profile . Note Use storage profiles to ensure consistent advanced storage settings when provisioning storage for OpenShift Virtualization. To manually specify Volume Mode and Access Mode , you must clear the Apply optimized StorageProfile settings checkbox, which is selected by default. Name Mode description Parameter Parameter description Volume Mode Defines whether the persistent volume uses a formatted file system or raw block state. Default is Filesystem . Filesystem Stores the virtual disk on a file system-based volume. Block Stores the virtual disk directly on the block volume. Only use Block if the underlying storage supports it. Access Mode Access mode of the persistent volume. ReadWriteOnce (RWO) Volume can be mounted as read-write by a single node. ReadWriteMany (RWX) Volume can be mounted as read-write by many nodes at one time. Note This is required for some features, such as live migration of virtual machines between nodes. ReadOnlyMany (ROX) Volume can be mounted as read only by many nodes. 8.1.2.4. Cloud-init fields Name Description Hostname Sets a specific hostname for the virtual machine. Authorized SSH Keys The user's public key that is copied to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the virtual machine. Custom script Replaces other options with a field in which you paste a custom cloud-init script. To configure storage class defaults, use storage profiles. For more information, see Customizing the storage profile . 8.1.2.5. Pasting in a pre-configured YAML file to create a virtual machine Create a virtual machine by writing or pasting a YAML configuration file. A valid example virtual machine configuration is provided by default whenever you open the YAML edit screen. If your YAML configuration is invalid when you click Create , an error message indicates the parameter in which the error occurs. Only one error is shown at a time. Note Navigating away from the YAML screen while editing cancels any changes to the configuration you have made. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Click Create and select Virtual Machine With YAML . Write or paste your virtual machine configuration in the editable window. Alternatively, use the example virtual machine provided by default in the YAML screen. Optional: Click Download to download the YAML configuration file in its present state. Click Create to create the virtual machine. The virtual machine is listed in the Virtual Machines tab. 8.1.3. Using the CLI to create a virtual machine You can create a virtual machine from a virtualMachine manifest. Procedure Edit the VirtualMachine manifest for your VM. For example, the following manifest configures a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VM: Example 8.1. Example manifest for a RHEL VM 1 Specify the name of the virtual machine. 2 Specify the password for cloud-user. Create a virtual machine by using the manifest file: USD oc create -f <vm_manifest_file>.yaml Optional: Start the virtual machine: USD virtctl start <vm_name> 8.1.4. Virtual machine storage volume types Storage volume type Description ephemeral A local copy-on-write (COW) image that uses a network volume as a read-only backing store. The backing volume must be a PersistentVolumeClaim . The ephemeral image is created when the virtual machine starts and stores all writes locally. The ephemeral image is discarded when the virtual machine is stopped, restarted, or deleted. The backing volume (PVC) is not mutated in any way. persistentVolumeClaim Attaches an available PV to a virtual machine. Attaching a PV allows for the virtual machine data to persist between sessions. Importing an existing virtual machine disk into a PVC by using CDI and attaching the PVC to a virtual machine instance is the recommended method for importing existing virtual machines into OpenShift Container Platform. There are some requirements for the disk to be used within a PVC. dataVolume Data volumes build on the persistentVolumeClaim disk type by managing the process of preparing the virtual machine disk via an import, clone, or upload operation. VMs that use this volume type are guaranteed not to start until the volume is ready. Specify type: dataVolume or type: "" . If you specify any other value for type , such as persistentVolumeClaim , a warning is displayed, and the virtual machine does not start. cloudInitNoCloud Attaches a disk that contains the referenced cloud-init NoCloud data source, providing user data and metadata to the virtual machine. A cloud-init installation is required inside the virtual machine disk. containerDisk References an image, such as a virtual machine disk, that is stored in the container image registry. The image is pulled from the registry and attached to the virtual machine as a disk when the virtual machine is launched. A containerDisk volume is not limited to a single virtual machine and is useful for creating large numbers of virtual machine clones that do not require persistent storage. Only RAW and QCOW2 formats are supported disk types for the container image registry. QCOW2 is recommended for reduced image size. Note A containerDisk volume is ephemeral. It is discarded when the virtual machine is stopped, restarted, or deleted. A containerDisk volume is useful for read-only file systems such as CD-ROMs or for disposable virtual machines. emptyDisk Creates an additional sparse QCOW2 disk that is tied to the life-cycle of the virtual machine interface. The data survives guest-initiated reboots in the virtual machine but is discarded when the virtual machine stops or is restarted from the web console. The empty disk is used to store application dependencies and data that otherwise exceeds the limited temporary file system of an ephemeral disk. The disk capacity size must also be provided. 8.1.5. About RunStrategies for virtual machines A RunStrategy for virtual machines determines a virtual machine instance's (VMI) behavior, depending on a series of conditions. The spec.runStrategy setting exists in the virtual machine configuration process as an alternative to the spec.running setting. The spec.runStrategy setting allows greater flexibility for how VMIs are created and managed, in contrast to the spec.running setting with only true or false responses. However, the two settings are mutually exclusive. Only either spec.running or spec.runStrategy can be used. An error occurs if both are used. There are four defined RunStrategies. Always A VMI is always present when a virtual machine is created. A new VMI is created if the original stops for any reason, which is the same behavior as spec.running: true . RerunOnFailure A VMI is re-created if the instance fails due to an error. The instance is not re-created if the virtual machine stops successfully, such as when it shuts down. Manual The start , stop , and restart virtctl client commands can be used to control the VMI's state and existence. Halted No VMI is present when a virtual machine is created, which is the same behavior as spec.running: false . Different combinations of the start , stop and restart virtctl commands affect which RunStrategy is used. The following table follows a VM's transition from different states. The first column shows the VM's initial RunStrategy . Each additional column shows a virtctl command and the new RunStrategy after that command is run. Initial RunStrategy start stop restart Always - Halted Always RerunOnFailure - Halted RerunOnFailure Manual Manual Manual Manual Halted Always - - Note In OpenShift Virtualization clusters installed using installer-provisioned infrastructure, when a node fails the MachineHealthCheck and becomes unavailable to the cluster, VMs with a RunStrategy of Always or RerunOnFailure are rescheduled on a new node. apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: RunStrategy: Always 1 template: ... 1 The VMI's current RunStrategy setting. 8.1.6. Additional resources The VirtualMachineSpec definition in the KubeVirt v0.44.2 API Reference provides broader context for the parameters and hierarchy of the virtual machine specification. Note The KubeVirt API Reference is the upstream project reference and might contain parameters that are not supported in OpenShift Virtualization. See Prepare a container disk before adding it to a virtual machine as a containerDisk volume. See Deploying machine health checks for further details on deploying and enabling machine health checks. See Installer-provisioned infrastructure overview for further details on installer-provisioned infrastructure. Customizing the storage profile 8.2. Editing virtual machines You can update a virtual machine configuration using either the YAML editor in the web console or the OpenShift CLI on the command line. You can also update a subset of the parameters in the Virtual Machine Details screen. 8.2.1. Editing a virtual machine in the web console Edit select values of a virtual machine in the web console by clicking the pencil icon to the relevant field. Other values can be edited using the CLI. Labels and annotations are editable for both preconfigured Red Hat templates and your custom virtual machine templates. All other values are editable only for custom virtual machine templates that users have created using the Red Hat templates or the Create Virtual Machine Template wizard. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon to make a field editable. Make the relevant changes and click Save . Note If the virtual machine is running, changes to Boot Order or Flavor will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. You can view pending changes by clicking View Pending Changes on the right side of the relevant field. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. 8.2.2. Editing a virtual machine YAML configuration using the web console You can edit the YAML configuration of a virtual machine in the web console. Some parameters cannot be modified. If you click Save with an invalid configuration, an error message indicates the parameter that cannot be changed. If you edit the YAML configuration while the virtual machine is running, changes will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. Note Navigating away from the YAML screen while editing cancels any changes to the configuration you have made. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Select a virtual machine. Click the YAML tab to display the editable configuration. Optional: You can click Download to download the YAML file locally in its current state. Edit the file and click Save . A confirmation message shows that the modification has been successful and includes the updated version number for the object. 8.2.3. Editing a virtual machine YAML configuration using the CLI Use this procedure to edit a virtual machine YAML configuration using the CLI. Prerequisites You configured a virtual machine with a YAML object configuration file. You installed the oc CLI. Procedure Run the following command to update the virtual machine configuration: USD oc edit <object_type> <object_ID> Open the object configuration. Edit the YAML. If you edit a running virtual machine, you need to do one of the following: Restart the virtual machine. Run the following command for the new configuration to take effect: USD oc apply <object_type> <object_ID> 8.2.4. Adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine Use this procedure to add a virtual disk to a virtual machine. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Disks tab. In the Add Disk window, specify the Source , Name , Size , Type , Interface , and Storage Class . Advanced: You can enable preallocation if you use a blank disk source and require maximum write performance when creating data volumes. To do so, select the Enable preallocation checkbox. Optional: In the Advanced list, specify the Volume Mode and Access Mode for the virtual disk. If you do not specify these parameters, the system uses the default values from the kubevirt-storage-class-defaults config map. Click Add . Note If the virtual machine is running, the new disk is in the pending restart state and will not be attached until you restart the virtual machine. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. To configure storage class defaults, use storage profiles. For more information, see Customizing the storage profile . 8.2.4.1. Storage fields Name Selection Description Source Blank (creates PVC) Create an empty disk. Import via URL (creates PVC) Import content via URL (HTTP or HTTPS endpoint). Use an existing PVC Use a PVC that is already available in the cluster. Clone existing PVC (creates PVC) Select an existing PVC available in the cluster and clone it. Import via Registry (creates PVC) Import content via container registry. Container (ephemeral) Upload content from a container located in a registry accessible from the cluster. The container disk should be used only for read-only filesystems such as CD-ROMs or temporary virtual machines. Name Name of the disk. The name can contain lowercase letters ( a-z ), numbers ( 0-9 ), hyphens ( - ), and periods ( . ), up to a maximum of 253 characters. The first and last characters must be alphanumeric. The name must not contain uppercase letters, spaces, or special characters. Size Size of the disk in GiB. Type Type of disk. Example: Disk or CD-ROM Interface Type of disk device. Supported interfaces are virtIO , SATA , and SCSI . Storage Class The storage class that is used to create the disk. Advanced storage settings The following advanced storage settings are optional and available for Blank , Import via URL , and Clone existing PVC disks. Before OpenShift Virtualization 4.11, if you do not specify these parameters, the system uses the default values from the kubevirt-storage-class-defaults config map. In OpenShift Virtualization 4.11 and later, the system uses the default values from the storage profile . Note Use storage profiles to ensure consistent advanced storage settings when provisioning storage for OpenShift Virtualization. To manually specify Volume Mode and Access Mode , you must clear the Apply optimized StorageProfile settings checkbox, which is selected by default. Name Mode description Parameter Parameter description Volume Mode Defines whether the persistent volume uses a formatted file system or raw block state. Default is Filesystem . Filesystem Stores the virtual disk on a file system-based volume. Block Stores the virtual disk directly on the block volume. Only use Block if the underlying storage supports it. Access Mode Access mode of the persistent volume. ReadWriteOnce (RWO) Volume can be mounted as read-write by a single node. ReadWriteMany (RWX) Volume can be mounted as read-write by many nodes at one time. Note This is required for some features, such as live migration of virtual machines between nodes. ReadOnlyMany (ROX) Volume can be mounted as read only by many nodes. 8.2.5. Adding a network interface to a virtual machine Use this procedure to add a network interface to a virtual machine. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Network Interfaces tab. Click Add Network Interface . In the Add Network Interface window, specify the Name , Model , Network , Type , and MAC Address of the network interface. Click Add . Note If the virtual machine is running, the new network interface is in the pending restart state and changes will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. 8.2.5.1. Networking fields Name Description Name Name for the network interface controller. Model Indicates the model of the network interface controller. Supported values are e1000e and virtio . Network List of available network attachment definitions. Type List of available binding methods. For the default pod network, masquerade is the only recommended binding method. For secondary networks, use the bridge binding method. The masquerade method is not supported for non-default networks. Select SR-IOV if you configured an SR-IOV network device and defined that network in the namespace. MAC Address MAC address for the network interface controller. If a MAC address is not specified, one is assigned automatically. 8.2.6. Editing CD-ROMs for Virtual Machines Use the following procedure to edit CD-ROMs for virtual machines. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Disks tab. Click the Options menu for the CD-ROM that you want to edit and select Edit . In the Edit CD-ROM window, edit the fields: Source , Persistent Volume Claim , Name , Type , and Interface . Click Save . 8.2.7. Additional resources Customizing the storage profile 8.3. Editing boot order You can update the values for a boot order list by using the web console or the CLI. With Boot Order in the Virtual Machine Overview page, you can: Select a disk or network interface controller (NIC) and add it to the boot order list. Edit the order of the disks or NICs in the boot order list. Remove a disk or NIC from the boot order list, and return it back to the inventory of bootable sources. 8.3.1. Adding items to a boot order list in the web console Add items to a boot order list by using the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon that is located on the right side of Boot Order . If a YAML configuration does not exist, or if this is the first time that you are creating a boot order list, the following message displays: No resource selected. VM will attempt to boot from disks by order of appearance in YAML file. Click Add Source and select a bootable disk or network interface controller (NIC) for the virtual machine. Add any additional disks or NICs to the boot order list. Click Save . Note If the virtual machine is running, changes to Boot Order will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. You can view pending changes by clicking View Pending Changes on the right side of the Boot Order field. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. 8.3.2. Editing a boot order list in the web console Edit the boot order list in the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon that is located on the right side of Boot Order . Choose the appropriate method to move the item in the boot order list: If you do not use a screen reader, hover over the arrow icon to the item that you want to move, drag the item up or down, and drop it in a location of your choice. If you use a screen reader, press the Up Arrow key or Down Arrow key to move the item in the boot order list. Then, press the Tab key to drop the item in a location of your choice. Click Save . Note If the virtual machine is running, changes to the boot order list will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. You can view pending changes by clicking View Pending Changes on the right side of the Boot Order field. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. 8.3.3. Editing a boot order list in the YAML configuration file Edit the boot order list in a YAML configuration file by using the CLI. Procedure Open the YAML configuration file for the virtual machine by running the following command: USD oc edit vm example Edit the YAML file and modify the values for the boot order associated with a disk or network interface controller (NIC). For example: disks: - bootOrder: 1 1 disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk - disk: bus: virtio name: cloudinitdisk - cdrom: bus: virtio name: cd-drive-1 interfaces: - boot Order: 2 2 macAddress: '02:96:c4:00:00' masquerade: {} name: default 1 The boot order value specified for the disk. 2 The boot order value specified for the network interface controller. Save the YAML file. Click reload the content to apply the updated boot order values from the YAML file to the boot order list in the web console. 8.3.4. Removing items from a boot order list in the web console Remove items from a boot order list by using the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon that is located on the right side of Boot Order . Click the Remove icon to the item. The item is removed from the boot order list and saved in the list of available boot sources. If you remove all items from the boot order list, the following message displays: No resource selected. VM will attempt to boot from disks by order of appearance in YAML file. Note If the virtual machine is running, changes to Boot Order will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. You can view pending changes by clicking View Pending Changes on the right side of the Boot Order field. The Pending Changes banner at the top of the page displays a list of all changes that will be applied when the virtual machine restarts. 8.4. Deleting virtual machines You can delete a virtual machine from the web console or by using the oc command line interface. 8.4.1. Deleting a virtual machine using the web console Deleting a virtual machine permanently removes it from the cluster. Note When you delete a virtual machine, the data volume it uses is automatically deleted. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Click the Options menu of the virtual machine that you want to delete and select Delete Virtual Machine . Alternatively, click the virtual machine name to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen and click Actions Delete Virtual Machine . In the confirmation pop-up window, click Delete to permanently delete the virtual machine. 8.4.2. Deleting a virtual machine by using the CLI You can delete a virtual machine by using the oc command line interface (CLI). The oc client enables you to perform actions on multiple virtual machines. Note When you delete a virtual machine, the data volume it uses is automatically deleted. Prerequisites Identify the name of the virtual machine that you want to delete. Procedure Delete the virtual machine by running the following command: USD oc delete vm <vm_name> Note This command only deletes objects that exist in the current project. Specify the -n <project_name> option if the object you want to delete is in a different project or namespace. 8.5. Managing virtual machine instances If you have standalone virtual machine instances (VMIs) that were created independently outside of the OpenShift Virtualization environment, you can manage them by using the web console or by using oc or virtctl commands from the command-line interface (CLI). The virtctl command provides more virtualization options than the oc command. For example, you can use virtctl to pause a VM or expose a port. 8.5.1. About virtual machine instances A virtual machine instance (VMI) is a representation of a running virtual machine (VM). When a VMI is owned by a VM or by another object, you manage it through its owner in the web console or by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). A standalone VMI is created and started independently with a script, through automation, or by using other methods in the CLI. In your environment, you might have standalone VMIs that were developed and started outside of the OpenShift Virtualization environment. You can continue to manage those standalone VMIs by using the CLI. You can also use the web console for specific tasks associated with standalone VMIs: List standalone VMIs and their details. Edit labels and annotations for a standalone VMI. Delete a standalone VMI. When you delete a VM, the associated VMI is automatically deleted. You delete a standalone VMI directly because it is not owned by VMs or other objects. Note Before you uninstall OpenShift Virtualization, list and view the standalone VMIs by using the CLI or the web console. Then, delete any outstanding VMIs. 8.5.2. Listing all virtual machine instances using the CLI You can list all virtual machine instances (VMIs) in your cluster, including standalone VMIs and those owned by virtual machines, by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). Procedure List all VMIs by running the following command: USD oc get vmis 8.5.3. Listing standalone virtual machine instances using the web console Using the web console, you can list and view standalone virtual machine instances (VMIs) in your cluster that are not owned by virtual machines (VMs). Note VMIs that are owned by VMs or other objects are not displayed in the web console. The web console displays only standalone VMIs. If you want to list all VMIs in your cluster, you must use the CLI. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. A list of VMs and standalone VMIs displays. You can identify standalone VMIs by the dark colored badges that display to the virtual machine instance names. 8.5.4. Editing a standalone virtual machine instance using the web console You can edit annotations and labels for a standalone virtual machine instance (VMI) using the web console. Other items displayed in the Details page for a standalone VMI are not editable. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. A list of virtual machines (VMs) and standalone VMIs displays. Click the name of a standalone VMI to open the Virtual Machine Instance Overview screen. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon that is located on the right side of Annotations . Make the relevant changes and click Save . Note To edit labels for a standalone VMI, click Actions and select Edit Labels. Make the relevant changes and click Save . 8.5.5. Deleting a standalone virtual machine instance using the CLI You can delete a standalone virtual machine instance (VMI) by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). Prerequisites Identify the name of the VMI that you want to delete. Procedure Delete the VMI by running the following command: USD oc delete vmi <vmi_name> 8.5.6. Deleting a standalone virtual machine instance using the web console Delete a standalone virtual machine instance (VMI) from the web console. Procedure In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the ... button of the standalone virtual machine instance (VMI) that you want to delete and select Delete Virtual Machine Instance . Alternatively, click the name of the standalone VMI. The Virtual Machine Instance Overview page displays. Select Actions Delete Virtual Machine Instance . In the confirmation pop-up window, click Delete to permanently delete the standalone VMI. 8.6. Controlling virtual machine states You can stop, start, restart, and unpause virtual machines from the web console. You can use virtctl to manage virtual machine states and perform other actions from the CLI. For example, you can use virtctl to force stop a VM or expose a port. 8.6.1. Starting a virtual machine You can start a virtual machine from the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Find the row that contains the virtual machine that you want to start. Navigate to the appropriate menu for your use case: To stay on this page, where you can perform actions on multiple virtual machines: Click the Options menu located at the far right end of the row. To view comprehensive information about the selected virtual machine before you start it: Access the Virtual Machine Overview screen by clicking the name of the virtual machine. Click Actions . Select Start Virtual Machine . In the confirmation window, click Start to start the virtual machine. Note When you start virtual machine that is provisioned from a URL source for the first time, the virtual machine has a status of Importing while OpenShift Virtualization imports the container from the URL endpoint. Depending on the size of the image, this process might take several minutes. 8.6.2. Restarting a virtual machine You can restart a running virtual machine from the web console. Important To avoid errors, do not restart a virtual machine while it has a status of Importing . Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Find the row that contains the virtual machine that you want to restart. Navigate to the appropriate menu for your use case: To stay on this page, where you can perform actions on multiple virtual machines: Click the Options menu located at the far right end of the row. To view comprehensive information about the selected virtual machine before you restart it: Access the Virtual Machine Overview screen by clicking the name of the virtual machine. Click Actions . Select Restart Virtual Machine . In the confirmation window, click Restart to restart the virtual machine. 8.6.3. Stopping a virtual machine You can stop a virtual machine from the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Find the row that contains the virtual machine that you want to stop. Navigate to the appropriate menu for your use case: To stay on this page, where you can perform actions on multiple virtual machines: Click the Options menu located at the far right end of the row. To view comprehensive information about the selected virtual machine before you stop it: Access the Virtual Machine Overview screen by clicking the name of the virtual machine. Click Actions . Select Stop Virtual Machine . In the confirmation window, click Stop to stop the virtual machine. 8.6.4. Unpausing a virtual machine You can unpause a paused virtual machine from the web console. Prerequisites At least one of your virtual machines must have a status of Paused . Note You can pause virtual machines by using the virtctl client. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Find the row that contains the virtual machine that you want to unpause. Navigate to the appropriate menu for your use case: To stay on this page, where you can perform actions on multiple virtual machines: In the Status column, click Paused . To view comprehensive information about the selected virtual machine before you unpause it: Access the Virtual Machine Overview screen by clicking the name of the virtual machine. Click the pencil icon that is located on the right side of Status . In the confirmation window, click Unpause to unpause the virtual machine. 8.7. Accessing virtual machine consoles OpenShift Virtualization provides different virtual machine consoles that you can use to accomplish different product tasks. You can access these consoles through the OpenShift Container Platform web console and by using CLI commands. 8.7.1. Accessing virtual machine consoles in the OpenShift Container Platform web console You can connect to virtual machines by using the serial console or the VNC console in the OpenShift Container Platform web console. You can connect to Windows virtual machines by using the desktop viewer console, which uses RDP (remote desktop protocol), in the OpenShift Container Platform web console. 8.7.1.1. Connecting to the serial console Connect to the serial console of a running virtual machine from the Console tab in the Virtual Machine Overview screen of the web console. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview page. Click Console . The VNC console opens by default. Select Disconnect before switching to ensure that only one console session is open at a time. Otherwise, the VNC console session remains active in the background. Click the VNC Console drop-down list and select Serial Console . Click Disconnect to end the console session. Optional: Open the serial console in a separate window by clicking Open Console in New Window . 8.7.1.2. Connecting to the VNC console Connect to the VNC console of a running virtual machine from the Console tab in the Virtual Machine Overview screen of the web console. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview page. Click the Console tab. The VNC console opens by default. Optional: Open the VNC console in a separate window by clicking Open Console in New Window . Optional: Send key combinations to the virtual machine by clicking Send Key . Click outside the console window and then click Disconnect to end the session. 8.7.1.3. Connecting to a Windows virtual machine with RDP The desktop viewer console, which utilizes the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), provides a better console experience for connecting to Windows virtual machines. To connect to a Windows virtual machine with RDP, download the console.rdp file for the virtual machine from the Consoles tab in the Virtual Machine Details screen of the web console and supply it to your preferred RDP client. Prerequisites A running Windows virtual machine with the QEMU guest agent installed. The qemu-guest-agent is included in the VirtIO drivers. A layer-2 NIC attached to the virtual machine. An RDP client installed on a machine on the same network as the Windows virtual machine. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a Windows virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Console tab. In the Console list, select Desktop Viewer . In the Network Interface list, select the layer-2 NIC. Click Launch Remote Desktop to download the console.rdp file. Open an RDP client and reference the console.rdp file. For example, using remmina : USD remmina --connect /path/to/console.rdp Enter the Administrator user name and password to connect to the Windows virtual machine. 8.7.1.4. Copying the SSH command from the web console Copy the command to access a running virtual machine (VM) via SSH from the Actions list in the web console. Procedure In the OpenShift Container Platform console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview page. From the Actions list, select Copy SSH Command . You can now paste this command onto the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). 8.7.2. Accessing virtual machine consoles by using CLI commands 8.7.2.1. Accessing a virtual machine instance via SSH You can use SSH to access a virtual machine (VM) after you expose port 22 on it. The virtctl expose command forwards a virtual machine instance (VMI) port to a node port and creates a service for enabled access. The following example creates the fedora-vm-ssh service that forwards traffic from a specific port of cluster nodes to port 22 of the <fedora-vm> virtual machine. Prerequisites You must be in the same project as the VMI. The VMI you want to access must be connected to the default pod network by using the masquerade binding method. The VMI you want to access must be running. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Run the following command to create the fedora-vm-ssh service: 1 <fedora-vm> is the name of the VM that you run the fedora-vm-ssh service on. Check the service to find out which port the service acquired: USD oc get svc Example output NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE fedora-vm-ssh NodePort 127.0.0.1 <none> 22:32551/TCP 6s In this example, the service acquired the 32551 port. Log in to the VMI via SSH. Use the ipAddress of any of the cluster nodes and the port that you found in the step: USD ssh username@<node_IP_address> -p 32551 8.7.2.2. Accessing a virtual machine via SSH with YAML configurations You can enable an SSH connection to a virtual machine (VM) without the need to run the virtctl expose command. When the YAML file for the VM and the YAML file for the service are configured and applied, the service forwards the SSH traffic to the VM. The following examples show the configurations for the VM's YAML file and the service YAML file. Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Create a namespace for the VM's YAML file by using the oc create namespace command and specifying a name for the namespace. Procedure In the YAML file for the VM, add the label and a value for exposing the service for SSH connections. Enable the masquerade feature for the interface: Example VirtualMachine definition apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: namespace: ssh-ns 1 name: vm-ssh spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-ssh special: vm-ssh 2 spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk - disk: bus: virtio name: cloudinitdisk interfaces: - masquerade: {} 3 name: testmasquerade 4 rng: {} machine: type: "" resources: requests: memory: 1024M networks: - name: testmasquerade pod: {} volumes: - name: containerdisk containerDisk: image: kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo - name: cloudinitdisk cloudInitNoCloud: userData: | #cloud-config user: fedora password: fedora chpasswd: {expire: False} # ... 1 Name of the namespace created by the oc create namespace command. 2 Label used by the service to identify the virtual machine instances that are enabled for SSH traffic connections. The label can be any key:value pair that is added as a label to this YAML file and as a selector in the service YAML file. 3 The interface type is masquerade . 4 The name of this interface is testmasquerade . Create the VM: USD oc create -f <path_for_the_VM_YAML_file> Start the VM: USD virtctl start vm-ssh In the YAML file for the service, specify the service name, port number, and the target port. Example Service definition apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: svc-ssh 1 namespace: ssh-ns 2 spec: ports: - targetPort: 22 3 protocol: TCP port: 27017 selector: special: vm-ssh 4 type: NodePort # ... 1 Name of the SSH service. 2 Name of the namespace created by the oc create namespace command. 3 The target port number for the SSH connection. 4 The selector name and value must match the label specified in the YAML file for the VM. Create the service: USD oc create -f <path_for_the_service_YAML_file> Verify that the VM is running: USD oc get vmi Example output NAME AGE PHASE IP NODENAME vm-ssh 6s Running 10.244.196.152 node01 Check the service to find out which port the service acquired: USD oc get svc Example output NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE svc-ssh NodePort 10.106.236.208 <none> 27017:30093/TCP 22s In this example, the service acquired the port number 30093. Run the following command to obtain the IP address for the node: USD oc get node <node_name> -o wide Example output NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION INTERNAL-IP EXTERNAL-IP node01 Ready worker 6d22h v1.22.1 192.168.55.101 <none> Log in to the VM via SSH by specifying the IP address of the node where the VM is running and the port number. Use the port number displayed by the oc get svc command and the IP address of the node displayed by the oc get node command. The following example shows the ssh command with the username, node's IP address, and the port number: USD ssh fedora@192.168.55.101 -p 30093 8.7.2.3. Accessing the serial console of a virtual machine instance The virtctl console command opens a serial console to the specified virtual machine instance. Prerequisites The virt-viewer package must be installed. The virtual machine instance you want to access must be running. Procedure Connect to the serial console with virtctl : USD virtctl console <VMI> 8.7.2.4. Accessing the graphical console of a virtual machine instances with VNC The virtctl client utility can use the remote-viewer function to open a graphical console to a running virtual machine instance. This capability is included in the virt-viewer package. Prerequisites The virt-viewer package must be installed. The virtual machine instance you want to access must be running. Note If you use virtctl via SSH on a remote machine, you must forward the X session to your machine. Procedure Connect to the graphical interface with the virtctl utility: USD virtctl vnc <VMI> If the command failed, try using the -v flag to collect troubleshooting information: USD virtctl vnc <VMI> -v 4 8.7.2.5. Connecting to a Windows virtual machine with an RDP console The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) provides a better console experience for connecting to Windows virtual machines. To connect to a Windows virtual machine with RDP, specify the IP address of the attached L2 NIC to your RDP client. Prerequisites A running Windows virtual machine with the QEMU guest agent installed. The qemu-guest-agent is included in the VirtIO drivers. A layer 2 NIC attached to the virtual machine. An RDP client installed on a machine on the same network as the Windows virtual machine. Procedure Log in to the OpenShift Virtualization cluster through the oc CLI tool as a user with an access token. USD oc login -u <user> https://<cluster.example.com>:8443 Use oc describe vmi to display the configuration of the running Windows virtual machine. USD oc describe vmi <windows-vmi-name> Example output ... spec: networks: - name: default pod: {} - multus: networkName: cnv-bridge name: bridge-net ... status: interfaces: - interfaceName: eth0 ipAddress: 198.51.100.0/24 ipAddresses: 198.51.100.0/24 mac: a0:36:9f:0f:b1:70 name: default - interfaceName: eth1 ipAddress: 192.0.2.0/24 ipAddresses: 192.0.2.0/24 2001:db8::/32 mac: 00:17:a4:77:77:25 name: bridge-net ... Identify and copy the IP address of the layer 2 network interface. This is 192.0.2.0 in the above example, or 2001:db8:: if you prefer IPv6. Open an RDP client and use the IP address copied in the step for the connection. Enter the Administrator user name and password to connect to the Windows virtual machine. 8.8. Triggering virtual machine failover by resolving a failed node If a node fails and machine health checks are not deployed on your cluster, virtual machines (VMs) with RunStrategy: Always configured are not automatically relocated to healthy nodes. To trigger VM failover, you must manually delete the Node object. Note If you installed your cluster by using installer-provisioned infrastructure and you properly configured machine health checks: Failed nodes are automatically recycled. Virtual machines with RunStrategy set to Always or RerunOnFailure are automatically scheduled on healthy nodes. 8.8.1. Prerequisites A node where a virtual machine was running has the NotReady condition . The virtual machine that was running on the failed node has RunStrategy set to Always . You have installed the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). 8.8.2. Deleting nodes from a bare metal cluster When you delete a node using the CLI, the node object is deleted in Kubernetes, but the pods that exist on the node are not deleted. Any bare pods not backed by a replication controller become inaccessible to OpenShift Container Platform. Pods backed by replication controllers are rescheduled to other available nodes. You must delete local manifest pods. Procedure Delete a node from an OpenShift Container Platform cluster running on bare metal by completing the following steps: Mark the node as unschedulable: USD oc adm cordon <node_name> Drain all pods on the node: USD oc adm drain <node_name> --force=true This step might fail if the node is offline or unresponsive. Even if the node does not respond, it might still be running a workload that writes to shared storage. To avoid data corruption, power down the physical hardware before you proceed. Delete the node from the cluster: USD oc delete node <node_name> Although the node object is now deleted from the cluster, it can still rejoin the cluster after reboot or if the kubelet service is restarted. To permanently delete the node and all its data, you must decommission the node . If you powered down the physical hardware, turn it back on so that the node can rejoin the cluster. 8.8.3. Verifying virtual machine failover After all resources are terminated on the unhealthy node, a new virtual machine instance (VMI) is automatically created on a healthy node for each relocated VM. To confirm that the VMI was created, view all VMIs by using the oc CLI. 8.8.3.1. Listing all virtual machine instances using the CLI You can list all virtual machine instances (VMIs) in your cluster, including standalone VMIs and those owned by virtual machines, by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). Procedure List all VMIs by running the following command: USD oc get vmis 8.9. Installing the QEMU guest agent on virtual machines The QEMU guest agent is a daemon that runs on the virtual machine and passes information to the host about the virtual machine, users, file systems, and secondary networks. 8.9.1. Installing QEMU guest agent on a Linux virtual machine The qemu-guest-agent is widely available and available by default in Red Hat virtual machines. Install the agent and start the service. To check if your virtual machine (VM) has the QEMU guest agent installed and running, verify that AgentConnected is listed in the VM spec. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. Procedure Access the virtual machine command line through one of the consoles or by SSH. Install the QEMU guest agent on the virtual machine: USD yum install -y qemu-guest-agent Ensure the service is persistent and start it: USD systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent You can also install and start the QEMU guest agent by using the custom script field in the cloud-init section of the wizard when creating either virtual machines or virtual machines templates in the web console. 8.9.2. Installing QEMU guest agent on a Windows virtual machine For Windows virtual machines, the QEMU guest agent is included in the VirtIO drivers. Install the drivers on an existng or new Windows system. To check if your virtual machine (VM) has the QEMU guest agent installed and running, verify that AgentConnected is listed in the VM spec. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. 8.9.2.1. Installing VirtIO drivers on an existing Windows virtual machine Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD drive to an existing Windows virtual machine. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to adding drivers to Windows. The process might differ slightly between versions of Windows. See the installation documentation for your version of Windows for specific installation steps. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Log in to a Windows user session. Open Device Manager and expand Other devices to list any Unknown device . Open the Device Properties to identify the unknown device. Right-click the device and select Properties . Click the Details tab and select Hardware Ids in the Property list. Compare the Value for the Hardware Ids with the supported VirtIO drivers. Right-click the device and select Update Driver Software . Click Browse my computer for driver software and browse to the attached SATA CD drive, where the VirtIO drivers are located. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Click to install the driver. Repeat this process for all the necessary VirtIO drivers. After the driver installs, click Close to close the window. Reboot the virtual machine to complete the driver installation. 8.9.2.2. Installing VirtIO drivers during Windows installation Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD driver during Windows installation. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to the Windows installation and the installation method might differ between versions of Windows. See the documentation for the version of Windows that you are installing. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Begin the Windows installation process. Select the Advanced installation. The storage destination will not be recognized until the driver is loaded. Click Load driver . The drivers are attached as a SATA CD drive. Click OK and browse the CD drive for the storage driver to load. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Repeat the two steps for all required drivers. Complete the Windows installation. 8.10. Viewing the QEMU guest agent information for virtual machines When the QEMU guest agent runs on the virtual machine, you can use the web console to view information about the virtual machine, users, file systems, and secondary networks. 8.10.1. Prerequisites Install the QEMU guest agent on the virtual machine. 8.10.2. About the QEMU guest agent information in the web console When the QEMU guest agent is installed, the Details pane within the Virtual Machine Overview tab and the Details tab display information about the hostname, operating system, time zone, and logged in users. The Virtual Machine Overview shows information about the guest operating system installed on the virtual machine. The Details tab displays a table with information for logged in users. The Disks tab displays a table with information for file systems. Note If the QEMU guest agent is not installed, the Virtual Machine Overview tab and the Details tab display information about the operating system that was specified when the virtual machine was created. 8.10.3. Viewing the QEMU guest agent information in the web console You can use the web console to view information for virtual machines that is passed by the QEMU guest agent to the host. Procedure Click Workloads Virtual Machines from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine name to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen and view the Details pane. Click Logged in users to view the Details tab that shows information for users. Click the Disks tab to view information about the file systems. 8.11. Managing config maps, secrets, and service accounts in virtual machines You can use secrets, config maps, and service accounts to pass configuration data to virtual machines. For example, you can: Give a virtual machine access to a service that requires credentials by adding a secret to the virtual machine. Store non-confidential configuration data in a config map so that a pod or another object can consume the data. Allow a component to access the API server by associating a service account with that component. Note OpenShift Virtualization exposes secrets, config maps, and service accounts as virtual machine disks so that you can use them across platforms without additional overhead. 8.11.1. Adding a secret, config map, or service account to a virtual machine Add a secret, config map, or service account to a virtual machine by using the OpenShift Container Platform web console. Prerequisites The secret, config map, or service account that you want to add must exist in the same namespace as the target virtual machine. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Environment tab. Click Select a resource and select a secret, config map, or service account from the list. A six character serial number is automatically generated for the selected resource. Click Save . Optional. Add another object by clicking Add Config Map, Secret or Service Account . Note You can reset the form to the last saved state by clicking Reload . The Environment resources are added to the virtual machine as disks. You can mount the secret, config map, or service account as you would mount any other disk. If the virtual machine is running, changes will not take effect until you restart the virtual machine. The newly added resources are marked as pending changes for both the Environment and Disks tab in the Pending Changes banner at the top of the page. Verification From the Virtual Machine Overview page, click the Disks tab. Check to ensure that the secret, config map, or service account is included in the list of disks. Optional. Choose the appropriate method to apply your changes: If the virtual machine is running, restart the virtual machine by clicking Actions Restart Virtual Machine . If the virtual machine is stopped, start the virtual machine by clicking Actions Start Virtual Machine . You can now mount the secret, config map, or service account as you would mount any other disk. 8.11.2. Removing a secret, config map, or service account from a virtual machine Remove a secret, config map, or service account from a virtual machine by using the OpenShift Container Platform web console. Prerequisites You must have at least one secret, config map, or service account that is attached to a virtual machine. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Environment tab. Find the item that you want to delete in the list, and click Remove on the right side of the item. Click Save . Note You can reset the form to the last saved state by clicking Reload . Verification From the Virtual Machine Overview page, click the Disks tab. Check to ensure that the secret, config map, or service account that you removed is no longer included in the list of disks. 8.11.3. Additional resources Providing sensitive data to pods Understanding and creating service accounts Understanding config maps 8.12. Installing VirtIO driver on an existing Windows virtual machine 8.12.1. About VirtIO drivers VirtIO drivers are paravirtualized device drivers required for Microsoft Windows virtual machines to run in OpenShift Virtualization. The supported drivers are available in the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk of the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . The container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk must be attached to the virtual machine as a SATA CD drive to enable driver installation. You can install VirtIO drivers during Windows installation on the virtual machine or added to an existing Windows installation. After the drivers are installed, the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk can be removed from the virtual machine. See also: Installing Virtio drivers on a new Windows virtual machine . 8.12.2. Supported VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows virtual machines Table 8.1. Supported drivers Driver name Hardware ID Description viostor VEN_1AF4&DEV_1001 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1042 The block driver. Sometimes displays as an SCSI Controller in the Other devices group. viorng VEN_1AF4&DEV_1005 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1044 The entropy source driver. Sometimes displays as a PCI Device in the Other devices group. NetKVM VEN_1AF4&DEV_1000 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1041 The network driver. Sometimes displays as an Ethernet Controller in the Other devices group. Available only if a VirtIO NIC is configured. 8.12.3. Adding VirtIO drivers container disk to a virtual machine OpenShift Virtualization distributes VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows as a container disk, which is available from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . To install these drivers to a Windows virtual machine, attach the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk to the virtual machine as a SATA CD drive in the virtual machine configuration file. Prerequisites Download the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . This is not mandatory, because the container disk will be downloaded from the Red Hat registry if it not already present in the cluster, but it can reduce installation time. Procedure Add the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk as a cdrom disk in the Windows virtual machine configuration file. The container disk will be downloaded from the registry if it is not already present in the cluster. spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 1 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk 1 OpenShift Virtualization boots virtual machine disks in the order defined in the VirtualMachine configuration file. You can either define other disks for the virtual machine before the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk or use the optional bootOrder parameter to ensure the virtual machine boots from the correct disk. If you specify the bootOrder for a disk, it must be specified for all disks in the configuration. The disk is available once the virtual machine has started: If you add the container disk to a running virtual machine, use oc apply -f <vm.yaml> in the CLI or reboot the virtual machine for the changes to take effect. If the virtual machine is not running, use virtctl start <vm> . After the virtual machine has started, the VirtIO drivers can be installed from the attached SATA CD drive. 8.12.4. Installing VirtIO drivers on an existing Windows virtual machine Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD drive to an existing Windows virtual machine. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to adding drivers to Windows. The process might differ slightly between versions of Windows. See the installation documentation for your version of Windows for specific installation steps. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Log in to a Windows user session. Open Device Manager and expand Other devices to list any Unknown device . Open the Device Properties to identify the unknown device. Right-click the device and select Properties . Click the Details tab and select Hardware Ids in the Property list. Compare the Value for the Hardware Ids with the supported VirtIO drivers. Right-click the device and select Update Driver Software . Click Browse my computer for driver software and browse to the attached SATA CD drive, where the VirtIO drivers are located. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Click to install the driver. Repeat this process for all the necessary VirtIO drivers. After the driver installs, click Close to close the window. Reboot the virtual machine to complete the driver installation. 8.12.5. Removing the VirtIO container disk from a virtual machine After installing all required VirtIO drivers to the virtual machine, the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk no longer needs to be attached to the virtual machine. Remove the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk from the virtual machine configuration file. Procedure Edit the configuration file and remove the disk and the volume . USD oc edit vm <vm-name> spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk Reboot the virtual machine for the changes to take effect. 8.13. Installing VirtIO driver on a new Windows virtual machine 8.13.1. Prerequisites Windows installation media accessible by the virtual machine, such as importing an ISO into a data volume and attaching it to the virtual machine. 8.13.2. About VirtIO drivers VirtIO drivers are paravirtualized device drivers required for Microsoft Windows virtual machines to run in OpenShift Virtualization. The supported drivers are available in the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk of the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . The container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk must be attached to the virtual machine as a SATA CD drive to enable driver installation. You can install VirtIO drivers during Windows installation on the virtual machine or added to an existing Windows installation. After the drivers are installed, the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk can be removed from the virtual machine. See also: Installing VirtIO driver on an existing Windows virtual machine . 8.13.3. Supported VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows virtual machines Table 8.2. Supported drivers Driver name Hardware ID Description viostor VEN_1AF4&DEV_1001 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1042 The block driver. Sometimes displays as an SCSI Controller in the Other devices group. viorng VEN_1AF4&DEV_1005 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1044 The entropy source driver. Sometimes displays as a PCI Device in the Other devices group. NetKVM VEN_1AF4&DEV_1000 VEN_1AF4&DEV_1041 The network driver. Sometimes displays as an Ethernet Controller in the Other devices group. Available only if a VirtIO NIC is configured. 8.13.4. Adding VirtIO drivers container disk to a virtual machine OpenShift Virtualization distributes VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows as a container disk, which is available from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . To install these drivers to a Windows virtual machine, attach the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk to the virtual machine as a SATA CD drive in the virtual machine configuration file. Prerequisites Download the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog . This is not mandatory, because the container disk will be downloaded from the Red Hat registry if it not already present in the cluster, but it can reduce installation time. Procedure Add the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk as a cdrom disk in the Windows virtual machine configuration file. The container disk will be downloaded from the registry if it is not already present in the cluster. spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 1 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk 1 OpenShift Virtualization boots virtual machine disks in the order defined in the VirtualMachine configuration file. You can either define other disks for the virtual machine before the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk or use the optional bootOrder parameter to ensure the virtual machine boots from the correct disk. If you specify the bootOrder for a disk, it must be specified for all disks in the configuration. The disk is available once the virtual machine has started: If you add the container disk to a running virtual machine, use oc apply -f <vm.yaml> in the CLI or reboot the virtual machine for the changes to take effect. If the virtual machine is not running, use virtctl start <vm> . After the virtual machine has started, the VirtIO drivers can be installed from the attached SATA CD drive. 8.13.5. Installing VirtIO drivers during Windows installation Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD driver during Windows installation. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to the Windows installation and the installation method might differ between versions of Windows. See the documentation for the version of Windows that you are installing. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Begin the Windows installation process. Select the Advanced installation. The storage destination will not be recognized until the driver is loaded. Click Load driver . The drivers are attached as a SATA CD drive. Click OK and browse the CD drive for the storage driver to load. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Repeat the two steps for all required drivers. Complete the Windows installation. 8.13.6. Removing the VirtIO container disk from a virtual machine After installing all required VirtIO drivers to the virtual machine, the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk no longer needs to be attached to the virtual machine. Remove the container-native-virtualization/virtio-win container disk from the virtual machine configuration file. Procedure Edit the configuration file and remove the disk and the volume . USD oc edit vm <vm-name> spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk Reboot the virtual machine for the changes to take effect. 8.14. Advanced virtual machine management 8.14.1. Working with resource quotas for virtual machines Create and manage resource quotas for virtual machines. 8.14.1.1. Setting resource quota limits for virtual machines Resource quotas that only use requests automatically work with virtual machines (VMs). If your resource quota uses limits, you must manually set resource limits on VMs. Resource limits must be at least 100 MiB larger than resource requests. Procedure Set limits for a VM by editing the VirtualMachine manifest. For example: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: with-limits spec: running: false template: spec: domain: # ... resources: requests: memory: 128Mi limits: memory: 256Mi 1 1 This configuration is supported because the limits.memory value is at least 100Mi larger than the requests.memory value. Save the VirtualMachine manifest. 8.14.1.2. Additional resources Resource quotas per project Resource quotas across multiple projects 8.14.2. Specifying nodes for virtual machines You can place virtual machines (VMs) on specific nodes by using node placement rules. 8.14.2.1. About node placement for virtual machines To ensure that virtual machines (VMs) run on appropriate nodes, you can configure node placement rules. You might want to do this if: You have several VMs. To ensure fault tolerance, you want them to run on different nodes. You have two chatty VMs. To avoid redundant inter-node routing, you want the VMs to run on the same node. Your VMs require specific hardware features that are not present on all available nodes. You have a pod that adds capabilities to a node, and you want to place a VM on that node so that it can use those capabilities. Note Virtual machine placement relies on any existing node placement rules for workloads. If workloads are excluded from specific nodes on the component level, virtual machines cannot be placed on those nodes. You can use the following rule types in the spec field of a VirtualMachine manifest: nodeSelector Allows virtual machines to be scheduled on nodes that are labeled with the key-value pair or pairs that you specify in this field. The node must have labels that exactly match all listed pairs. affinity Enables you to use more expressive syntax to set rules that match nodes with virtual machines. For example, you can specify that a rule is a preference, rather than a hard requirement, so that virtual machines are still scheduled if the rule is not satisfied. Pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity are supported for virtual machine placement. Pod affinity works for virtual machines because the VirtualMachine workload type is based on the Pod object. Note Affinity rules only apply during scheduling. OpenShift Container Platform does not reschedule running workloads if the constraints are no longer met. tolerations Allows virtual machines to be scheduled on nodes that have matching taints. If a taint is applied to a node, that node only accepts virtual machines that tolerate the taint. 8.14.2.2. Node placement examples The following example YAML file snippets use nodePlacement , affinity , and tolerations fields to customize node placement for virtual machines. 8.14.2.2.1. Example: VM node placement with nodeSelector In this example, the virtual machine requires a node that has metadata containing both example-key-1 = example-value-1 and example-key-2 = example-value-2 labels. Warning If there are no nodes that fit this description, the virtual machine is not scheduled. Example VM manifest metadata: name: example-vm-node-selector apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: spec: nodeSelector: example-key-1: example-value-1 example-key-2: example-value-2 ... 8.14.2.2.2. Example: VM node placement with pod affinity and pod anti-affinity In this example, the VM must be scheduled on a node that has a running pod with the label example-key-1 = example-value-1 . If there is no such pod running on any node, the VM is not scheduled. If possible, the VM is not scheduled on a node that has any pod with the label example-key-2 = example-value-2 . However, if all candidate nodes have a pod with this label, the scheduler ignores this constraint. Example VM manifest metadata: name: example-vm-pod-affinity apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: affinity: podAffinity: requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 1 - labelSelector: matchExpressions: - key: example-key-1 operator: In values: - example-value-1 topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname podAntiAffinity: preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 2 - weight: 100 podAffinityTerm: labelSelector: matchExpressions: - key: example-key-2 operator: In values: - example-value-2 topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname ... 1 If you use the requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule type, the VM is not scheduled if the constraint is not met. 2 If you use the preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule type, the VM is still scheduled if the constraint is not met, as long as all required constraints are met. 8.14.2.2.3. Example: VM node placement with node affinity In this example, the VM must be scheduled on a node that has the label example.io/example-key = example-value-1 or the label example.io/example-key = example-value-2 . The constraint is met if only one of the labels is present on the node. If neither label is present, the VM is not scheduled. If possible, the scheduler avoids nodes that have the label example-node-label-key = example-node-label-value . However, if all candidate nodes have this label, the scheduler ignores this constraint. Example VM manifest metadata: name: example-vm-node-affinity apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: affinity: nodeAffinity: requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 1 nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: example.io/example-key operator: In values: - example-value-1 - example-value-2 preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 2 - weight: 1 preference: matchExpressions: - key: example-node-label-key operator: In values: - example-node-label-value ... 1 If you use the requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule type, the VM is not scheduled if the constraint is not met. 2 If you use the preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule type, the VM is still scheduled if the constraint is not met, as long as all required constraints are met. 8.14.2.2.4. Example: VM node placement with tolerations In this example, nodes that are reserved for virtual machines are already labeled with the key=virtualization:NoSchedule taint. Because this virtual machine has matching tolerations , it can schedule onto the tainted nodes. Note A virtual machine that tolerates a taint is not required to schedule onto a node with that taint. Example VM manifest metadata: name: example-vm-tolerations apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: tolerations: - key: "key" operator: "Equal" value: "virtualization" effect: "NoSchedule" ... 8.14.2.3. Additional resources Specifying nodes for virtualization components Placing pods on specific nodes using node selectors Controlling pod placement on nodes using node affinity rules Controlling pod placement using node taints 8.14.3. Configuring certificate rotation Configure certificate rotation parameters to replace existing certificates. 8.14.3.1. Configuring certificate rotation You can do this during OpenShift Virtualization installation in the web console or after installation in the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). Procedure Open the HyperConverged CR by running the following command: USD oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged Edit the spec.certConfig fields as shown in the following example. To avoid overloading the system, ensure that all values are greater than or equal to 10 minutes. Express all values as strings that comply with the golang ParseDuration format . apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: certConfig: ca: duration: 48h0m0s renewBefore: 24h0m0s 1 server: duration: 24h0m0s 2 renewBefore: 12h0m0s 3 1 The value of ca.renewBefore must be less than or equal to the value of ca.duration . 2 The value of server.duration must be less than or equal to the value of ca.duration . 3 The value of server.renewBefore must be less than or equal to the value of server.duration . Apply the YAML file to your cluster. 8.14.3.2. Troubleshooting certificate rotation parameters Deleting one or more certConfig values causes them to revert to the default values, unless the default values conflict with one of the following conditions: The value of ca.renewBefore must be less than or equal to the value of ca.duration . The value of server.duration must be less than or equal to the value of ca.duration . The value of server.renewBefore must be less than or equal to the value of server.duration . If the default values conflict with these conditions, you will receive an error. If you remove the server.duration value in the following example, the default value of 24h0m0s is greater than the value of ca.duration , conflicting with the specified conditions. Example certConfig: ca: duration: 4h0m0s renewBefore: 1h0m0s server: duration: 4h0m0s renewBefore: 4h0m0s This results in the following error message: error: hyperconvergeds.hco.kubevirt.io "kubevirt-hyperconverged" could not be patched: admission webhook "validate-hco.kubevirt.io" denied the request: spec.certConfig: ca.duration is smaller than server.duration The error message only mentions the first conflict. Review all certConfig values before you proceed. 8.14.4. Automating management tasks You can automate OpenShift Virtualization management tasks by using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Learn the basics by using an Ansible Playbook to create a new virtual machine. 8.14.4.1. About Red Hat Ansible Automation Ansible is an automation tool used to configure systems, deploy software, and perform rolling updates. Ansible includes support for OpenShift Virtualization, and Ansible modules enable you to automate cluster management tasks such as template, persistent volume claim, and virtual machine operations. Ansible provides a way to automate OpenShift Virtualization management, which you can also accomplish by using the oc CLI tool or APIs. Ansible is unique because it allows you to integrate KubeVirt modules with other Ansible modules. 8.14.4.2. Automating virtual machine creation You can use the kubevirt_vm Ansible Playbook to create virtual machines in your OpenShift Container Platform cluster using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Prerequisites Red Hat Ansible Engine version 2.8 or newer Procedure Edit an Ansible Playbook YAML file so that it includes the kubevirt_vm task: kubevirt_vm: namespace: name: cpu_cores: memory: disks: - name: volume: containerDisk: image: disk: bus: Note This snippet only includes the kubevirt_vm portion of the playbook. Edit the values to reflect the virtual machine you want to create, including the namespace , the number of cpu_cores , the memory , and the disks . For example: kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 cpu_cores: 1 memory: 64Mi disks: - name: containerdisk volume: containerDisk: image: kubevirt/cirros-container-disk-demo:latest disk: bus: virtio If you want the virtual machine to boot immediately after creation, add state: running to the YAML file. For example: kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 state: running 1 cpu_cores: 1 1 Changing this value to state: absent deletes the virtual machine, if it already exists. Run the ansible-playbook command, using your playbook's file name as the only argument: USD ansible-playbook create-vm.yaml Review the output to determine if the play was successful: Example output (...) TASK [Create my first VM] ************************************************************************ changed: [localhost] PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************** localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 If you did not include state: running in your playbook file and you want to boot the VM now, edit the file so that it includes state: running and run the playbook again: USD ansible-playbook create-vm.yaml To verify that the virtual machine was created, try to access the VM console . 8.14.4.3. Example: Ansible Playbook for creating virtual machines You can use the kubevirt_vm Ansible Playbook to automate virtual machine creation. The following YAML file is an example of the kubevirt_vm playbook. It includes sample values that you must replace with your own information if you run the playbook. --- - name: Ansible Playbook 1 hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Create my first VM kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 cpu_cores: 1 memory: 64Mi disks: - name: containerdisk volume: containerDisk: image: kubevirt/cirros-container-disk-demo:latest disk: bus: virtio Additional information Intro to Playbooks Tools for Validating Playbooks 8.14.5. Using EFI mode for virtual machines You can boot a virtual machine (VM) in Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) mode. 8.14.5.1. About EFI mode for virtual machines Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), like legacy BIOS, initializes hardware components and operating system image files when a computer starts. EFI supports more modern features and customization options than BIOS, enabling faster boot times. It stores all the information about initialization and startup in a file with a .efi extension, which is stored on a special partition called EFI System Partition (ESP). The ESP also contains the boot loader programs for the operating system that is installed on the computer. 8.14.5.2. Booting virtual machines in EFI mode You can configure a virtual machine to boot in EFI mode by editing the VM manifest. Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Create a YAML file that defines a VM object. Use the firmware stanza of the example YAML file: Booting in EFI mode with secure boot active apiversion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: special: vm-secureboot name: vm-secureboot spec: template: metadata: labels: special: vm-secureboot spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk features: acpi: {} smm: enabled: true 1 firmware: bootloader: efi: secureBoot: true 2 #... 1 OpenShift Virtualization requires System Management Mode ( SMM ) to be enabled for Secure Boot in EFI mode to occur. 2 OpenShift Virtualization supports a VM with or without Secure Boot when using EFI mode. If Secure Boot is enabled, then EFI mode is required. However, EFI mode can be enabled without using Secure Boot. Apply the manifest to your cluster by running the following command: USD oc create -f <file_name>.yaml 8.14.6. Configuring PXE booting for virtual machines PXE booting, or network booting, is available in OpenShift Virtualization. Network booting allows a computer to boot and load an operating system or other program without requiring a locally attached storage device. For example, you can use it to choose your desired OS image from a PXE server when deploying a new host. 8.14.6.1. Prerequisites A Linux bridge must be connected . The PXE server must be connected to the same VLAN as the bridge. 8.14.6.2. PXE booting with a specified MAC address As an administrator, you can boot a client over the network by first creating a NetworkAttachmentDefinition object for your PXE network. Then, reference the network attachment definition in your virtual machine instance configuration file before you start the virtual machine instance. You can also specify a MAC address in the virtual machine instance configuration file, if required by the PXE server. Prerequisites A Linux bridge must be connected. The PXE server must be connected to the same VLAN as the bridge. Procedure Configure a PXE network on the cluster: Create the network attachment definition file for PXE network pxe-net-conf : apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: pxe-net-conf spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "name": "pxe-net-conf", "plugins": [ { "type": "cnv-bridge", "bridge": "br1", "vlan": 1 1 }, { "type": "cnv-tuning" 2 } ] }' 1 Optional: The VLAN tag. 2 The cnv-tuning plugin provides support for custom MAC addresses. Note The virtual machine instance will be attached to the bridge br1 through an access port with the requested VLAN. Create the network attachment definition by using the file you created in the step: USD oc create -f pxe-net-conf.yaml Edit the virtual machine instance configuration file to include the details of the interface and network. Specify the network and MAC address, if required by the PXE server. If the MAC address is not specified, a value is assigned automatically. Ensure that bootOrder is set to 1 so that the interface boots first. In this example, the interface is connected to a network called <pxe-net> : interfaces: - masquerade: {} name: default - bridge: {} name: pxe-net macAddress: de:00:00:00:00:de bootOrder: 1 Note Boot order is global for interfaces and disks. Assign a boot device number to the disk to ensure proper booting after operating system provisioning. Set the disk bootOrder value to 2 : devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk bootOrder: 2 Specify that the network is connected to the previously created network attachment definition. In this scenario, <pxe-net> is connected to the network attachment definition called <pxe-net-conf> : networks: - name: default pod: {} - name: pxe-net multus: networkName: pxe-net-conf Create the virtual machine instance: USD oc create -f vmi-pxe-boot.yaml Example output virtualmachineinstance.kubevirt.io "vmi-pxe-boot" created Wait for the virtual machine instance to run: USD oc get vmi vmi-pxe-boot -o yaml | grep -i phase phase: Running View the virtual machine instance using VNC: USD virtctl vnc vmi-pxe-boot Watch the boot screen to verify that the PXE boot is successful. Log in to the virtual machine instance: USD virtctl console vmi-pxe-boot Verify the interfaces and MAC address on the virtual machine and that the interface connected to the bridge has the specified MAC address. In this case, we used eth1 for the PXE boot, without an IP address. The other interface, eth0 , got an IP address from OpenShift Container Platform. USD ip addr Example output ... 3. eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether de:00:00:00:00:de brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 8.14.6.3. OpenShift Virtualization networking glossary OpenShift Virtualization provides advanced networking functionality by using custom resources and plugins. The following terms are used throughout OpenShift Virtualization documentation: Container Network Interface (CNI) a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project, focused on container network connectivity. OpenShift Virtualization uses CNI plugins to build upon the basic Kubernetes networking functionality. Multus a "meta" CNI plugin that allows multiple CNIs to exist so that a pod or virtual machine can use the interfaces it needs. Custom resource definition (CRD) a Kubernetes API resource that allows you to define custom resources, or an object defined by using the CRD API resource. Network attachment definition a CRD introduced by the Multus project that allows you to attach pods, virtual machines, and virtual machine instances to one or more networks. Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) an interface that enables an administrator to boot a client machine from a server over the network. Network booting allows you to remotely load operating systems and other software onto the client. 8.14.7. Managing guest memory If you want to adjust guest memory settings to suit a specific use case, you can do so by editing the guest's YAML configuration file. OpenShift Virtualization allows you to configure guest memory overcommitment and disable guest memory overhead accounting. Warning The following procedures increase the chance that virtual machine processes will be killed due to memory pressure. Proceed only if you understand the risks. 8.14.7.1. Configuring guest memory overcommitment If your virtual workload requires more memory than available, you can use memory overcommitment to allocate all or most of the host's memory to your virtual machine instances (VMIs). Enabling memory overcommitment means that you can maximize resources that are normally reserved for the host. For example, if the host has 32 GB RAM, you can use memory overcommitment to fit 8 virtual machines (VMs) with 4 GB RAM each. This allocation works under the assumption that the virtual machines will not use all of their memory at the same time. Important Memory overcommitment increases the potential for virtual machine processes to be killed due to memory pressure (OOM killed). The potential for a VM to be OOM killed varies based on your specific configuration, node memory, available swap space, virtual machine memory consumption, the use of kernel same-page merging (KSM), and other factors. Procedure To explicitly tell the virtual machine instance that it has more memory available than was requested from the cluster, edit the virtual machine configuration file and set spec.domain.memory.guest to a higher value than spec.domain.resources.requests.memory . This process is called memory overcommitment. In this example, 1024M is requested from the cluster, but the virtual machine instance is told that it has 2048M available. As long as there is enough free memory available on the node, the virtual machine instance will consume up to 2048M. kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: domain: resources: requests: memory: 1024M memory: guest: 2048M Note The same eviction rules as those for pods apply to the virtual machine instance if the node is under memory pressure. Create the virtual machine: USD oc create -f <file_name>.yaml 8.14.7.2. Disabling guest memory overhead accounting A small amount of memory is requested by each virtual machine instance in addition to the amount that you request. This additional memory is used for the infrastructure that wraps each VirtualMachineInstance process. Though it is not usually advisable, it is possible to increase the virtual machine instance density on the node by disabling guest memory overhead accounting. Important Disabling guest memory overhead accounting increases the potential for virtual machine processes to be killed due to memory pressure (OOM killed). The potential for a VM to be OOM killed varies based on your specific configuration, node memory, available swap space, virtual machine memory consumption, the use of kernel same-page merging (KSM), and other factors. Procedure To disable guest memory overhead accounting, edit the YAML configuration file and set the overcommitGuestOverhead value to true . This parameter is disabled by default. kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: domain: resources: overcommitGuestOverhead: true requests: memory: 1024M Note If overcommitGuestOverhead is enabled, it adds the guest overhead to memory limits, if present. Create the virtual machine: USD oc create -f <file_name>.yaml 8.14.8. Using huge pages with virtual machines You can use huge pages as backing memory for virtual machines in your cluster. 8.14.8.1. Prerequisites Nodes must have pre-allocated huge pages configured . 8.14.8.2. What huge pages do Memory is managed in blocks known as pages. On most systems, a page is 4Ki. 1Mi of memory is equal to 256 pages; 1Gi of memory is 256,000 pages, and so on. CPUs have a built-in memory management unit that manages a list of these pages in hardware. The Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) is a small hardware cache of virtual-to-physical page mappings. If the virtual address passed in a hardware instruction can be found in the TLB, the mapping can be determined quickly. If not, a TLB miss occurs, and the system falls back to slower, software-based address translation, resulting in performance issues. Since the size of the TLB is fixed, the only way to reduce the chance of a TLB miss is to increase the page size. A huge page is a memory page that is larger than 4Ki. On x86_64 architectures, there are two common huge page sizes: 2Mi and 1Gi. Sizes vary on other architectures. To use huge pages, code must be written so that applications are aware of them. Transparent Huge Pages (THP) attempt to automate the management of huge pages without application knowledge, but they have limitations. In particular, they are limited to 2Mi page sizes. THP can lead to performance degradation on nodes with high memory utilization or fragmentation due to defragmenting efforts of THP, which can lock memory pages. For this reason, some applications may be designed to (or recommend) usage of pre-allocated huge pages instead of THP. In OpenShift Virtualization, virtual machines can be configured to consume pre-allocated huge pages. 8.14.8.3. Configuring huge pages for virtual machines You can configure virtual machines to use pre-allocated huge pages by including the memory.hugepages.pageSize and resources.requests.memory parameters in your virtual machine configuration. The memory request must be divisible by the page size. For example, you cannot request 500Mi memory with a page size of 1Gi . Note The memory layouts of the host and the guest OS are unrelated. Huge pages requested in the virtual machine manifest apply to QEMU. Huge pages inside the guest can only be configured based on the amount of available memory of the virtual machine instance. If you edit a running virtual machine, the virtual machine must be rebooted for the changes to take effect. Prerequisites Nodes must have pre-allocated huge pages configured. Procedure In your virtual machine configuration, add the resources.requests.memory and memory.hugepages.pageSize parameters to the spec.domain . The following configuration snippet is for a virtual machine that requests a total of 4Gi memory with a page size of 1Gi : kind: VirtualMachine ... spec: domain: resources: requests: memory: "4Gi" 1 memory: hugepages: pageSize: "1Gi" 2 ... 1 The total amount of memory requested for the virtual machine. This value must be divisible by the page size. 2 The size of each huge page. Valid values for x86_64 architecture are 1Gi and 2Mi . The page size must be smaller than the requested memory. Apply the virtual machine configuration: USD oc apply -f <virtual_machine>.yaml 8.14.9. Enabling dedicated resources for virtual machines To improve performance, you can dedicate node resources, such as CPU, to a virtual machine. 8.14.9.1. About dedicated resources When you enable dedicated resources for your virtual machine, your virtual machine's workload is scheduled on CPUs that will not be used by other processes. By using dedicated resources, you can improve the performance of the virtual machine and the accuracy of latency predictions. 8.14.9.2. Prerequisites The CPU Manager must be configured on the node. Verify that the node has the cpumanager = true label before scheduling virtual machine workloads. The virtual machine must be powered off. 8.14.9.3. Enabling dedicated resources for a virtual machine You can enable dedicated resources for a virtual machine in the Details tab. Virtual machines that were created by using a Red Hat template or the wizard can be enabled with dedicated resources. Procedure Click Workloads Virtual Machines from the side menu. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine tab. Click the Details tab. Click the pencil icon to the right of the Dedicated Resources field to open the Dedicated Resources window. Select Schedule this workload with dedicated resources (guaranteed policy) . Click Save . 8.14.10. Scheduling virtual machines You can schedule a virtual machine (VM) on a node by ensuring that the VM's CPU model and policy attribute are matched for compatibility with the CPU models and policy attributes supported by the node. 8.14.10.1. Policy attributes You can schedule a virtual machine (VM) by specifying a policy attribute and a CPU feature that is matched for compatibility when the VM is scheduled on a node. A policy attribute specified for a VM determines how that VM is scheduled on a node. Policy attribute Description force The VM is forced to be scheduled on a node. This is true even if the host CPU does not support the VM's CPU. require Default policy that applies to a VM if the VM is not configured with a specific CPU model and feature specification. If a node is not configured to support CPU node discovery with this default policy attribute or any one of the other policy attributes, VMs are not scheduled on that node. Either the host CPU must support the VM's CPU or the hypervisor must be able to emulate the supported CPU model. optional The VM is added to a node if that VM is supported by the host's physical machine CPU. disable The VM cannot be scheduled with CPU node discovery. forbid The VM is not scheduled even if the feature is supported by the host CPU and CPU node discovery is enabled. 8.14.10.2. Setting a policy attribute and CPU feature You can set a policy attribute and CPU feature for each virtual machine (VM) to ensure that it is scheduled on a node according to policy and feature. The CPU feature that you set is verified to ensure that it is supported by the host CPU or emulated by the hypervisor. Procedure Edit the domain spec of your VM configuration file. The following example sets the CPU feature and the require policy for a virtual machine (VM): apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: features: - name: apic 1 policy: require 2 1 Name of the CPU feature for the VM. 2 Policy attribute for the VM. 8.14.10.3. Scheduling virtual machines with the supported CPU model You can configure a CPU model for a virtual machine (VM) to schedule it on a node where its CPU model is supported. Procedure Edit the domain spec of your virtual machine configuration file. The following example shows a specific CPU model defined for a VM: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: model: Conroe 1 1 CPU model for the VM. 8.14.10.4. Scheduling virtual machines with the host model When the CPU model for a virtual machine (VM) is set to host-model , the VM inherits the CPU model of the node where it is scheduled. Procedure Edit the domain spec of your VM configuration file. The following example shows host-model being specified for the virtual machine: apiVersion: kubevirt/v1alpha3 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: model: host-model 1 1 The VM that inherits the CPU model of the node where it is scheduled. 8.14.11. Configuring PCI passthrough The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) passthrough feature enables you to access and manage hardware devices from a virtual machine. When PCI passthrough is configured, the PCI devices function as if they were physically attached to the guest operating system. Cluster administrators can expose and manage host devices that are permitted to be used in the cluster by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). 8.14.11.1. About preparing a host device for PCI passthrough To prepare a host device for PCI passthrough by using the CLI, create a MachineConfig object and add kernel arguments to enable the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU). Bind the PCI device to the Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) driver and then expose it in the cluster by editing the permittedHostDevices field of the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). The permittedHostDevices list is empty when you first install the OpenShift Virtualization Operator. To remove a PCI host device from the cluster by using the CLI, delete the PCI device information from the HyperConverged CR. 8.14.11.1.1. Adding kernel arguments to enable the IOMMU driver To enable the IOMMU (Input-Output Memory Management Unit) driver in the kernel, create the MachineConfig object and add the kernel arguments. Prerequisites Administrative privilege to a working OpenShift Container Platform cluster. Intel or AMD CPU hardware. Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O extensions or AMD IOMMU in the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is enabled. Procedure Create a MachineConfig object that identifies the kernel argument. The following example shows a kernel argument for an Intel CPU. apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker 1 name: 100-worker-iommu 2 spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 kernelArguments: - intel_iommu=on 3 ... 1 Applies the new kernel argument only to worker nodes. 2 The name indicates the ranking of this kernel argument (100) among the machine configs and its purpose. If you have an AMD CPU, specify the kernel argument as amd_iommu=on . 3 Identifies the kernel argument as intel_iommu for an Intel CPU. Create the new MachineConfig object: USD oc create -f 100-worker-kernel-arg-iommu.yaml Verification Verify that the new MachineConfig object was added. USD oc get MachineConfig 8.14.11.1.2. Binding PCI devices to the VFIO driver To bind PCI devices to the VFIO (Virtual Function I/O) driver, obtain the values for vendor-ID and device-ID from each device and create a list with the values. Add this list to the MachineConfig object. The MachineConfig Operator generates the /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf on the nodes with the PCI devices, and binds the PCI devices to the VFIO driver. Prerequisites You added kernel arguments to enable IOMMU for the CPU. Procedure Run the lspci command to obtain the vendor-ID and the device-ID for the PCI device. USD lspci -nnv | grep -i nvidia Example output 02:01.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB] [10de:1eb8] (rev a1) Create a Butane config file, 100-worker-vfiopci.bu , binding the PCI device to the VFIO driver. Note See "Creating machine configs with Butane" for information about Butane. Example variant: openshift version: 4.9.0 metadata: name: 100-worker-vfiopci labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker 1 storage: files: - path: /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf mode: 0644 overwrite: true contents: inline: | options vfio-pci ids=10de:1eb8 2 - path: /etc/modules-load.d/vfio-pci.conf 3 mode: 0644 overwrite: true contents: inline: vfio-pci 1 Applies the new kernel argument only to worker nodes. 2 Specify the previously determined vendor-ID value ( 10de ) and the device-ID value ( 1eb8 ) to bind a single device to the VFIO driver. You can add a list of multiple devices with their vendor and device information. 3 The file that loads the vfio-pci kernel module on the worker nodes. Use Butane to generate a MachineConfig object file, 100-worker-vfiopci.yaml , containing the configuration to be delivered to the worker nodes: USD butane 100-worker-vfiopci.bu -o 100-worker-vfiopci.yaml Apply the MachineConfig object to the worker nodes: USD oc apply -f 100-worker-vfiopci.yaml Verify that the MachineConfig object was added. USD oc get MachineConfig Example output NAME GENERATEDBYCONTROLLER IGNITIONVERSION AGE 00-master d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 00-worker d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-master-container-runtime d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-master-kubelet d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-worker-container-runtime d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-worker-kubelet d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 100-worker-iommu 3.2.0 30s 100-worker-vfiopci-configuration 3.2.0 30s Verification Verify that the VFIO driver is loaded. USD lspci -nnk -d 10de: The output confirms that the VFIO driver is being used. Example output 8.14.11.1.3. Exposing PCI host devices in the cluster using the CLI To expose PCI host devices in the cluster, add details about the PCI devices to the spec.permittedHostDevices.pciHostDevices array of the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). Procedure Edit the HyperConverged CR in your default editor by running the following command: USD oc edit hyperconverged kubevirt-hyperconverged -n openshift-cnv Add the PCI device information to the spec.permittedHostDevices.pciHostDevices array. For example: Example configuration file apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: permittedHostDevices: 1 pciHostDevices: 2 - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1DB6" 3 resourceName: "nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100" 4 - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1EB8" resourceName: "nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4" - pciDeviceSelector: "8086:6F54" resourceName: "intel.com/qat" externalResourceProvider: true 5 ... 1 The host devices that are permitted to be used in the cluster. 2 The list of PCI devices available on the node. 3 The vendor-ID and the device-ID required to identify the PCI device. 4 The name of a PCI host device. 5 Optional: Setting this field to true indicates that the resource is provided by an external device plugin. OpenShift Virtualization allows the usage of this device in the cluster but leaves the allocation and monitoring to an external device plugin. Note The above example snippet shows two PCI host devices that are named nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 and nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 added to the list of permitted host devices in the HyperConverged CR. These devices have been tested and verified to work with OpenShift Virtualization. Save your changes and exit the editor. Verification Verify that the PCI host devices were added to the node by running the following command. The example output shows that there is one device each associated with the nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 , nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 , and intel.com/qat resource names. USD oc describe node <node_name> Example output Capacity: cpu: 64 devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 915128Mi hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 131395264Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 1 pods: 250 Allocatable: cpu: 63500m devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 863623130526 hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 130244288Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 1 pods: 250 8.14.11.1.4. Removing PCI host devices from the cluster using the CLI To remove a PCI host device from the cluster, delete the information for that device from the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). Procedure Edit the HyperConverged CR in your default editor by running the following command: USD oc edit hyperconverged kubevirt-hyperconverged -n openshift-cnv Remove the PCI device information from the spec.permittedHostDevices.pciHostDevices array by deleting the pciDeviceSelector , resourceName and externalResourceProvider (if applicable) fields for the appropriate device. In this example, the intel.com/qat resource has been deleted. Example configuration file apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: permittedHostDevices: pciHostDevices: - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1DB6" resourceName: "nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100" - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1EB8" resourceName: "nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4" ... Save your changes and exit the editor. Verification Verify that the PCI host device was removed from the node by running the following command. The example output shows that there are zero devices associated with the intel.com/qat resource name. USD oc describe node <node_name> Example output Capacity: cpu: 64 devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 915128Mi hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 131395264Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 0 pods: 250 Allocatable: cpu: 63500m devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 863623130526 hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 130244288Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 0 pods: 250 8.14.11.2. Configuring virtual machines for PCI passthrough After the PCI devices have been added to the cluster, you can assign them to virtual machines. The PCI devices are now available as if they are physically connected to the virtual machines. 8.14.11.2.1. Assigning a PCI device to a virtual machine When a PCI device is available in a cluster, you can assign it to a virtual machine and enable PCI passthrough. Procedure Assign the PCI device to a virtual machine as a host device. Example apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: devices: hostDevices: - deviceName: nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 name: hostdevices1 1 The name of the PCI device that is permitted on the cluster as a host device. The virtual machine can access this host device. Verification Use the following command to verify that the host device is available from the virtual machine. USD lspci -nnk | grep NVIDIA Example output USD 02:01.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB] [10de:1eb8] (rev a1) 8.14.11.3. Additional resources Enabling Intel VT-X and AMD-V Virtualization Hardware Extensions in BIOS Managing file permissions Post-installation machine configuration tasks 8.14.12. Configuring a watchdog Expose a watchdog by configuring the virtual machine (VM) for a watchdog device, installing the watchdog, and starting the watchdog service. 8.14.12.1. Prerequisites The virtual machine must have kernel support for an i6300esb watchdog device. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images support i6300esb . 8.14.12.2. Defining a watchdog device Define how the watchdog proceeds when the operating system (OS) no longer responds. Table 8.3. Available actions poweroff The virtual machine (VM) powers down immediately. If spec.running is set to true , or spec.runStrategy is not set to manual , then the VM reboots. reset The VM reboots in place and the guest OS cannot react. Because the length of time required for the guest OS to reboot can cause liveness probes to timeout, use of this option is discouraged. This timeout can extend the time it takes the VM to reboot if cluster-level protections notice the liveness probe failed and forcibly reschedule it. shutdown The VM gracefully powers down by stopping all services. Procedure Create a YAML file with the following contents: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm2-rhel84-watchdog name: <vm-name> spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm2-rhel84-watchdog spec: domain: devices: watchdog: name: <watchdog> i6300esb: action: "poweroff" 1 ... 1 Specify the watchdog action ( poweroff , reset , or shutdown ). The example above configures the i6300esb watchdog device on a RHEL8 VM with the poweroff action and exposes the device as /dev/watchdog . This device can now be used by the watchdog binary. Apply the YAML file to your cluster by running the following command: USD oc apply -f <file_name>.yaml Important This procedure is provided for testing watchdog functionality only and must not be run on production machines. Run the following command to verify that the VM is connected to the watchdog device: USD lspci | grep watchdog -i Run one of the following commands to confirm the watchdog is active: Trigger a kernel panic: # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger Terminate the watchdog service: # pkill -9 watchdog 8.14.12.3. Installing a watchdog device Install the watchdog package on your virtual machine and start the watchdog service. Procedure As a root user, install the watchdog package and dependencies: # yum install watchdog Uncomment the following line in the /etc/watchdog.conf file, and save the changes: #watchdog-device = /dev/watchdog Enable the watchdog service to start on boot: # systemctl enable --now watchdog.service 8.14.12.4. Additional resources Monitoring application health by using health checks 8.15. Importing virtual machines 8.15.1. TLS certificates for data volume imports 8.15.1.1. Adding TLS certificates for authenticating data volume imports TLS certificates for registry or HTTPS endpoints must be added to a config map to import data from these sources. This config map must be present in the namespace of the destination data volume. Create the config map by referencing the relative file path for the TLS certificate. Procedure Ensure you are in the correct namespace. The config map can only be referenced by data volumes if it is in the same namespace. USD oc get ns Create the config map: USD oc create configmap <configmap-name> --from-file=</path/to/file/ca.pem> 8.15.1.2. Example: Config map created from a TLS certificate The following example is of a config map created from ca.pem TLS certificate. apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: tls-certs data: ca.pem: | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... <base64 encoded cert> ... -----END CERTIFICATE----- 8.15.2. Importing virtual machine images with data volumes Use the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) to import a virtual machine image into a persistent volume claim (PVC) by using a data volume. You can attach a data volume to a virtual machine for persistent storage. The virtual machine image can be hosted at an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint, or built into a container disk and stored in a container registry. Important When you import a disk image into a PVC, the disk image is expanded to use the full storage capacity that is requested in the PVC. To use this space, the disk partitions and file system(s) in the virtual machine might need to be expanded. The resizing procedure varies based on the operating system installed on the virtual machine. See the operating system documentation for details. 8.15.2.1. Prerequisites If the endpoint requires a TLS certificate, the certificate must be included in a config map in the same namespace as the data volume and referenced in the data volume configuration. To import a container disk: You might need to prepare a container disk from a virtual machine image and store it in your container registry before importing it. If the container registry does not have TLS, you must add the registry to the insecureRegistries field of the HyperConverged custom resource before you can import a container disk from it. You might need to define a storage class or prepare CDI scratch space for this operation to complete successfully. 8.15.2.2. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required Note CDI now uses the OpenShift Container Platform cluster-wide proxy configuration . 8.15.2.3. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.15.2.4. Importing a virtual machine image into storage by using a data volume You can import a virtual machine image into storage by using a data volume. The virtual machine image can be hosted at an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint or the image can be built into a container disk and stored in a container registry. You specify the data source for the image in a VirtualMachine configuration file. When the virtual machine is created, the data volume with the virtual machine image is imported into storage. Prerequisites To import a virtual machine image you must have the following: A virtual machine disk image in RAW, ISO, or QCOW2 format, optionally compressed by using xz or gz . An HTTP or HTTPS endpoint where the image is hosted, along with any authentication credentials needed to access the data source. To import a container disk, you must have a virtual machine image built into a container disk and stored in a container registry, along with any authentication credentials needed to access the data source. If the virtual machine must communicate with servers that use self-signed certificates or certificates not signed by the system CA bundle, you must create a config map in the same namespace as the data volume. Procedure If your data source requires authentication, create a Secret manifest, specifying the data source credentials, and save it as endpoint-secret.yaml : apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: endpoint-secret 1 labels: app: containerized-data-importer type: Opaque data: accessKeyId: "" 2 secretKey: "" 3 1 Specify the name of the Secret . 2 Specify the Base64-encoded key ID or user name. 3 Specify the Base64-encoded secret key or password. Apply the Secret manifest: USD oc apply -f endpoint-secret.yaml Edit the VirtualMachine manifest, specifying the data source for the virtual machine image you want to import, and save it as vm-fedora-datavolume.yaml : 1 Specify the name of the virtual machine. 2 Specify the name of the data volume. 3 Specify http for an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint. Specify registry for a container disk image imported from a registry. 4 The source of the virtual machine image you want to import. This example references a virtual machine image at an HTTPS endpoint. An example of a container registry endpoint is url: "docker://kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo:latest" . 5 Required if you created a Secret for the data source. 6 Optional: Specify a CA certificate config map. Create the virtual machine: USD oc create -f vm-fedora-datavolume.yaml Note The oc create command creates the data volume and the virtual machine. The CDI controller creates an underlying PVC with the correct annotation and the import process begins. When the import is complete, the data volume status changes to Succeeded . You can start the virtual machine. Data volume provisioning happens in the background, so there is no need to monitor the process. Verification The importer pod downloads the virtual machine image or container disk from the specified URL and stores it on the provisioned PV. View the status of the importer pod by running the following command: USD oc get pods Monitor the data volume until its status is Succeeded by running the following command: USD oc describe dv fedora-dv 1 1 Specify the data volume name that you defined in the VirtualMachine manifest. Verify that provisioning is complete and that the virtual machine has started by accessing its serial console: USD virtctl console vm-fedora-datavolume 8.15.2.5. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.15.3. Importing virtual machine images into block storage with data volumes You can import an existing virtual machine image into your OpenShift Container Platform cluster. OpenShift Virtualization uses data volumes to automate the import of data and the creation of an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Important When you import a disk image into a PVC, the disk image is expanded to use the full storage capacity that is requested in the PVC. To use this space, the disk partitions and file system(s) in the virtual machine might need to be expanded. The resizing procedure varies based on the operating system that is installed on the virtual machine. See the operating system documentation for details. 8.15.3.1. Prerequisites If you require scratch space according to the CDI supported operations matrix , you must first define a storage class or prepare CDI scratch space for this operation to complete successfully. 8.15.3.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.15.3.3. About block persistent volumes A block persistent volume (PV) is a PV that is backed by a raw block device. These volumes do not have a file system and can provide performance benefits for virtual machines by reducing overhead. Raw block volumes are provisioned by specifying volumeMode: Block in the PV and persistent volume claim (PVC) specification. 8.15.3.4. Creating a local block persistent volume Create a local block persistent volume (PV) on a node by populating a file and mounting it as a loop device. You can then reference this loop device in a PV manifest as a Block volume and use it as a block device for a virtual machine image. Procedure Log in as root to the node on which to create the local PV. This procedure uses node01 for its examples. Create a file and populate it with null characters so that it can be used as a block device. The following example creates a file loop10 with a size of 2Gb (20 100Mb blocks): USD dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20 Mount the loop10 file as a loop device. USD losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2 1 File path where the loop device is mounted. 2 The file created in the step to be mounted as the loop device. Create a PersistentVolume manifest that references the mounted loop device. kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4 1 The path of the loop device on the node. 2 Specifies it is a block PV. 3 Optional: Set a storage class for the PV. If you omit it, the cluster default is used. 4 The node on which the block device was mounted. Create the block PV. # oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1 1 The file name of the persistent volume created in the step. 8.15.3.5. Importing a virtual machine image into block storage by using a data volume You can import a virtual machine image into block storage by using a data volume. You reference the data volume in a VirtualMachine manifest before you create a virtual machine. Prerequisites A virtual machine disk image in RAW, ISO, or QCOW2 format, optionally compressed by using xz or gz . An HTTP or HTTPS endpoint where the image is hosted, along with any authentication credentials needed to access the data source. Procedure If your data source requires authentication, create a Secret manifest, specifying the data source credentials, and save it as endpoint-secret.yaml : apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: endpoint-secret 1 labels: app: containerized-data-importer type: Opaque data: accessKeyId: "" 2 secretKey: "" 3 1 Specify the name of the Secret . 2 Specify the Base64-encoded key ID or user name. 3 Specify the Base64-encoded secret key or password. Apply the Secret manifest: USD oc apply -f endpoint-secret.yaml Create a DataVolume manifest, specifying the data source for the virtual machine image and Block for storage.volumeMode . apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: import-pv-datavolume 1 spec: storageClassName: local 2 source: http: url: "https://mirror.arizona.edu/fedora/linux/releases/35/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-35-1.2.x86_64.qcow2" 3 secretRef: endpoint-secret 4 storage: volumeMode: Block 5 resources: requests: storage: 10Gi 1 Specify the name of the data volume. 2 Optional: Set the storage class or omit it to accept the cluster default. 3 Specify the HTTP or HTTPS URL of the image to import. 4 Required if you created a Secret for the data source. 5 The volume mode and access mode are detected automatically for known storage provisioners. Otherwise, specify Block . Create the data volume to import the virtual machine image: USD oc create -f import-pv-datavolume.yaml You can reference this data volume in a VirtualMachine manifest before you create a virtual machine. 8.15.3.6. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required Note CDI now uses the OpenShift Container Platform cluster-wide proxy configuration . 8.15.3.7. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.16. Cloning virtual machines 8.16.1. Enabling user permissions to clone data volumes across namespaces The isolating nature of namespaces means that users cannot by default clone resources between namespaces. To enable a user to clone a virtual machine to another namespace, a user with the cluster-admin role must create a new cluster role. Bind this cluster role to a user to enable them to clone virtual machines to the destination namespace. 8.16.1.1. Prerequisites Only a user with the cluster-admin role can create cluster roles. 8.16.1.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.16.1.3. Creating RBAC resources for cloning data volumes Create a new cluster role that enables permissions for all actions for the datavolumes resource. Procedure Create a ClusterRole manifest: apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: name: <datavolume-cloner> 1 rules: - apiGroups: ["cdi.kubevirt.io"] resources: ["datavolumes/source"] verbs: ["*"] 1 Unique name for the cluster role. Create the cluster role in the cluster: USD oc create -f <datavolume-cloner.yaml> 1 1 The file name of the ClusterRole manifest created in the step. Create a RoleBinding manifest that applies to both the source and destination namespaces and references the cluster role created in the step. apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: RoleBinding metadata: name: <allow-clone-to-user> 1 namespace: <Source namespace> 2 subjects: - kind: ServiceAccount name: default namespace: <Destination namespace> 3 roleRef: kind: ClusterRole name: datavolume-cloner 4 apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io 1 Unique name for the role binding. 2 The namespace for the source data volume. 3 The namespace to which the data volume is cloned. 4 The name of the cluster role created in the step. Create the role binding in the cluster: USD oc create -f <datavolume-cloner.yaml> 1 1 The file name of the RoleBinding manifest created in the step. 8.16.2. Cloning a virtual machine disk into a new data volume You can clone the persistent volume claim (PVC) of a virtual machine disk into a new data volume by referencing the source PVC in your data volume configuration file. Warning Cloning operations between different volume modes are supported, such as cloning from a persistent volume (PV) with volumeMode: Block to a PV with volumeMode: Filesystem . However, you can only clone between different volume modes if they are of the contentType: kubevirt . Tip When you enable preallocation globally, or for a single data volume, the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) preallocates disk space during cloning. Preallocation enhances write performance. For more information, see Using preallocation for data volumes . 8.16.2.1. Prerequisites Users need additional permissions to clone the PVC of a virtual machine disk into another namespace. 8.16.2.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.16.2.3. Cloning the persistent volume claim of a virtual machine disk into a new data volume You can clone a persistent volume claim (PVC) of an existing virtual machine disk into a new data volume. The new data volume can then be used for a new virtual machine. Note When a data volume is created independently of a virtual machine, the lifecycle of the data volume is independent of the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is deleted, neither the data volume nor its associated PVC is deleted. Prerequisites Determine the PVC of an existing virtual machine disk to use. You must power down the virtual machine that is associated with the PVC before you can clone it. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Examine the virtual machine disk you want to clone to identify the name and namespace of the associated PVC. Create a YAML file for a data volume that specifies the name of the new data volume, the name and namespace of the source PVC, and the size of the new data volume. For example: apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 4 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 3 The name of the source PVC. 4 The size of the new data volume. You must allocate enough space, or the cloning operation fails. The size must be the same as or larger than the source PVC. Start cloning the PVC by creating the data volume: USD oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml Note Data volumes prevent a virtual machine from starting before the PVC is prepared, so you can create a virtual machine that references the new data volume while the PVC clones. 8.16.2.4. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.16.3. Cloning a virtual machine by using a data volume template You can create a new virtual machine by cloning the persistent volume claim (PVC) of an existing VM. By including a dataVolumeTemplate in your virtual machine configuration file, you create a new data volume from the original PVC. Warning Cloning operations between different volume modes are supported, such as cloning from a persistent volume (PV) with volumeMode: Block to a PV with volumeMode: Filesystem . However, you can only clone between different volume modes if they are of the contentType: kubevirt . Tip When you enable preallocation globally, or for a single data volume, the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) preallocates disk space during cloning. Preallocation enhances write performance. For more information, see Using preallocation for data volumes . 8.16.3.1. Prerequisites Users need additional permissions to clone the PVC of a virtual machine disk into another namespace. 8.16.3.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.16.3.3. Creating a new virtual machine from a cloned persistent volume claim by using a data volume template You can create a virtual machine that clones the persistent volume claim (PVC) of an existing virtual machine into a data volume. Reference a dataVolumeTemplate in the virtual machine manifest and the source PVC is cloned to a data volume, which is then automatically used for the creation of the virtual machine. Note When a data volume is created as part of the data volume template of a virtual machine, the lifecycle of the data volume is then dependent on the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is deleted, the data volume and associated PVC are also deleted. Prerequisites Determine the PVC of an existing virtual machine disk to use. You must power down the virtual machine that is associated with the PVC before you can clone it. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Examine the virtual machine you want to clone to identify the name and namespace of the associated PVC. Create a YAML file for a VirtualMachine object. The following virtual machine example clones my-favorite-vm-disk , which is located in the source-namespace namespace. The 2Gi data volume called favorite-clone is created from my-favorite-vm-disk . For example: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-dv-clone name: vm-dv-clone 1 spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-dv-clone spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: root-disk resources: requests: memory: 64M volumes: - dataVolume: name: favorite-clone name: root-disk dataVolumeTemplates: - metadata: name: favorite-clone spec: storage: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 2Gi source: pvc: namespace: "source-namespace" name: "my-favorite-vm-disk" 1 The virtual machine to create. Create the virtual machine with the PVC-cloned data volume: USD oc create -f <vm-clone-datavolumetemplate>.yaml 8.16.3.4. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.16.4. Cloning a virtual machine disk into a new block storage data volume You can clone the persistent volume claim (PVC) of a virtual machine disk into a new block data volume by referencing the source PVC in your data volume configuration file. Warning Cloning operations between different volume modes are supported, such as cloning from a persistent volume (PV) with volumeMode: Block to a PV with volumeMode: Filesystem . However, you can only clone between different volume modes if they are of the contentType: kubevirt . Tip When you enable preallocation globally, or for a single data volume, the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) preallocates disk space during cloning. Preallocation enhances write performance. For more information, see Using preallocation for data volumes . 8.16.4.1. Prerequisites Users need additional permissions to clone the PVC of a virtual machine disk into another namespace. 8.16.4.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.16.4.3. About block persistent volumes A block persistent volume (PV) is a PV that is backed by a raw block device. These volumes do not have a file system and can provide performance benefits for virtual machines by reducing overhead. Raw block volumes are provisioned by specifying volumeMode: Block in the PV and persistent volume claim (PVC) specification. 8.16.4.4. Creating a local block persistent volume Create a local block persistent volume (PV) on a node by populating a file and mounting it as a loop device. You can then reference this loop device in a PV manifest as a Block volume and use it as a block device for a virtual machine image. Procedure Log in as root to the node on which to create the local PV. This procedure uses node01 for its examples. Create a file and populate it with null characters so that it can be used as a block device. The following example creates a file loop10 with a size of 2Gb (20 100Mb blocks): USD dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20 Mount the loop10 file as a loop device. USD losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2 1 File path where the loop device is mounted. 2 The file created in the step to be mounted as the loop device. Create a PersistentVolume manifest that references the mounted loop device. kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4 1 The path of the loop device on the node. 2 Specifies it is a block PV. 3 Optional: Set a storage class for the PV. If you omit it, the cluster default is used. 4 The node on which the block device was mounted. Create the block PV. # oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1 1 The file name of the persistent volume created in the step. 8.16.4.5. Cloning the persistent volume claim of a virtual machine disk into a new data volume You can clone a persistent volume claim (PVC) of an existing virtual machine disk into a new data volume. The new data volume can then be used for a new virtual machine. Note When a data volume is created independently of a virtual machine, the lifecycle of the data volume is independent of the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is deleted, neither the data volume nor its associated PVC is deleted. Prerequisites Determine the PVC of an existing virtual machine disk to use. You must power down the virtual machine that is associated with the PVC before you can clone it. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). At least one available block persistent volume (PV) that is the same size as or larger than the source PVC. Procedure Examine the virtual machine disk you want to clone to identify the name and namespace of the associated PVC. Create a YAML file for a data volume that specifies the name of the new data volume, the name and namespace of the source PVC, volumeMode: Block so that an available block PV is used, and the size of the new data volume. For example: apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 4 volumeMode: Block 5 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 3 The name of the source PVC. 4 The size of the new data volume. You must allocate enough space, or the cloning operation fails. The size must be the same as or larger than the source PVC. 5 Specifies that the destination is a block PV Start cloning the PVC by creating the data volume: USD oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml Note Data volumes prevent a virtual machine from starting before the PVC is prepared, so you can create a virtual machine that references the new data volume while the PVC clones. 8.16.4.6. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.17. Virtual machine networking 8.17.1. Configuring the virtual machine for the default pod network You can connect a virtual machine to the default internal pod network by configuring its network interface to use the masquerade binding mode 8.17.1.1. Configuring masquerade mode from the command line You can use masquerade mode to hide a virtual machine's outgoing traffic behind the pod IP address. Masquerade mode uses Network Address Translation (NAT) to connect virtual machines to the pod network backend through a Linux bridge. Enable masquerade mode and allow traffic to enter the virtual machine by editing your virtual machine configuration file. Prerequisites The virtual machine must be configured to use DHCP to acquire IPv4 addresses. The examples below are configured to use DHCP. Procedure Edit the interfaces spec of your virtual machine configuration file: kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - name: default masquerade: {} 1 ports: 2 - port: 80 networks: - name: default pod: {} 1 Connect using masquerade mode. 2 Optional: List the ports that you want to expose from the virtual machine, each specified by the port field. The port value must be a number between 0 and 65536. When the ports array is not used, all ports in the valid range are open to incoming traffic. In this example, incoming traffic is allowed on port 80 . Note Ports 49152 and 49153 are reserved for use by the libvirt platform and all other incoming traffic to these ports is dropped. Create the virtual machine: USD oc create -f <vm-name>.yaml 8.17.1.2. Configuring masquerade mode with dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) You can configure a new virtual machine (VM) to use both IPv6 and IPv4 on the default pod network by using cloud-init. The Network.pod.vmIPv6NetworkCIDR field in the virtual machine instance configuration determines the static IPv6 address of the VM and the gateway IP address. These are used by the virt-launcher pod to route IPv6 traffic to the virtual machine and are not used externally. The Network.pod.vmIPv6NetworkCIDR field specifies an IPv6 address block in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation. The default value is fd10:0:2::2/120 . You can edit this value based on your network requirements. When the virtual machine is running, incoming and outgoing traffic for the virtual machine is routed to both the IPv4 address and the unique IPv6 address of the virt-launcher pod. The virt-launcher pod then routes the IPv4 traffic to the DHCP address of the virtual machine, and the IPv6 traffic to the statically set IPv6 address of the virtual machine. Prerequisites The OpenShift Container Platform cluster must use the OVN-Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) network provider configured for dual-stack. Procedure In a new virtual machine configuration, include an interface with masquerade and configure the IPv6 address and default gateway by using cloud-init. apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: example-vm-ipv6 ... interfaces: - name: default masquerade: {} 1 ports: - port: 80 2 networks: - name: default pod: {} volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth0: dhcp4: true addresses: [ fd10:0:2::2/120 ] 3 gateway6: fd10:0:2::1 4 1 Connect using masquerade mode. 2 Allows incoming traffic on port 80 to the virtual machine. 3 The static IPv6 address as determined by the Network.pod.vmIPv6NetworkCIDR field in the virtual machine instance configuration. The default value is fd10:0:2::2/120 . 4 The gateway IP address as determined by the Network.pod.vmIPv6NetworkCIDR field in the virtual machine instance configuration. The default value is fd10:0:2::1 . Create the virtual machine in the namespace: USD oc create -f example-vm-ipv6.yaml Verification To verify that IPv6 has been configured, start the virtual machine and view the interface status of the virtual machine instance to ensure it has an IPv6 address: USD oc get vmi <vmi-name> -o jsonpath="{.status.interfaces[*].ipAddresses}" 8.17.2. Creating a service to expose a virtual machine You can expose a virtual machine within the cluster or outside the cluster by using a Service object. 8.17.2.1. About services A Kubernetes service is an abstract way to expose an application running on a set of pods as a network service. Services allow your applications to receive traffic. Services can be exposed in different ways by specifying a spec.type in the Service object: ClusterIP Exposes the service on an internal IP address within the cluster. ClusterIP is the default service type . NodePort Exposes the service on the same port of each selected node in the cluster. NodePort makes a service accessible from outside the cluster. LoadBalancer Creates an external load balancer in the current cloud (if supported) and assigns a fixed, external IP address to the service. 8.17.2.1.1. Dual-stack support If IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack networking is enabled for your cluster, you can create a service that uses IPv4, IPv6, or both, by defining the spec.ipFamilyPolicy and the spec.ipFamilies fields in the Service object. The spec.ipFamilyPolicy field can be set to one of the following values: SingleStack The control plane assigns a cluster IP address for the service based on the first configured service cluster IP range. PreferDualStack The control plane assigns both IPv4 and IPv6 cluster IP addresses for the service on clusters that have dual-stack configured. RequireDualStack This option fails for clusters that do not have dual-stack networking enabled. For clusters that have dual-stack configured, the behavior is the same as when the value is set to PreferDualStack . The control plane allocates cluster IP addresses from both IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges. You can define which IP family to use for single-stack or define the order of IP families for dual-stack by setting the spec.ipFamilies field to one of the following array values: [IPv4] [IPv6] [IPv4, IPv6] [IPv6, IPv4] 8.17.2.2. Exposing a virtual machine as a service Create a ClusterIP , NodePort , or LoadBalancer service to connect to a running virtual machine (VM) from within or outside the cluster. Procedure Edit the VirtualMachine manifest to add the label for service creation: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: vm-ephemeral namespace: example-namespace spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: special: key 1 # ... 1 Add the label special: key in the spec.template.metadata.labels section. Note Labels on a virtual machine are passed through to the pod. The special: key label must match the label in the spec.selector attribute of the Service manifest. Save the VirtualMachine manifest file to apply your changes. Create a Service manifest to expose the VM: apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: vmservice 1 namespace: example-namespace 2 spec: externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster 3 ports: - nodePort: 30000 4 port: 27017 protocol: TCP targetPort: 22 5 selector: special: key 6 type: NodePort 7 1 The name of the Service object. 2 The namespace where the Service object resides. This must match the metadata.namespace field of the VirtualMachine manifest. 3 Optional: Specifies how the nodes distribute service traffic that is received on external IP addresses. This only applies to NodePort and LoadBalancer service types. The default value is Cluster which routes traffic evenly to all cluster endpoints. 4 Optional: When set, the nodePort value must be unique across all services. If not specified, a value in the range above 30000 is dynamically allocated. 5 Optional: The VM port to be exposed by the service. It must reference an open port if a port list is defined in the VM manifest. If targetPort is not specified, it takes the same value as port . 6 The reference to the label that you added in the spec.template.metadata.labels stanza of the VirtualMachine manifest. 7 The type of service. Possible values are ClusterIP , NodePort and LoadBalancer . Save the Service manifest file. Create the service by running the following command: USD oc create -f <service_name>.yaml Start the VM. If the VM is already running, restart it. Verification Query the Service object to verify that it is available: USD oc get service -n example-namespace Example output for ClusterIP service NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice ClusterIP 172.30.3.149 <none> 27017/TCP 2m Example output for NodePort service NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice NodePort 172.30.232.73 <none> 27017:30000/TCP 5m Example output for LoadBalancer service NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice LoadBalancer 172.30.27.5 172.29.10.235,172.29.10.235 27017:31829/TCP 5s Choose the appropriate method to connect to the virtual machine: For a ClusterIP service, connect to the VM from within the cluster by using the service IP address and the service port. For example: USD ssh fedora@172.30.3.149 -p 27017 For a NodePort service, connect to the VM by specifying the node IP address and the node port outside the cluster network. For example: USD ssh fedora@USDNODE_IP -p 30000 For a LoadBalancer service, use the vinagre client to connect to your virtual machine by using the public IP address and port. External ports are dynamically allocated. 8.17.2.3. Additional resources Configuring ingress cluster traffic using a NodePort Configuring ingress cluster traffic using a load balancer 8.17.3. Connecting a virtual machine to a Linux bridge network You can attach virtual machines to multiple networks by using Linux bridges. You can also import virtual machines with existing workloads that depend on access to multiple interfaces. To attach a virtual machine to an additional network: Configure a bridge network attachment definition for a namespace in the web console or CLI. Note The network attachment definition must be in the same namespace as the pod or virtual machine. Attach the virtual machine to the network attachment definition by using either the web console or the CLI: In the web console, create a NIC for a new or existing virtual machine. In the CLI, include the network information in the virtual machine configuration. 8.17.3.1. OpenShift Virtualization networking glossary OpenShift Virtualization provides advanced networking functionality by using custom resources and plugins. The following terms are used throughout OpenShift Virtualization documentation: Container Network Interface (CNI) a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project, focused on container network connectivity. OpenShift Virtualization uses CNI plugins to build upon the basic Kubernetes networking functionality. Multus a "meta" CNI plugin that allows multiple CNIs to exist so that a pod or virtual machine can use the interfaces it needs. Custom resource definition (CRD) a Kubernetes API resource that allows you to define custom resources, or an object defined by using the CRD API resource. Network attachment definition a CRD introduced by the Multus project that allows you to attach pods, virtual machines, and virtual machine instances to one or more networks. Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) an interface that enables an administrator to boot a client machine from a server over the network. Network booting allows you to remotely load operating systems and other software onto the client. 8.17.3.2. Creating a network attachment definition 8.17.3.2.1. Prerequisites A Linux bridge must be configured and attached on every node. See the node networking section for more information. Warning Configuring ipam in a network attachment definition for virtual machines is not supported. 8.17.3.2.2. Creating a Linux bridge network attachment definition in the web console Network administrators can create network attachment definitions to provide layer-2 networking to pods and virtual machines. Procedure In the web console, click Networking Network Attachment Definitions . Click Create Network Attachment Definition . Note The network attachment definition must be in the same namespace as the pod or virtual machine. Enter a unique Name and optional Description . Click the Network Type list and select CNV Linux bridge . Enter the name of the bridge in the Bridge Name field. Optional: If the resource has VLAN IDs configured, enter the ID numbers in the VLAN Tag Number field. Optional: Select MAC Spoof Check to enable MAC spoof filtering. This feature provides security against a MAC spoofing attack by allowing only a single MAC address to exit the pod. Click Create . Note A Linux bridge network attachment definition is the most efficient method for connecting a virtual machine to a VLAN. 8.17.3.2.3. Creating a Linux bridge network attachment definition in the CLI As a network administrator, you can configure a network attachment definition of type cnv-bridge to provide layer-2 networking to pods and virtual machines. Prerequisites The node must support nftables and the nft binary must be deployed to enable MAC spoof check. Procedure Create a network attachment definition in the same namespace as the virtual machine. Add the virtual machine to the network attachment definition, as in the following example: apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: <bridge-network> 1 annotations: k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: bridge.network.kubevirt.io/<bridge-interface> 2 spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "name": "<bridge-network>", 3 "type": "cnv-bridge", 4 "bridge": "<bridge-interface>", 5 "macspoofchk": true, 6 "vlan": 1 7 }' 1 The name for the NetworkAttachmentDefinition object. 2 Optional: Annotation key-value pair for node selection, where bridge-interface is the name of a bridge configured on some nodes. If you add this annotation to your network attachment definition, your virtual machine instances will only run on the nodes that have the bridge-interface bridge connected. 3 The name for the configuration. It is recommended to match the configuration name to the name value of the network attachment definition. 4 The actual name of the Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin that provides the network for this network attachment definition. Do not change this field unless you want to use a different CNI. 5 The name of the Linux bridge configured on the node. 6 Optional: Flag to enable MAC spoof check. When set to true , you cannot change the MAC address of the pod or guest interface. This attribute provides security against a MAC spoofing attack by allowing only a single MAC address to exit the pod. 7 Optional: The VLAN tag. No additional VLAN configuration is required on the node network configuration policy. Note A Linux bridge network attachment definition is the most efficient method for connecting a virtual machine to a VLAN. Create the network attachment definition: USD oc create -f <network-attachment-definition.yaml> 1 1 Where <network-attachment-definition.yaml> is the file name of the network attachment definition manifest. Verification Verify that the network attachment definition was created by running the following command: USD oc get network-attachment-definition <bridge-network> 8.17.3.3. Attaching the virtual machine to the additional network 8.17.3.3.1. Creating a NIC for a virtual machine in the web console Create and attach additional NICs to a virtual machine from the web console. Procedure In the correct project in the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click Network Interfaces to display the NICs already attached to the virtual machine. Click Add Network Interface to create a new slot in the list. Use the Network drop-down list to select the network attachment definition for the additional network. Fill in the Name , Model , Type , and MAC Address for the new NIC. Click Add to save and attach the NIC to the virtual machine. 8.17.3.3.2. Networking fields Name Description Name Name for the network interface controller. Model Indicates the model of the network interface controller. Supported values are e1000e and virtio . Network List of available network attachment definitions. Type List of available binding methods. For the default pod network, masquerade is the only recommended binding method. For secondary networks, use the bridge binding method. The masquerade method is not supported for non-default networks. Select SR-IOV if you configured an SR-IOV network device and defined that network in the namespace. MAC Address MAC address for the network interface controller. If a MAC address is not specified, one is assigned automatically. 8.17.3.3.3. Attaching a virtual machine to an additional network in the CLI Attach a virtual machine to an additional network by adding a bridge interface and specifying a network attachment definition in the virtual machine configuration. This procedure uses a YAML file to demonstrate editing the configuration and applying the updated file to the cluster. You can alternatively use the oc edit <object> <name> command to edit an existing virtual machine. Prerequisites Shut down the virtual machine before editing the configuration. If you edit a running virtual machine, you must restart the virtual machine for the changes to take effect. Procedure Create or edit a configuration of a virtual machine that you want to connect to the bridge network. Add the bridge interface to the spec.template.spec.domain.devices.interfaces list and the network attachment definition to the spec.template.spec.networks list. This example adds a bridge interface called bridge-net that connects to the a-bridge-network network attachment definition: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: <example-vm> spec: template: spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - masquerade: {} name: <default> - bridge: {} name: <bridge-net> 1 ... networks: - name: <default> pod: {} - name: <bridge-net> 2 multus: networkName: <network-namespace>/<a-bridge-network> 3 ... 1 The name of the bridge interface. 2 The name of the network. This value must match the name value of the corresponding spec.template.spec.domain.devices.interfaces entry. 3 The name of the network attachment definition, prefixed by the namespace where it exists. The namespace must be either the default namespace or the same namespace where the VM is to be created. In this case, multus is used. Multus is a cloud network interface (CNI) plugin that allows multiple CNIs to exist so that a pod or virtual machine can use the interfaces it needs. Apply the configuration: USD oc apply -f <example-vm.yaml> Optional: If you edited a running virtual machine, you must restart it for the changes to take effect. 8.17.3.4. Additional resources Configuring IP addresses for virtual machines Configuring PXE booting for virtual machines Attaching a virtual machine to an SR-IOV network 8.17.4. Connecting a virtual machine to an SR-IOV network You can connect a virtual machine (VM) to a Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) network by performing the following steps: Configure an SR-IOV network device. Configure an SR-IOV network. Connect the VM to the SR-IOV network. 8.17.4.1. Prerequisites You must have installed the SR-IOV Network Operator . 8.17.4.2. Configuring SR-IOV network devices The SR-IOV Network Operator adds the SriovNetworkNodePolicy.sriovnetwork.openshift.io CustomResourceDefinition to OpenShift Container Platform. You can configure an SR-IOV network device by creating a SriovNetworkNodePolicy custom resource (CR). Note When applying the configuration specified in a SriovNetworkNodePolicy object, the SR-IOV Operator might drain the nodes, and in some cases, reboot nodes. It might take several minutes for a configuration change to apply. Prerequisites You installed the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). You have access to the cluster as a user with the cluster-admin role. You have installed the SR-IOV Network Operator. You have enough available nodes in your cluster to handle the evicted workload from drained nodes. You have not selected any control plane nodes for SR-IOV network device configuration. Procedure Create an SriovNetworkNodePolicy object, and then save the YAML in the <name>-sriov-node-network.yaml file. Replace <name> with the name for this configuration. apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1 kind: SriovNetworkNodePolicy metadata: name: <name> 1 namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator 2 spec: resourceName: <sriov_resource_name> 3 nodeSelector: feature.node.kubernetes.io/network-sriov.capable: "true" 4 priority: <priority> 5 mtu: <mtu> 6 numVfs: <num> 7 nicSelector: 8 vendor: "<vendor_code>" 9 deviceID: "<device_id>" 10 pfNames: ["<pf_name>", ...] 11 rootDevices: ["<pci_bus_id>", "..."] 12 deviceType: vfio-pci 13 isRdma: false 14 1 Specify a name for the CR object. 2 Specify the namespace where the SR-IOV Operator is installed. 3 Specify the resource name of the SR-IOV device plugin. You can create multiple SriovNetworkNodePolicy objects for a resource name. 4 Specify the node selector to select which nodes are configured. Only SR-IOV network devices on selected nodes are configured. The SR-IOV Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin and device plugin are deployed only on selected nodes. 5 Optional: Specify an integer value between 0 and 99 . A smaller number gets higher priority, so a priority of 10 is higher than a priority of 99 . The default value is 99 . 6 Optional: Specify a value for the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the virtual function. The maximum MTU value can vary for different NIC models. 7 Specify the number of the virtual functions (VF) to create for the SR-IOV physical network device. For an Intel network interface controller (NIC), the number of VFs cannot be larger than the total VFs supported by the device. For a Mellanox NIC, the number of VFs cannot be larger than 128 . 8 The nicSelector mapping selects the Ethernet device for the Operator to configure. You do not need to specify values for all the parameters. It is recommended to identify the Ethernet adapter with enough precision to minimize the possibility of selecting an Ethernet device unintentionally. If you specify rootDevices , you must also specify a value for vendor , deviceID , or pfNames . If you specify both pfNames and rootDevices at the same time, ensure that they point to an identical device. 9 Optional: Specify the vendor hex code of the SR-IOV network device. The only allowed values are either 8086 or 15b3 . 10 Optional: Specify the device hex code of SR-IOV network device. The only allowed values are 158b , 1015 , 1017 . 11 Optional: The parameter accepts an array of one or more physical function (PF) names for the Ethernet device. 12 The parameter accepts an array of one or more PCI bus addresses for the physical function of the Ethernet device. Provide the address in the following format: 0000:02:00.1 . 13 The vfio-pci driver type is required for virtual functions in OpenShift Virtualization. 14 Optional: Specify whether to enable remote direct memory access (RDMA) mode. For a Mellanox card, set isRdma to false . The default value is false . Note If isRDMA flag is set to true , you can continue to use the RDMA enabled VF as a normal network device. A device can be used in either mode. Optional: Label the SR-IOV capable cluster nodes with SriovNetworkNodePolicy.Spec.NodeSelector if they are not already labeled. For more information about labeling nodes, see "Understanding how to update labels on nodes". Create the SriovNetworkNodePolicy object: USD oc create -f <name>-sriov-node-network.yaml where <name> specifies the name for this configuration. After applying the configuration update, all the pods in sriov-network-operator namespace transition to the Running status. To verify that the SR-IOV network device is configured, enter the following command. Replace <node_name> with the name of a node with the SR-IOV network device that you just configured. USD oc get sriovnetworknodestates -n openshift-sriov-network-operator <node_name> -o jsonpath='{.status.syncStatus}' 8.17.4.3. Configuring SR-IOV additional network You can configure an additional network that uses SR-IOV hardware by creating an SriovNetwork object. When you create an SriovNetwork object, the SR-IOV Network Operator automatically creates a NetworkAttachmentDefinition object. Note Do not modify or delete an SriovNetwork object if it is attached to pods or virtual machines in a running state. Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Log in as a user with cluster-admin privileges. Procedure Create the following SriovNetwork object, and then save the YAML in the <name>-sriov-network.yaml file. Replace <name> with a name for this additional network. apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1 kind: SriovNetwork metadata: name: <name> 1 namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator 2 spec: resourceName: <sriov_resource_name> 3 networkNamespace: <target_namespace> 4 vlan: <vlan> 5 spoofChk: "<spoof_check>" 6 linkState: <link_state> 7 maxTxRate: <max_tx_rate> 8 minTxRate: <min_rx_rate> 9 vlanQoS: <vlan_qos> 10 trust: "<trust_vf>" 11 capabilities: <capabilities> 12 1 Replace <name> with a name for the object. The SR-IOV Network Operator creates a NetworkAttachmentDefinition object with same name. 2 Specify the namespace where the SR-IOV Network Operator is installed. 3 Replace <sriov_resource_name> with the value for the .spec.resourceName parameter from the SriovNetworkNodePolicy object that defines the SR-IOV hardware for this additional network. 4 Replace <target_namespace> with the target namespace for the SriovNetwork. Only pods or virtual machines in the target namespace can attach to the SriovNetwork. 5 Optional: Replace <vlan> with a Virtual LAN (VLAN) ID for the additional network. The integer value must be from 0 to 4095 . The default value is 0 . 6 Optional: Replace <spoof_check> with the spoof check mode of the VF. The allowed values are the strings "on" and "off" . Important You must enclose the value you specify in quotes or the CR is rejected by the SR-IOV Network Operator. 7 Optional: Replace <link_state> with the link state of virtual function (VF). Allowed value are enable , disable and auto . 8 Optional: Replace <max_tx_rate> with a maximum transmission rate, in Mbps, for the VF. 9 Optional: Replace <min_tx_rate> with a minimum transmission rate, in Mbps, for the VF. This value should always be less than or equal to Maximum transmission rate. Note Intel NICs do not support the minTxRate parameter. For more information, see BZ#1772847 . 10 Optional: Replace <vlan_qos> with an IEEE 802.1p priority level for the VF. The default value is 0 . 11 Optional: Replace <trust_vf> with the trust mode of the VF. The allowed values are the strings "on" and "off" . Important You must enclose the value you specify in quotes or the CR is rejected by the SR-IOV Network Operator. 12 Optional: Replace <capabilities> with the capabilities to configure for this network. To create the object, enter the following command. Replace <name> with a name for this additional network. USD oc create -f <name>-sriov-network.yaml Optional: To confirm that the NetworkAttachmentDefinition object associated with the SriovNetwork object that you created in the step exists, enter the following command. Replace <namespace> with the namespace you specified in the SriovNetwork object. USD oc get net-attach-def -n <namespace> 8.17.4.4. Connecting a virtual machine to an SR-IOV network You can connect the virtual machine (VM) to the SR-IOV network by including the network details in the VM configuration. Procedure Include the SR-IOV network details in the spec.domain.devices.interfaces and spec.networks of the VM configuration: kind: VirtualMachine ... spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - name: <default> 1 masquerade: {} 2 - name: <nic1> 3 sriov: {} networks: - name: <default> 4 pod: {} - name: <nic1> 5 multus: networkName: <sriov-network> 6 ... 1 A unique name for the interface that is connected to the pod network. 2 The masquerade binding to the default pod network. 3 A unique name for the SR-IOV interface. 4 The name of the pod network interface. This must be the same as the interfaces.name that you defined earlier. 5 The name of the SR-IOV interface. This must be the same as the interfaces.name that you defined earlier. 6 The name of the SR-IOV network attachment definition. Apply the virtual machine configuration: USD oc apply -f <vm-sriov.yaml> 1 1 The name of the virtual machine YAML file. 8.17.5. Configuring IP addresses for virtual machines You can configure either dynamically or statically provisioned IP addresses for virtual machines. Prerequisites The virtual machine must connect to an external network . You must have a DHCP server available on the additional network to configure a dynamic IP for the virtual machine. 8.17.5.1. Configuring an IP address for a new virtual machine using cloud-init You can use cloud-init to configure an IP address when you create a virtual machine. The IP address can be dynamically or statically provisioned. Procedure Create a virtual machine configuration and include the cloud-init network details in the spec.volumes.cloudInitNoCloud.networkData field of the virtual machine configuration: To configure a dynamic IP, specify the interface name and the dhcp4 boolean: kind: VirtualMachine spec: ... volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth1: 1 dhcp4: true 2 1 The interface name. 2 Uses DHCP to provision an IPv4 address. To configure a static IP, specify the interface name and the IP address: kind: VirtualMachine spec: ... volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth1: 1 addresses: - 10.10.10.14/24 2 1 The interface name. 2 The static IP address for the virtual machine. 8.17.6. Viewing the IP address of NICs on a virtual machine You can view the IP address for a network interface controller (NIC) by using the web console or the oc client. The QEMU guest agent displays additional information about the virtual machine's secondary networks. 8.17.6.1. Prerequisites Install the QEMU guest agent on the virtual machine. 8.17.6.2. Viewing the IP address of a virtual machine interface in the CLI The network interface configuration is included in the oc describe vmi <vmi_name> command. You can also view the IP address information by running ip addr on the virtual machine, or by running oc get vmi <vmi_name> -o yaml . Procedure Use the oc describe command to display the virtual machine interface configuration: USD oc describe vmi <vmi_name> Example output ... Interfaces: Interface Name: eth0 Ip Address: 10.244.0.37/24 Ip Addresses: 10.244.0.37/24 fe80::858:aff:fef4:25/64 Mac: 0a:58:0a:f4:00:25 Name: default Interface Name: v2 Ip Address: 1.1.1.7/24 Ip Addresses: 1.1.1.7/24 fe80::f4d9:70ff:fe13:9089/64 Mac: f6:d9:70:13:90:89 Interface Name: v1 Ip Address: 1.1.1.1/24 Ip Addresses: 1.1.1.1/24 1.1.1.2/24 1.1.1.4/24 2001:de7:0:f101::1/64 2001:db8:0:f101::1/64 fe80::1420:84ff:fe10:17aa/64 Mac: 16:20:84:10:17:aa 8.17.6.3. Viewing the IP address of a virtual machine interface in the web console The IP information displays in the Virtual Machine Overview screen for the virtual machine. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine name to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. The information for each attached NIC is displayed under IP Address . 8.17.7. Using a MAC address pool for virtual machines The KubeMacPool component provides a MAC address pool service for virtual machine NICs in a namespace. 8.17.7.1. About KubeMacPool KubeMacPool provides a MAC address pool per namespace and allocates MAC addresses for virtual machine NICs from the pool. This ensures that the NIC is assigned a unique MAC address that does not conflict with the MAC address of another virtual machine. Virtual machine instances created from that virtual machine retain the assigned MAC address across reboots. Note KubeMacPool does not handle virtual machine instances created independently from a virtual machine. KubeMacPool is enabled by default when you install OpenShift Virtualization. You can disable a MAC address pool for a namespace by adding the mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore label to the namespace. Re-enable KubeMacPool for the namespace by removing the label. 8.17.7.2. Disabling a MAC address pool for a namespace in the CLI Disable a MAC address pool for virtual machines in a namespace by adding the mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore label to the namespace. Procedure Add the mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore label to the namespace. The following example disables KubeMacPool for two namespaces, <namespace1> and <namespace2> : USD oc label namespace <namespace1> <namespace2> mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore 8.17.7.3. Re-enabling a MAC address pool for a namespace in the CLI If you disabled KubeMacPool for a namespace and want to re-enable it, remove the mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore label from the namespace. Note Earlier versions of OpenShift Virtualization used the label mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=allocate to enable KubeMacPool for a namespace. This is still supported but redundant as KubeMacPool is now enabled by default. Procedure Remove the KubeMacPool label from the namespace. The following example re-enables KubeMacPool for two namespaces, <namespace1> and <namespace2> : USD oc label namespace <namespace1> <namespace2> mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io- 8.18. Virtual machine disks 8.18.1. Storage features Use the following table to determine feature availability for local and shared persistent storage in OpenShift Virtualization. 8.18.1.1. OpenShift Virtualization storage feature matrix Table 8.4. OpenShift Virtualization storage feature matrix Virtual machine live migration Host-assisted virtual machine disk cloning Storage-assisted virtual machine disk cloning Virtual machine snapshots OpenShift Container Storage: RBD block-mode volumes Yes Yes Yes Yes OpenShift Virtualization hostpath provisioner No Yes No No Other multi-node writable storage Yes [1] Yes Yes [2] Yes [2] Other single-node writable storage No Yes Yes [2] Yes [2] PVCs must request a ReadWriteMany access mode. Storage provider must support both Kubernetes and CSI snapshot APIs Note You cannot live migrate virtual machines that use: A storage class with ReadWriteOnce (RWO) access mode Passthrough features such as GPUs or SR-IOV network interfaces that have the sriovLiveMigration feature gate disabled Do not set the evictionStrategy field to LiveMigrate for these virtual machines. 8.18.2. Configuring local storage for virtual machines You can configure local storage for your virtual machines by using the hostpath provisioner feature. 8.18.2.1. About the hostpath provisioner The hostpath provisioner is a local storage provisioner designed for OpenShift Virtualization. If you want to configure local storage for virtual machines, you must enable the hostpath provisioner first. When you install the OpenShift Virtualization Operator, the hostpath provisioner Operator is automatically installed. To use it, you must: Configure SELinux: If you use Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 8 workers, you must create a MachineConfig object on each node. Otherwise, apply the SELinux label container_file_t to the persistent volume (PV) backing directory on each node. Create a HostPathProvisioner custom resource. Create a StorageClass object for the hostpath provisioner. The hostpath provisioner Operator deploys the provisioner as a DaemonSet on each node when you create its custom resource. In the custom resource file, you specify the backing directory for the persistent volumes that the hostpath provisioner creates. 8.18.2.2. Configuring SELinux for the hostpath provisioner on Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 8 You must configure SELinux before you create the HostPathProvisioner custom resource. To configure SELinux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 8 workers, you must create a MachineConfig object on each node. Prerequisites Create a backing directory on each node for the persistent volumes (PVs) that the hostpath provisioner creates. Important The backing directory must not be located in the filesystem's root directory because the / partition is read-only on RHCOS. For example, you can use /var/<directory_name> but not /<directory_name> . Warning If you select a directory that shares space with your operating system, you might exhaust the space on that partition and your node might become non-functional. Create a separate partition and point the hostpath provisioner to the separate partition to avoid interference with your operating system. Procedure Create the MachineConfig file. For example: USD touch machineconfig.yaml Edit the file, ensuring that you include the directory where you want the hostpath provisioner to create PVs. For example: apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: name: 50-set-selinux-for-hostpath-provisioner labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 systemd: units: - contents: | [Unit] Description=Set SELinux chcon for hostpath provisioner Before=kubelet.service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/chcon -Rt container_file_t <backing_directory_path> 1 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target enabled: true name: hostpath-provisioner.service 1 Specify the backing directory where you want the provisioner to create PVs. This directory must not be located in the filesystem's root directory ( / ). Create the MachineConfig object: USD oc create -f machineconfig.yaml -n <namespace> 8.18.2.3. Using the hostpath provisioner to enable local storage To deploy the hostpath provisioner and enable your virtual machines to use local storage, first create a HostPathProvisioner custom resource. Prerequisites Create a backing directory on each node for the persistent volumes (PVs) that the hostpath provisioner creates. Important The backing directory must not be located in the filesystem's root directory because the / partition is read-only on Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS). For example, you can use /var/<directory_name> but not /<directory_name> . Warning If you select a directory that shares space with your operating system, you might exhaust the space on that partition and your node becomes non-functional. Create a separate partition and point the hostpath provisioner to the separate partition to avoid interference with your operating system. Apply the SELinux context container_file_t to the PV backing directory on each node. For example: USD sudo chcon -t container_file_t -R <backing_directory_path> Note If you use Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 8 workers, you must configure SELinux by using a MachineConfig manifest instead. Procedure Create the HostPathProvisioner custom resource file. For example: USD touch hostpathprovisioner_cr.yaml Edit the file, ensuring that the spec.pathConfig.path value is the directory where you want the hostpath provisioner to create PVs. For example: apiVersion: hostpathprovisioner.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HostPathProvisioner metadata: name: hostpath-provisioner spec: imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent pathConfig: path: "<backing_directory_path>" 1 useNamingPrefix: false 2 workload: 3 1 Specify the backing directory where you want the provisioner to create PVs. This directory must not be located in the filesystem's root directory ( / ). 2 Change this value to true if you want to use the name of the persistent volume claim (PVC) that is bound to the created PV as the prefix of the directory name. 3 Optional: You can use the spec.workload field to configure node placement rules for the hostpath provisioner. Note If you did not create the backing directory, the provisioner attempts to create it for you. If you did not apply the container_file_t SELinux context, this can cause Permission denied errors. Create the custom resource in the openshift-cnv namespace: USD oc create -f hostpathprovisioner_cr.yaml -n openshift-cnv Additional resources Specifying nodes for virtualization components 8.18.2.4. Creating a storage class When you create a storage class, you set parameters that affect the dynamic provisioning of persistent volumes (PVs) that belong to that storage class. You cannot update a StorageClass object's parameters after you create it. Important When using OpenShift Virtualization with OpenShift Container Platform Container Storage, specify RBD block mode persistent volume claims (PVCs) when creating virtual machine disks. With virtual machine disks, RBD block mode volumes are more efficient and provide better performance than Ceph FS or RBD filesystem-mode PVCs. To specify RBD block mode PVCs, use the 'ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd' storage class and VolumeMode: Block . Procedure Create a YAML file for defining the storage class. For example: USD touch storageclass.yaml Edit the file. For example: apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1 kind: StorageClass metadata: name: hostpath-provisioner 1 provisioner: kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner reclaimPolicy: Delete 2 volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer 3 1 You can optionally rename the storage class by changing this value. 2 The two possible reclaimPolicy values are Delete and Retain . If you do not specify a value, the storage class defaults to Delete . 3 The volumeBindingMode value determines when dynamic provisioning and volume binding occur. Specify WaitForFirstConsumer to delay the binding and provisioning of a PV until after a pod that uses the persistent volume claim (PVC) is created. This ensures that the PV meets the pod's scheduling requirements. Note Virtual machines use data volumes that are based on local PVs. Local PVs are bound to specific nodes. While the disk image is prepared for consumption by the virtual machine, it is possible that the virtual machine cannot be scheduled to the node where the local storage PV was previously pinned. To solve this problem, use the Kubernetes pod scheduler to bind the PVC to a PV on the correct node. By using StorageClass with volumeBindingMode set to WaitForFirstConsumer , the binding and provisioning of the PV is delayed until a Pod is created using the PVC. Create the StorageClass object: USD oc create -f storageclass.yaml Additional resources Storage classes 8.18.3. Creating data volumes When you create a data volume, the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) creates a persistent volume claim (PVC) and populates the PVC with your data. You can create a data volume as either a standalone resource or by using a dataVolumeTemplate resource in a virtual machine specification. You create a data volume by using either the PVC API or storage APIs. Important When using OpenShift Virtualization with OpenShift Container Platform Container Storage, specify RBD block mode persistent volume claims (PVCs) when creating virtual machine disks. With virtual machine disks, RBD block mode volumes are more efficient and provide better performance than Ceph FS or RBD filesystem-mode PVCs. To specify RBD block mode PVCs, use the 'ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd' storage class and VolumeMode: Block . Tip Whenever possible, use the storage API to optimize space allocation and maximize performance. A storage profile is a custom resource that the CDI manages. It provides recommended storage settings based on the associated storage class. A storage profile is allocated for each storage class. Storage profiles enable you to create data volumes quickly while reducing coding and minimizing potential errors. For recognized storage types, the CDI provides values that optimize the creation of PVCs. However, you can configure automatic settings for a storage class if you customize the storage profile. 8.18.3.1. Creating data volumes using the storage API When you create a data volume using the storage API, the Containerized Data Interface (CDI) optimizes your persistent volume claim (PVC) allocation based on the type of storage supported by your selected storage class. You only have to specify the data volume name, namespace, and the amount of storage that you want to allocate. For example: When using Ceph RBD, accessModes is automatically set to ReadWriteMany , which enables live migration. volumeMode is set to Block to maximize performance. When you are using volumeMode: Filesystem , more space will automatically be requested by the CDI, if required to accommodate file system overhead. In the following YAML, using the storage API requests a data volume with two gigabytes of usable space. The user does not need to know the volumeMode in order to correctly estimate the required persistent volume claim (PVC) size. The CDI chooses the optimal combination of accessModes and volumeMode attributes automatically. These optimal values are based on the type of storage or the defaults that you define in your storage profile. If you want to provide custom values, they override the system-calculated values. Example DataVolume definition apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: 2 namespace: "<source_namespace>" 3 name: "<my_vm_disk>" 4 storage: 5 resources: requests: storage: 2Gi 6 storageClassName: <storage_class> 7 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 Indicate that the source of the import is an existing persistent volume claim (PVC). 3 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 4 The name of the source PVC. 5 Indicates allocation using the storage API. 6 Specifies the amount of available space that you request for the PVC. 7 Optional: The name of the storage class. If the storage class is not specified, the system default storage class is used. 8.18.3.2. Creating data volumes using the PVC API When you create a data volume using the PVC API, the Containerized Data Interface (CDI) creates the data volume based on what you specify for the following fields: accessModes ( ReadWriteOnce , ReadWriteMany , or ReadOnlyMany ) volumeMode ( Filesystem or Block ) capacity of storage ( 5Gi , for example) In the following YAML, using the PVC API allocates a data volume with a storage capacity of two gigabytes. You specify an access mode of ReadWriteMany to enable live migration. Because you know the values your system can support, you specify Block storage instead of the default, Filesystem . Example DataVolume definition apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: 2 namespace: "<source_namespace>" 3 name: "<my_vm_disk>" 4 pvc: 5 accessModes: 6 - ReadWriteMany resources: requests: storage: 2Gi 7 volumeMode: Block 8 storageClassName: <storage_class> 9 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 In the source section, pvc indicates that the source of the import is an existing persistent volume claim (PVC). 3 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 4 The name of the source PVC. 5 Indicates allocation using the PVC API. 6 accessModes is required when using the PVC API. 7 Specifies the amount of space you are requesting for your data volume. 8 Specifies that the destination is a block PVC. 9 Optionally, specify the storage class. If the storage class is not specified, the system default storage class is used. Important When you explicitly allocate a data volume by using the PVC API and you are not using volumeMode: Block , consider file system overhead. File system overhead is the amount of space required by the file system to maintain its metadata. The amount of space required for file system metadata is file system dependent. Failing to account for file system overhead in your storage capacity request can result in an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC) that is not large enough to accommodate your virtual machine disk. If you use the storage API, the CDI will factor in file system overhead and request a larger persistent volume claim (PVC) to ensure that your allocation request is successful. 8.18.3.3. Customizing the storage profile You can specify default parameters by editing the StorageProfile object for the provisioner's storage class. These default parameters only apply to the persistent volume claim (PVC) if they are not configured in the DataVolume object. Prerequisites Ensure that your planned configuration is supported by the storage class and its provider. Specifying an incompatible configuration in a storage profile causes volume provisioning to fail. Note An empty status section in a storage profile indicates that a storage provisioner is not recognized by the Containerized Data Interface (CDI). Customizing a storage profile is necessary if you have a storage provisioner that is not recognized by the CDI. In this case, the administrator sets appropriate values in the storage profile to ensure successful allocations. Warning If you create a data volume and omit YAML attributes and these attributes are not defined in the storage profile, then the requested storage will not be allocated and the underlying persistent volume claim (PVC) will not be created. Procedure Edit the storage profile. In this example, the provisioner is not recognized by CDI: USD oc edit -n openshift-cnv storageprofile <storage_class> Example storage profile apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <unknown_provisioner_class> # ... spec: {} status: provisioner: <unknown_provisioner> storageClass: <unknown_provisioner_class> Provide the needed attribute values in the storage profile: Example storage profile apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <unknown_provisioner_class> # ... spec: claimPropertySets: - accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce 1 volumeMode: Filesystem 2 status: provisioner: <unknown_provisioner> storageClass: <unknown_provisioner_class> 1 The accessModes that you select. 2 The volumeMode that you select. After you save your changes, the selected values appear in the storage profile status element. 8.18.3.3.1. Setting a default cloning strategy using a storage profile You can use storage profiles to set a default cloning method for a storage class, creating a cloning strategy . Setting cloning strategies can be helpful, for example, if your storage vendor only supports certain cloning methods. It also allows you to select a method that limits resource usage or maximizes performance. Cloning strategies can be specified by setting the cloneStrategy attribute in a storage profile to one of these values: snapshot - This method is used by default when snapshots are configured. This cloning strategy uses a temporary volume snapshot to clone the volume. The storage provisioner must support CSI snapshots. copy - This method uses a source pod and a target pod to copy data from the source volume to the target volume. Host-assisted cloning is the least efficient method of cloning. csi-clone - This method uses the CSI clone API to efficiently clone an existing volume without using an interim volume snapshot. Unlike snapshot or copy , which are used by default if no storage profile is defined, CSI volume cloning is only used when you specify it in the StorageProfile object for the provisioner's storage class. Note You can also set clone strategies using the CLI without modifying the default claimPropertySets in your YAML spec section. Example storage profile apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <provisioner_class> # ... spec: claimPropertySets: - accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce 1 volumeMode: Filesystem 2 cloneStrategy: csi-clone 3 status: provisioner: <provisioner> storageClass: <provisioner_class> 1 The accessModes that you select. 2 The volumeMode that you select. 3 The default cloning method of your choice. In this example, CSI volume cloning is specified. 8.18.3.4. Additional resources Creating a storage class Cloning a data volume using smart cloning 8.18.4. Configuring CDI to work with namespaces that have a compute resource quota You can use the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) to import, upload, and clone virtual machine disks into namespaces that are subject to CPU and memory resource restrictions. 8.18.4.1. About CPU and memory quotas in a namespace A resource quota , defined by the ResourceQuota object, imposes restrictions on a namespace that limit the total amount of compute resources that can be consumed by resources within that namespace. The HyperConverged custom resource (CR) defines the user configuration for the Containerized Data Importer (CDI). The CPU and memory request and limit values are set to a default value of 0 . This ensures that pods created by CDI that do not specify compute resource requirements are given the default values and are allowed to run in a namespace that is restricted with a quota. 8.18.4.2. Overriding CPU and memory defaults Modify the default settings for CPU and memory requests and limits for your use case by adding the spec.resourceRequirements.storageWorkloads stanza to the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Edit the HyperConverged CR by running the following command: USD oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged Add the spec.resourceRequirements.storageWorkloads stanza to the CR, setting the values based on your use case. For example: apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged spec: resourceRequirements: storageWorkloads: limits: cpu: "500m" memory: "2Gi" requests: cpu: "250m" memory: "1Gi" Save and exit the editor to update the HyperConverged CR. 8.18.4.3. Additional resources Resource quotas per project 8.18.5. Managing data volume annotations Data volume (DV) annotations allow you to manage pod behavior. You can add one or more annotations to a data volume, which then propagates to the created importer pods. 8.18.5.1. Example: Data volume annotations This example shows how you can configure data volume (DV) annotations to control which network the importer pod uses. The v1.multus-cni.io/default-network: bridge-network annotation causes the pod to use the multus network named bridge-network as its default network. If you want the importer pod to use both the default network from the cluster and the secondary multus network, use the k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: <network_name> annotation. Multus network annotation example apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: dv-ann annotations: v1.multus-cni.io/default-network: bridge-network 1 spec: source: http: url: "example.exampleurl.com" pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 1Gi 1 Multus network annotation 8.18.6. Using preallocation for data volumes The Containerized Data Importer can preallocate disk space to improve write performance when creating data volumes. You can enable preallocation for specific data volumes. 8.18.6.1. About preallocation The Containerized Data Importer (CDI) can use the QEMU preallocate mode for data volumes to improve write performance. You can use preallocation mode for importing and uploading operations and when creating blank data volumes. If preallocation is enabled, CDI uses the better preallocation method depending on the underlying file system and device type: fallocate If the file system supports it, CDI uses the operating system's fallocate call to preallocate space by using the posix_fallocate function, which allocates blocks and marks them as uninitialized. full If fallocate mode cannot be used, full mode allocates space for the image by writing data to the underlying storage. Depending on the storage location, all the empty allocated space might be zeroed. 8.18.6.2. Enabling preallocation for a data volume You can enable preallocation for specific data volumes by including the spec.preallocation field in the data volume manifest. You can enable preallocation mode in either the web console or by using the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Preallocation mode is supported for all CDI source types. Procedure Specify the spec.preallocation field in the data volume manifest: apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: preallocated-datavolume spec: source: 1 ... pvc: ... preallocation: true 2 1 All CDI source types support preallocation, however preallocation is ignored for cloning operations. 2 The preallocation field is a boolean that defaults to false. 8.18.7. Uploading local disk images by using the web console You can upload a locally stored disk image file by using the web console. 8.18.7.1. Prerequisites You must have a virtual machine image file in IMG, ISO, or QCOW2 format. If you require scratch space according to the CDI supported operations matrix , you must first define a storage class or prepare CDI scratch space for this operation to complete successfully. 8.18.7.2. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.18.7.3. Uploading an image file using the web console Use the web console to upload an image file to a new persistent volume claim (PVC). You can later use this PVC to attach the image to new virtual machines. Prerequisites You must have one of the following: A raw virtual machine image file in either ISO or IMG format. A virtual machine image file in QCOW2 format. For best results, compress your image file according to the following guidelines before you upload it: Compress a raw image file by using xz or gzip . Note Using a compressed raw image file results in the most efficient upload. Compress a QCOW2 image file by using the method that is recommended for your client: If you use a Linux client, sparsify the QCOW2 file by using the virt-sparsify tool. If you use a Windows client, compress the QCOW2 file by using xz or gzip . Procedure From the side menu of the web console, click Storage Persistent Volume Claims . Click the Create Persistent Volume Claim drop-down list to expand it. Click With Data Upload Form to open the Upload Data to Persistent Volume Claim page. Click Browse to open the file manager and select the image that you want to upload, or drag the file into the Drag a file here or browse to upload field. Optional: Set this image as the default image for a specific operating system. Select the Attach this data to a virtual machine operating system check box. Select an operating system from the list. The Persistent Volume Claim Name field is automatically filled with a unique name and cannot be edited. Take note of the name assigned to the PVC so that you can identify it later, if necessary. Select a storage class from the Storage Class list. In the Size field, enter the size value for the PVC. Select the corresponding unit of measurement from the drop-down list. Warning The PVC size must be larger than the size of the uncompressed virtual disk. Select an Access Mode that matches the storage class that you selected. Click Upload . 8.18.7.4. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.18.8. Uploading local disk images by using the virtctl tool You can upload a locally stored disk image to a new or existing data volume by using the virtctl command-line utility. 8.18.8.1. Prerequisites Enable the kubevirt-virtctl package. If you require scratch space according to the CDI supported operations matrix , you must first define a storage class or prepare CDI scratch space for this operation to complete successfully. 8.18.8.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.18.8.3. Creating an upload data volume You can manually create a data volume with an upload data source to use for uploading local disk images. Procedure Create a data volume configuration that specifies spec: source: upload{} : apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <upload-datavolume> 1 spec: source: upload: {} pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 2 1 The name of the data volume. 2 The size of the data volume. Ensure that this value is greater than or equal to the size of the disk that you upload. Create the data volume by running the following command: USD oc create -f <upload-datavolume>.yaml 8.18.8.4. Uploading a local disk image to a data volume You can use the virtctl CLI utility to upload a local disk image from a client machine to a data volume (DV) in your cluster. You can use a DV that already exists in your cluster or create a new DV during this procedure. Note After you upload a local disk image, you can add it to a virtual machine. Prerequisites You must have one of the following: A raw virtual machine image file in either ISO or IMG format. A virtual machine image file in QCOW2 format. For best results, compress your image file according to the following guidelines before you upload it: Compress a raw image file by using xz or gzip . Note Using a compressed raw image file results in the most efficient upload. Compress a QCOW2 image file by using the method that is recommended for your client: If you use a Linux client, sparsify the QCOW2 file by using the virt-sparsify tool. If you use a Windows client, compress the QCOW2 file by using xz or gzip . The kubevirt-virtctl package must be installed on the client machine. The client machine must be configured to trust the OpenShift Container Platform router's certificate. Procedure Identify the following items: The name of the upload data volume that you want to use. If this data volume does not exist, it is created automatically. The size of the data volume, if you want it to be created during the upload procedure. The size must be greater than or equal to the size of the disk image. The file location of the virtual machine disk image that you want to upload. Upload the disk image by running the virtctl image-upload command. Specify the parameters that you identified in the step. For example: USD virtctl image-upload dv <datavolume_name> \ 1 --size=<datavolume_size> \ 2 --image-path=</path/to/image> \ 3 1 The name of the data volume. 2 The size of the data volume. For example: --size=500Mi , --size=1G 3 The file path of the virtual machine disk image. Note If you do not want to create a new data volume, omit the --size parameter and include the --no-create flag. When uploading a disk image to a PVC, the PVC size must be larger than the size of the uncompressed virtual disk. To allow insecure server connections when using HTTPS, use the --insecure parameter. Be aware that when you use the --insecure flag, the authenticity of the upload endpoint is not verified. Optional. To verify that a data volume was created, view all data volumes by running the following command: USD oc get dvs 8.18.8.5. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.18.8.6. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.18.9. Uploading a local disk image to a block storage data volume You can upload a local disk image into a block data volume by using the virtctl command-line utility. In this workflow, you create a local block device to use as a persistent volume, associate this block volume with an upload data volume, and use virtctl to upload the local disk image into the data volume. 8.18.9.1. Prerequisites Enable the kubevirt-virtctl package. If you require scratch space according to the CDI supported operations matrix , you must first define a storage class or prepare CDI scratch space for this operation to complete successfully. 8.18.9.2. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.18.9.3. About block persistent volumes A block persistent volume (PV) is a PV that is backed by a raw block device. These volumes do not have a file system and can provide performance benefits for virtual machines by reducing overhead. Raw block volumes are provisioned by specifying volumeMode: Block in the PV and persistent volume claim (PVC) specification. 8.18.9.4. Creating a local block persistent volume Create a local block persistent volume (PV) on a node by populating a file and mounting it as a loop device. You can then reference this loop device in a PV manifest as a Block volume and use it as a block device for a virtual machine image. Procedure Log in as root to the node on which to create the local PV. This procedure uses node01 for its examples. Create a file and populate it with null characters so that it can be used as a block device. The following example creates a file loop10 with a size of 2Gb (20 100Mb blocks): USD dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20 Mount the loop10 file as a loop device. USD losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2 1 File path where the loop device is mounted. 2 The file created in the step to be mounted as the loop device. Create a PersistentVolume manifest that references the mounted loop device. kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4 1 The path of the loop device on the node. 2 Specifies it is a block PV. 3 Optional: Set a storage class for the PV. If you omit it, the cluster default is used. 4 The node on which the block device was mounted. Create the block PV. # oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1 1 The file name of the persistent volume created in the step. 8.18.9.5. Creating an upload data volume You can manually create a data volume with an upload data source to use for uploading local disk images. Procedure Create a data volume configuration that specifies spec: source: upload{} : apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <upload-datavolume> 1 spec: source: upload: {} pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 2 1 The name of the data volume. 2 The size of the data volume. Ensure that this value is greater than or equal to the size of the disk that you upload. Create the data volume by running the following command: USD oc create -f <upload-datavolume>.yaml 8.18.9.6. Uploading a local disk image to a data volume You can use the virtctl CLI utility to upload a local disk image from a client machine to a data volume (DV) in your cluster. You can use a DV that already exists in your cluster or create a new DV during this procedure. Note After you upload a local disk image, you can add it to a virtual machine. Prerequisites You must have one of the following: A raw virtual machine image file in either ISO or IMG format. A virtual machine image file in QCOW2 format. For best results, compress your image file according to the following guidelines before you upload it: Compress a raw image file by using xz or gzip . Note Using a compressed raw image file results in the most efficient upload. Compress a QCOW2 image file by using the method that is recommended for your client: If you use a Linux client, sparsify the QCOW2 file by using the virt-sparsify tool. If you use a Windows client, compress the QCOW2 file by using xz or gzip . The kubevirt-virtctl package must be installed on the client machine. The client machine must be configured to trust the OpenShift Container Platform router's certificate. Procedure Identify the following items: The name of the upload data volume that you want to use. If this data volume does not exist, it is created automatically. The size of the data volume, if you want it to be created during the upload procedure. The size must be greater than or equal to the size of the disk image. The file location of the virtual machine disk image that you want to upload. Upload the disk image by running the virtctl image-upload command. Specify the parameters that you identified in the step. For example: USD virtctl image-upload dv <datavolume_name> \ 1 --size=<datavolume_size> \ 2 --image-path=</path/to/image> \ 3 1 The name of the data volume. 2 The size of the data volume. For example: --size=500Mi , --size=1G 3 The file path of the virtual machine disk image. Note If you do not want to create a new data volume, omit the --size parameter and include the --no-create flag. When uploading a disk image to a PVC, the PVC size must be larger than the size of the uncompressed virtual disk. To allow insecure server connections when using HTTPS, use the --insecure parameter. Be aware that when you use the --insecure flag, the authenticity of the upload endpoint is not verified. Optional. To verify that a data volume was created, view all data volumes by running the following command: USD oc get dvs 8.18.9.7. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.18.9.8. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.18.10. Managing virtual machine snapshots You can create and delete virtual machine (VM) snapshots for VMs, whether the VMs are powered off (offline) or on (online). You can only restore to a powered off (offline) VM. OpenShift Virtualization supports VM snapshots on the following: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage Any other cloud storage provider with the Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver that supports the Kubernetes Volume Snapshot API Online snapshots have a default time deadline of five minutes ( 5m ) that can be changed, if needed. Important Online snapshots are not supported for virtual machines that have hot-plugged virtual disks. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. 8.18.10.1. About virtual machine snapshots A snapshot represents the state and data of a virtual machine (VM) at a specific point in time. You can use a snapshot to restore an existing VM to a state (represented by the snapshot) for backup and disaster recovery or to rapidly roll back to a development version. A VM snapshot is created from a VM that is powered off (Stopped state) or powered on (Running state). When taking a snapshot of a running VM, the controller checks that the QEMU guest agent is installed and running. If so, it freezes the VM file system before taking the snapshot, and thaws the file system after the snapshot is taken. The snapshot stores a copy of each Container Storage Interface (CSI) volume attached to the VM and a copy of the VM specification and metadata. Snapshots cannot be changed after creation. With the VM snapshots feature, cluster administrators and application developers can: Create a new snapshot List all snapshots attached to a specific VM Restore a VM from a snapshot Delete an existing VM snapshot 8.18.10.1.1. Virtual machine snapshot controller and custom resource definitions (CRDs) The VM snapshot feature introduces three new API objects defined as CRDs for managing snapshots: VirtualMachineSnapshot : Represents a user request to create a snapshot. It contains information about the current state of the VM. VirtualMachineSnapshotContent : Represents a provisioned resource on the cluster (a snapshot). It is created by the VM snapshot controller and contains references to all resources required to restore the VM. VirtualMachineRestore : Represents a user request to restore a VM from a snapshot. The VM snapshot controller binds a VirtualMachineSnapshotContent object with the VirtualMachineSnapshot object for which it was created, with a one-to-one mapping. 8.18.10.2. Installing QEMU guest agent on a Linux virtual machine The qemu-guest-agent is widely available and available by default in Red Hat virtual machines. Install the agent and start the service. To check if your virtual machine (VM) has the QEMU guest agent installed and running, verify that AgentConnected is listed in the VM spec. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. Procedure Access the virtual machine command line through one of the consoles or by SSH. Install the QEMU guest agent on the virtual machine: USD yum install -y qemu-guest-agent Ensure the service is persistent and start it: USD systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent 8.18.10.3. Installing QEMU guest agent on a Windows virtual machine For Windows virtual machines, the QEMU guest agent is included in the VirtIO drivers. Install the drivers on an existng or new Windows system. To check if your virtual machine (VM) has the QEMU guest agent installed and running, verify that AgentConnected is listed in the VM spec. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. 8.18.10.3.1. Installing VirtIO drivers on an existing Windows virtual machine Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD drive to an existing Windows virtual machine. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to adding drivers to Windows. The process might differ slightly between versions of Windows. See the installation documentation for your version of Windows for specific installation steps. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Log in to a Windows user session. Open Device Manager and expand Other devices to list any Unknown device . Open the Device Properties to identify the unknown device. Right-click the device and select Properties . Click the Details tab and select Hardware Ids in the Property list. Compare the Value for the Hardware Ids with the supported VirtIO drivers. Right-click the device and select Update Driver Software . Click Browse my computer for driver software and browse to the attached SATA CD drive, where the VirtIO drivers are located. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Click to install the driver. Repeat this process for all the necessary VirtIO drivers. After the driver installs, click Close to close the window. Reboot the virtual machine to complete the driver installation. 8.18.10.3.2. Installing VirtIO drivers during Windows installation Install the VirtIO drivers from the attached SATA CD driver during Windows installation. Note This procedure uses a generic approach to the Windows installation and the installation method might differ between versions of Windows. See the documentation for the version of Windows that you are installing. Procedure Start the virtual machine and connect to a graphical console. Begin the Windows installation process. Select the Advanced installation. The storage destination will not be recognized until the driver is loaded. Click Load driver . The drivers are attached as a SATA CD drive. Click OK and browse the CD drive for the storage driver to load. The drivers are arranged hierarchically according to their driver type, operating system, and CPU architecture. Repeat the two steps for all required drivers. Complete the Windows installation. 8.18.10.4. Creating a virtual machine snapshot in the web console You can create a virtual machine (VM) snapshot by using the web console. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. Note The VM snapshot only includes disks that meet the following requirements: Must be either a data volume or persistent volume claim Belong to a storage class that supports Container Storage Interface (CSI) volume snapshots Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. If the virtual machine is running, click Actions Stop Virtual Machine to power it down. Click the Snapshots tab and then click Take Snapshot . Fill in the Snapshot Name and optional Description fields. Expand Disks included in this Snapshot to see the storage volumes to be included in the snapshot. If your VM has disks that cannot be included in the snapshot and you still wish to proceed, select the I am aware of this warning and wish to proceed checkbox. Click Save . 8.18.10.5. Creating a virtual machine snapshot in the CLI You can create a virtual machine (VM) snapshot for an offline or online VM by creating a VirtualMachineSnapshot object. Kubevirt will coordinate with the QEMU guest agent to create a snapshot of the online VM. Note To create snapshots of an online (Running state) VM with the highest integrity, install the QEMU guest agent. The QEMU guest agent takes a consistent snapshot by attempting to quiesce the VM's file system as much as possible, depending on the system workload. This ensures that in-flight I/O is written to the disk before the snapshot is taken. If the guest agent is not present, quiescing is not possible and a best-effort snapshot is taken. The conditions under which the snapshot was taken are reflected in the snapshot indications that are displayed in the web console or CLI. Prerequisites Ensure that the persistent volume claims (PVCs) are in a storage class that supports Container Storage Interface (CSI) volume snapshots. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Optional: Power down the VM for which you want to create a snapshot. Procedure Create a YAML file to define a VirtualMachineSnapshot object that specifies the name of the new VirtualMachineSnapshot and the name of the source VM. For example: apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineSnapshot metadata: name: my-vmsnapshot 1 spec: source: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm 2 1 The name of the new VirtualMachineSnapshot object. 2 The name of the source VM. Create the VirtualMachineSnapshot resource. The snapshot controller creates a VirtualMachineSnapshotContent object, binds it to the VirtualMachineSnapshot and updates the status and readyToUse fields of the VirtualMachineSnapshot object. USD oc create -f <my-vmsnapshot>.yaml Optional: If you are taking an online snapshot, you can use the wait command and monitor the status of the snapshot: Enter the following command: USD oc wait my-vm my-vmsnapshot --for condition=Ready Verify the status of the snapshot: InProgress - The online snapshot operation is still in progress. Succeeded - The online snapshot operation completed successfully. Failed - The online snapshot operaton failed. Note Online snapshots have a default time deadline of five minutes ( 5m ). If the snapshot does not complete successfully in five minutes, the status is set to failed . Afterwards, the file system will be thawed and the VM unfrozen but the status remains failed until you delete the failed snapshot image. To change the default time deadline, add the FailureDeadline attribute to the VM snapshot spec with the time designated in minutes ( m ) or in seconds ( s ) that you want to specify before the snapshot operation times out. To set no deadline, you can specify 0 , though this is generally not recommended, as it can result in an unresponsive VM. If you do not specify a unit of time such as m or s , the default is seconds ( s ). Verification Verify that the VirtualMachineSnapshot object is created and bound with VirtualMachineSnapshotContent . The readyToUse flag must be set to true . USD oc describe vmsnapshot <my-vmsnapshot> Example output apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineSnapshot metadata: creationTimestamp: "2020-09-30T14:41:51Z" finalizers: - snapshot.kubevirt.io/vmsnapshot-protection generation: 5 name: mysnap namespace: default resourceVersion: "3897" selfLink: /apis/snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/default/virtualmachinesnapshots/my-vmsnapshot uid: 28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d spec: source: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm status: conditions: - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" reason: Operation complete status: "False" 1 type: Progressing - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" reason: Operation complete status: "True" 2 type: Ready creationTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" readyToUse: true 3 sourceUID: 355897f3-73a0-4ec4-83d3-3c2df9486f4f virtualMachineSnapshotContentName: vmsnapshot-content-28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d 4 1 The status field of the Progressing condition specifies if the snapshot is still being created. 2 The status field of the Ready condition specifies if the snapshot creation process is complete. 3 Specifies if the snapshot is ready to be used. 4 Specifies that the snapshot is bound to a VirtualMachineSnapshotContent object created by the snapshot controller. Check the spec:volumeBackups property of the VirtualMachineSnapshotContent resource to verify that the expected PVCs are included in the snapshot. 8.18.10.6. Verifying online snapshot creation with snapshot indications Snapshot indications are contextual information about online virtual machine (VM) snapshot operations. Indications are not available for offline virtual machine (VM) snapshot operations. Indications are helpful in describing details about the online snapshot creation. Prerequisites To view indications, you must have attempted to create an online VM snapshot using the CLI or the web console. Procedure Display the output from the snapshot indications by doing one of the following: For snapshots created with the CLI, view indicator output in the VirtualMachineSnapshot object YAML, in the status field. For snapshots created using the web console, click VirtualMachineSnapshot > Status in the Snapshot details screen. Verify the status of your online VM snapshot: Online indicates that the VM was running during online snapshot creation. NoGuestAgent indicates that the QEMU guest agent was not running during online snapshot creation. The QEMU guest agent could not be used to freeze and thaw the file system, either because the QEMU guest agent was not installed or running or due to another error. 8.18.10.7. Restoring a virtual machine from a snapshot in the web console You can restore a virtual machine (VM) to a configuration represented by a snapshot in the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. If the virtual machine is running, click Actions Stop Virtual Machine to power it down. Click the Snapshots tab. The page displays a list of snapshots associated with the virtual machine. Choose one of the following methods to restore a VM snapshot: For the snapshot that you want to use as the source to restore the VM, click Restore . Select a snapshot to open the Snapshot Details screen and click Actions Restore Virtual Machine Snapshot . In the confirmation pop-up window, click Restore to restore the VM to its configuration represented by the snapshot. 8.18.10.8. Restoring a virtual machine from a snapshot in the CLI You can restore an existing virtual machine (VM) to a configuration by using a VM snapshot. You can only restore from an offline VM snapshot. Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Power down the VM you want to restore to a state. Procedure Create a YAML file to define a VirtualMachineRestore object that specifies the name of the VM you want to restore and the name of the snapshot to be used as the source. For example: apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineRestore metadata: name: my-vmrestore 1 spec: target: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm 2 virtualMachineSnapshotName: my-vmsnapshot 3 1 The name of the new VirtualMachineRestore object. 2 The name of the target VM you want to restore. 3 The name of the VirtualMachineSnapshot object to be used as the source. Create the VirtualMachineRestore resource. The snapshot controller updates the status fields of the VirtualMachineRestore object and replaces the existing VM configuration with the snapshot content. USD oc create -f <my-vmrestore>.yaml Verification Verify that the VM is restored to the state represented by the snapshot. The complete flag must be set to true . USD oc get vmrestore <my-vmrestore> Example output apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineRestore metadata: creationTimestamp: "2020-09-30T14:46:27Z" generation: 5 name: my-vmrestore namespace: default ownerReferences: - apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 blockOwnerDeletion: true controller: true kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm uid: 355897f3-73a0-4ec4-83d3-3c2df9486f4f resourceVersion: "5512" selfLink: /apis/snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/default/virtualmachinerestores/my-vmrestore uid: 71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041 spec: target: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm virtualMachineSnapshotName: my-vmsnapshot status: complete: true 1 conditions: - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" reason: Operation complete status: "False" 2 type: Progressing - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" reason: Operation complete status: "True" 3 type: Ready deletedDataVolumes: - test-dv1 restoreTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" restores: - dataVolumeName: restore-71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041-datavolumedisk1 persistentVolumeClaim: restore-71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041-datavolumedisk1 volumeName: datavolumedisk1 volumeSnapshotName: vmsnapshot-28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d-volume-datavolumedisk1 1 Specifies if the process of restoring the VM to the state represented by the snapshot is complete. 2 The status field of the Progressing condition specifies if the VM is still being restored. 3 The status field of the Ready condition specifies if the VM restoration process is complete. 8.18.10.9. Deleting a virtual machine snapshot in the web console You can delete an existing virtual machine snapshot by using the web console. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Virtual Machines tab. Select a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Overview screen. Click the Snapshots tab. The page displays a list of snapshots associated with the virtual machine. Choose one of the following methods to delete a virtual machine snapshot: Click the Options menu of the virtual machine snapshot that you want to delete and select Delete Virtual Machine Snapshot . Select a snapshot to open the Snapshot Details screen and click Actions Delete Virtual Machine Snapshot . In the confirmation pop-up window, click Delete to delete the snapshot. 8.18.10.10. Deleting a virtual machine snapshot in the CLI You can delete an existing virtual machine (VM) snapshot by deleting the appropriate VirtualMachineSnapshot object. Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Delete the VirtualMachineSnapshot object. The snapshot controller deletes the VirtualMachineSnapshot along with the associated VirtualMachineSnapshotContent object. USD oc delete vmsnapshot <my-vmsnapshot> Verification Verify that the snapshot is deleted and no longer attached to this VM: USD oc get vmsnapshot 8.18.10.11. Additional resources CSI Volume Snapshots 8.18.11. Moving a local virtual machine disk to a different node Virtual machines that use local volume storage can be moved so that they run on a specific node. You might want to move the virtual machine to a specific node for the following reasons: The current node has limitations to the local storage configuration. The new node is better optimized for the workload of that virtual machine. To move a virtual machine that uses local storage, you must clone the underlying volume by using a data volume. After the cloning operation is complete, you can edit the virtual machine configuration so that it uses the new data volume, or add the new data volume to another virtual machine . Tip When you enable preallocation globally, or for a single data volume, the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) preallocates disk space during cloning. Preallocation enhances write performance. For more information, see Using preallocation for data volumes . Note Users without the cluster-admin role require additional user permissions to clone volumes across namespaces. 8.18.11.1. Cloning a local volume to another node You can move a virtual machine disk so that it runs on a specific node by cloning the underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). To ensure the virtual machine disk is cloned to the correct node, you must either create a new persistent volume (PV) or identify one on the correct node. Apply a unique label to the PV so that it can be referenced by the data volume. Note The destination PV must be the same size or larger than the source PVC. If the destination PV is smaller than the source PVC, the cloning operation fails. Prerequisites The virtual machine must not be running. Power down the virtual machine before cloning the virtual machine disk. Procedure Either create a new local PV on the node, or identify a local PV already on the node: Create a local PV that includes the nodeAffinity.nodeSelectorTerms parameters. The following manifest creates a 10Gi local PV on node01 . kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <destination-pv> 1 annotations: spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce capacity: storage: 10Gi 2 local: path: /mnt/local-storage/local/disk1 3 nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - node01 4 persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete storageClassName: local volumeMode: Filesystem 1 The name of the PV. 2 The size of the PV. You must allocate enough space, or the cloning operation fails. The size must be the same as or larger than the source PVC. 3 The mount path on the node. 4 The name of the node where you want to create the PV. Identify a PV that already exists on the target node. You can identify the node where a PV is provisioned by viewing the nodeAffinity field in its configuration: USD oc get pv <destination-pv> -o yaml The following snippet shows that the PV is on node01 : Example output ... spec: nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname 1 operator: In values: - node01 2 ... 1 The kubernetes.io/hostname key uses the node hostname to select a node. 2 The hostname of the node. Add a unique label to the PV: USD oc label pv <destination-pv> node=node01 Create a data volume manifest that references the following: The PVC name and namespace of the virtual machine. The label you applied to the PV in the step. The size of the destination PV. apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <clone-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: name: "<source-vm-disk>" 2 namespace: "<source-namespace>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce selector: matchLabels: node: node01 4 resources: requests: storage: <10Gi> 5 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 The name of the source PVC. If you do not know the PVC name, you can find it in the virtual machine configuration: spec.volumes.persistentVolumeClaim.claimName . 3 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 4 The label that you applied to the PV in the step. 5 The size of the destination PV. Start the cloning operation by applying the data volume manifest to your cluster: USD oc apply -f <clone-datavolume.yaml> The data volume clones the PVC of the virtual machine into the PV on the specific node. 8.18.12. Expanding virtual storage by adding blank disk images You can increase your storage capacity or create new data partitions by adding blank disk images to OpenShift Virtualization. 8.18.12.1. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.18.12.2. Creating a blank disk image with data volumes You can create a new blank disk image in a persistent volume claim by customizing and deploying a data volume configuration file. Prerequisites At least one available persistent volume. Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Edit the DataVolume manifest: apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: blank-image-datavolume spec: source: blank: {} pvc: # Optional: Set the storage class or omit to accept the default # storageClassName: "hostpath" accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 500Mi Create the blank disk image by running the following command: USD oc create -f <blank-image-datavolume>.yaml 8.18.12.3. Additional resources Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. 8.18.13. Cloning a data volume using smart-cloning Smart-cloning is a built-in feature of OpenShift Container Platform Storage (OCS), designed to enhance performance of the cloning process. Clones created with smart-cloning are faster and more efficient than host-assisted cloning. You do not need to perform any action to enable smart-cloning, but you need to ensure your storage environment is compatible with smart-cloning to use this feature. When you create a data volume with a persistent volume claim (PVC) source, you automatically initiate the cloning process. You always receive a clone of the data volume if your environment supports smart-cloning or not. However, you will only receive the performance benefits of smart cloning if your storage provider supports smart-cloning. 8.18.13.1. About smart-cloning When a data volume is smart-cloned, the following occurs: A snapshot of the source persistent volume claim (PVC) is created. A PVC is created from the snapshot. The snapshot is deleted. 8.18.13.2. Cloning a data volume Prerequisites For smart-cloning to occur, the following conditions are required: Your storage provider must support snapshots. The source and target PVCs must be defined to the same storage class. The source and target PVCs share the same volumeMode . The VolumeSnapshotClass object must reference the storage class defined to both the source and target PVCs. Procedure To initiate cloning of a data volume: Create a YAML file for a DataVolume object that specifies the name of the new data volume and the name and namespace of the source PVC. In this example, because you specify the storage API, there is no need to specify accessModes or volumeMode . The optimal values will be calculated for you automatically. apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 storage: 4 resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 5 1 The name of the new data volume. 2 The namespace where the source PVC exists. 3 The name of the source PVC. 4 Specifies allocation with the storage API 5 The size of the new data volume. Start cloning the PVC by creating the data volume: USD oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml Note Data volumes prevent a virtual machine from starting before the PVC is prepared, so you can create a virtual machine that references the new data volume while the PVC clones. 8.18.13.3. Additional resources Cloning the persistent volume claim of a virtual machine disk into a new data volume Configure preallocation mode to improve write performance for data volume operations. Customizing the storage profile 8.18.14. Creating and using boot sources A boot source contains a bootable operating system (OS) and all of the configuration settings for the OS, such as drivers. You use a boot source to create virtual machine templates with specific configurations. These templates can be used to create any number of available virtual machines. Quick Start tours are available in the OpenShift Container Platform web console to assist you in creating a custom boot source, uploading a boot source, and other tasks. Select Quick Starts from the Help menu to view the Quick Start tours. 8.18.14.1. About virtual machines and boot sources Virtual machines consist of a virtual machine definition and one or more disks that are backed by data volumes. Virtual machine templates enable you to create virtual machines using predefined virtual machine specifications. Every virtual machine template requires a boot source, which is a fully configured virtual machine disk image including configured drivers. Each virtual machine template contains a virtual machine definition with a pointer to the boot source. Each boot source has a predefined name and namespace. For some operating systems, a boot source is automatically provided. If it is not provided, then an administrator must prepare a custom boot source. Provided boot sources are updated automatically to the latest version of the operating system. For auto-updated boot sources, persistent volume claims (PVCs) are created with the cluster's default storage class. If you select a different default storage class after configuration, you must delete the existing data volumes in the cluster namespace that are configured with the default storage class. To use the boot sources feature, install the latest release of OpenShift Virtualization. The namespace openshift-virtualization-os-images enables the feature and is installed with the OpenShift Virtualization Operator. Once the boot source feature is installed, you can create boot sources, attach them to templates, and create virtual machines from the templates. Define a boot source by using a persistent volume claim (PVC) that is populated by uploading a local file, cloning an existing PVC, importing from a registry, or by URL. Attach a boot source to a virtual machine template by using the web console. After the boot source is attached to a virtual machine template, you create any number of fully configured ready-to-use virtual machines from the template. 8.18.14.2. Importing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image as a boot source You can import a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) image as a boot source by specifying the URL address for the image. Prerequisites You must have access to the web server with the operating system image. For example: Red Hat Enterprise Linux web page with images. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Templates tab. Identify the RHEL template for which you want to configure a boot source and click Add source . In the Add boot source to template window, select Import via URL (creates PVC) from the Boot source type list. Click RHEL download page to access the Red Hat Customer Portal. A list of available installers and images is displayed on the Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux page. Identify the Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM guest image that you want to download. Right-click Download Now , and copy the URL for the image. In the Add boot source to template window, paste the copied URL of the guest image into the Import URL field, and click Save and import . Verification To verify that a boot source was added to the template: Click the Templates tab. Confirm that the tile for this template displays a green checkmark. You can now use this template to create RHEL virtual machines. 8.18.14.3. Adding a boot source for a virtual machine template A boot source can be configured for any virtual machine template that you want to use for creating virtual machines or custom templates. When virtual machine templates are configured with a boot source, they are labeled Available in the Templates tab. After you add a boot source to a template, you can create a new virtual machine from the template. There are four methods for selecting and adding a boot source in the web console: Upload local file (creates PVC) Import via URL (creates PVC) Clone existing PVC (creates PVC) Import via Registry (creates PVC) Prerequisites To add a boot source, you must be logged in as a user with the os-images.kubevirt.io:edit RBAC role or as an administrator. You do not need special privileges to create a virtual machine from a template with a boot source added. To upload a local file, the operating system image file must exist on your local machine. To import via URL, access to the web server with the operating system image is required. For example: the Red Hat Enterprise Linux web page with images. To clone an existing PVC, access to the project with a PVC is required. To import via registry, access to the container registry is required. Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Templates tab. Identify the virtual machine template for which you want to configure a boot source and click Add source . In the Add boot source to template window, click Select boot source , select a method for creating a persistent volume claim (PVC): Upload local file , Import via URL , Clone existing PVC , or Import via Registry . Optional: Click This is a CD-ROM boot source to mount a CD-ROM and use it to install the operating system on to an empty disk. The additional empty disk is automatically created and mounted by OpenShift Virtualization. If the additional disk is not needed, you can remove it when you create the virtual machine. Enter a value for Persistent Volume Claim size to specify the PVC size that is adequate for the uncompressed image and any additional space that is required. Optional: Enter a name for Source provider to associate the name with this template. Optional: Advanced Storage settings : Click Storage class and select the storage class that is used to create the disk. Typically, this storage class is the default storage class that is created for use by all PVCs. Note Provided boot sources are updated automatically to the latest version of the operating system. For auto-updated boot sources, persistent volume claims (PVCs) are created with the cluster's default storage class. If you select a different default storage class after configuration, you must delete the existing data volumes in the cluster namespace that are configured with the default storage class. Optional: Advanced Storage settings : Click Access mode and select an access mode for the persistent volume: Single User (RWO) mounts the volume as read-write by a single node. Shared Access (RWX) mounts the volume as read-write by many nodes. Read Only (ROX) mounts the volume as read-only by many nodes. Optional: Advanced Storage settings : Click Volume mode if you want to select Block instead of the default value Filesystem . OpenShift Virtualization can statically provision raw block volumes. These volumes do not have a file system, and can provide performance benefits for applications that either write to the disk directly or implement their own storage service. Select the appropriate method to save your boot source: Click Save and upload if you uploaded a local file. Click Save and import if you imported content from a URL or the registry. Click Save and clone if you cloned an existing PVC. Your custom virtual machine template with a boot source is listed in the Templates tab, and you can create virtual machines by using this template. 8.18.14.4. Creating a virtual machine from a template with an attached boot source After you add a boot source to a template, you can create a new virtual machine from the template. Procedure In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Workloads > Virtualization in the side menu. From the Virtual Machines tab or the Templates tab, click Create and select Virtual Machine with Wizard . In the Select a template step, select an OS from the Operating System list that has the (Source available) label to the OS and version name. The (Source available) label indicates that a boot source is available for this OS. Click Review and Confirm . Review your virtual machine settings and edit them, if required. Click Create Virtual Machine to create your virtual machine. The Successfully created virtual machine page is displayed. 8.18.14.5. Creating a custom boot source You can prepare a custom disk image, based on an existing disk image, for use as a boot source. Use this procedure to complete the following tasks: Preparing a custom disk image Creating a boot source from the custom disk image Attaching the boot source to a custom template Procedure In the OpenShift Virtualization console, click Workloads > Virtualization from the side menu. Click the Templates tab. Click the link in the Source provider column for the template you want to customize. A window displays, indicating that the template currently has a defined source. In the window, click the Customize source link. Click Continue in the About boot source customization window to proceed with customization after reading the information provided about the boot source customization process. On the Prepare boot source customization page, in the Define new template section: Select the New template namespace field and then choose a project. Enter the name of the custom template in the New template name field. Enter the name of the template provider in the New template provider field. Select the New template support field and then choose the appropriate value, indicating support contacts for the custom template you create. Select the New template flavor field and then choose the appropriate CPU and memory values for the custom image you create. In the Prepare boot source for customization section, customize the cloud-init YAML script, if needed, to define login credentials. Otherwise, the script generates default credentials for you. Click Start Customization . The customization process begins and the Preparing boot source customization page displays, followed by the Customize boot source page. The Customize boot source page displays the output of the running script. When the script completes, your custom image is available. In the VNC console , click show password in the Guest login credentials section. Your login credentials display. When the image is ready for login, sign in with the VNC Console by providing the user name and password displayed in the Guest login credentials section. Verify the custom image works as expected. If it does, click Make this boot source available . In the Finish customization and make template available window, select I have sealed the boot source so it can be used as a template and then click Apply . On the Finishing boot source customization page, wait for the template creation process to complete. Click Navigate to template details or Navigate to template list to view your customized template, created from your custom boot source. 8.18.14.6. Additional resources Creating virtual machine templates Creating a Microsoft Windows boot source from a cloud image Customizing existing Microsoft Windows boot sources in OpenShift Container Platform Setting a PVC as a boot source for a Microsoft Windows template using the CLI Creating boot sources using automated scripting Creating a boot source automatically within a pod 8.18.15. Hot-plugging virtual disks Important Hot-plugging virtual disks is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope . Hot-plug and hot-unplug virtual disks when you want to add or remove them without stopping your virtual machine or virtual machine instance. This capability is helpful when you need to add storage to a running virtual machine without incurring down-time. When you hot-plug a virtual disk, you attach a virtual disk to a virtual machine instance while the virtual machine is running. When you hot-unplug a virtual disk, you detach a virtual disk from a virtual machine instance while the virtual machine is running. Only data volumes and persistent volume claims (PVCs) can be hot-plugged and hot-unplugged. You cannot hot-plug or hot-unplug container disks. 8.18.15.1. Hot-plugging a virtual disk using the CLI Hot-plug virtual disks that you want to attach to a virtual machine instance (VMI) while a virtual machine is running. Prerequisites You must have a running virtual machine to hot-plug a virtual disk. You must have at least one data volume or persistent volume claim (PVC) available for hot-plugging. Procedure Hot-plug a virtual disk by running the following command: USD virtctl addvolume <virtual-machine|virtual-machine-instance> --volume-name=<datavolume|PVC> \ [--persist] [--serial=<label-name>] Use the optional --persist flag to add the hot-plugged disk to the virtual machine specification as a permanently mounted virtual disk. Stop, restart, or reboot the virtual machine to permanently mount the virtual disk. After specifying the --persist flag, you can no longer hot-plug or hot-unplug the virtual disk. The --persist flag applies to virtual machines, not virtual machine instances. The optional --serial flag allows you to add an alphanumeric string label of your choice. This helps you to identify the hot-plugged disk in a guest virtual machine. If you do not specify this option, the label defaults to the name of the hot-plugged data volume or PVC. 8.18.15.2. Hot-unplugging a virtual disk using the CLI Hot-unplug virtual disks that you want to detach from a virtual machine instance (VMI) while a virtual machine is running. Prerequisites Your virtual machine must be running. You must have at least one data volume or persistent volume claim (PVC) available and hot-plugged. Procedure Hot-unplug a virtual disk by running the following command: USD virtctl removevolume <virtual-machine|virtual-machine-instance> --volume-name=<datavolume|PVC> 8.18.15.3. Hot-plugging a virtual disk using the web console Hot-plug virtual disks that you want to attach to a virtual machine instance (VMI) while a virtual machine is running. Prerequisites You must have a running virtual machine to hot-plug a virtual disk. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. On the Virtual Machines tab, select the running virtual machine select the running virtual machine to which you want to hot-plug a virtual disk. On the Disks tab, click Add Disk . In the Add Disk window, fill in the information for the virtual disk that you want to hot-plug. Click Add . 8.18.15.4. Hot-unplugging a virtual disk using the web console Hot-unplug virtual disks that you want to attach to a virtual machine instance (VMI) while a virtual machine is running. Prerequisites Your virtual machine must be running with a hot-plugged disk attached. Procedure Click Workloads Virtualization from the side menu. On the Virtual Machines tab, select the running virtual machine with the disk you want to hot-unplug. On the Disks tab, click the Options menu of the virtual disk that you want to hot-unplug. Click Delete . 8.18.16. Using container disks with virtual machines You can build a virtual machine image into a container disk and store it in your container registry. You can then import the container disk into persistent storage for a virtual machine or attach it directly to the virtual machine for ephemeral storage. Important If you use large container disks, I/O traffic might increase, impacting worker nodes. This can lead to unavailable nodes. You can resolve this by: Pruning DeploymentConfig objects Configuring garbage collection 8.18.16.1. About container disks A container disk is a virtual machine image that is stored as a container image in a container image registry. You can use container disks to deliver the same disk images to multiple virtual machines and to create large numbers of virtual machine clones. A container disk can either be imported into a persistent volume claim (PVC) by using a data volume that is attached to a virtual machine, or attached directly to a virtual machine as an ephemeral containerDisk volume. 8.18.16.1.1. Importing a container disk into a PVC by using a data volume Use the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) to import the container disk into a PVC by using a data volume. You can then attach the data volume to a virtual machine for persistent storage. 8.18.16.1.2. Attaching a container disk to a virtual machine as a containerDisk volume A containerDisk volume is ephemeral. It is discarded when the virtual machine is stopped, restarted, or deleted. When a virtual machine with a containerDisk volume starts, the container image is pulled from the registry and hosted on the node that is hosting the virtual machine. Use containerDisk volumes for read-only file systems such as CD-ROMs or for disposable virtual machines. Important Using containerDisk volumes for read-write file systems is not recommended because the data is temporarily written to local storage on the hosting node. This slows live migration of the virtual machine, such as in the case of node maintenance, because the data must be migrated to the destination node. Additionally, all data is lost if the node loses power or otherwise shuts down unexpectedly. 8.18.16.2. Preparing a container disk for virtual machines You must build a container disk with a virtual machine image and push it to a container registry before it can used with a virtual machine. You can then either import the container disk into a PVC using a data volume and attach it to a virtual machine, or you can attach the container disk directly to a virtual machine as an ephemeral containerDisk volume. The size of a disk image inside a container disk is limited by the maximum layer size of the registry where the container disk is hosted. Note For Red Hat Quay , you can change the maximum layer size by editing the YAML configuration file that is created when Red Hat Quay is first deployed. Prerequisites Install podman if it is not already installed. The virtual machine image must be either QCOW2 or RAW format. Procedure Create a Dockerfile to build the virtual machine image into a container image. The virtual machine image must be owned by QEMU, which has a UID of 107 , and placed in the /disk/ directory inside the container. Permissions for the /disk/ directory must then be set to 0440 . The following example uses the Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) to handle these configuration changes in the first stage, and uses the minimal scratch image in the second stage to store the result: USD cat > Dockerfile << EOF FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest AS builder ADD --chown=107:107 <vm_image>.qcow2 /disk/ 1 RUN chmod 0440 /disk/* FROM scratch COPY --from=builder /disk/* /disk/ EOF 1 Where <vm_image> is the virtual machine image in either QCOW2 or RAW format. To use a remote virtual machine image, replace <vm_image>.qcow2 with the complete url for the remote image. Build and tag the container: USD podman build -t <registry>/<container_disk_name>:latest . Push the container image to the registry: USD podman push <registry>/<container_disk_name>:latest If your container registry does not have TLS you must add it as an insecure registry before you can import container disks into persistent storage. 8.18.16.3. Disabling TLS for a container registry to use as insecure registry You can disable TLS (transport layer security) for one or more container registries by editing the insecureRegistries field of the HyperConverged custom resource. Prerequisites Log in to the cluster as a user with the cluster-admin role. Procedure Edit the HyperConverged custom resource and add a list of insecure registries to the spec.storageImport.insecureRegistries field. apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: storageImport: insecureRegistries: 1 - "private-registry-example-1:5000" - "private-registry-example-2:5000" 1 Replace the examples in this list with valid registry hostnames. 8.18.16.4. steps Import the container disk into persistent storage for a virtual machine . Create a virtual machine that uses a containerDisk volume for ephemeral storage. 8.18.17. Preparing CDI scratch space 8.18.17.1. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.18.17.2. About scratch space The Containerized Data Importer (CDI) requires scratch space (temporary storage) to complete some operations, such as importing and uploading virtual machine images. During this process, CDI provisions a scratch space PVC equal to the size of the PVC backing the destination data volume (DV). The scratch space PVC is deleted after the operation completes or aborts. You can define the storage class that is used to bind the scratch space PVC in the spec.scratchSpaceStorageClass field of the HyperConverged custom resource. If the defined storage class does not match a storage class in the cluster, then the default storage class defined for the cluster is used. If there is no default storage class defined in the cluster, the storage class used to provision the original DV or PVC is used. Note CDI requires requesting scratch space with a file volume mode, regardless of the PVC backing the origin data volume. If the origin PVC is backed by block volume mode, you must define a storage class capable of provisioning file volume mode PVCs. Manual provisioning If there are no storage classes, CDI uses any PVCs in the project that match the size requirements for the image. If there are no PVCs that match these requirements, the CDI import pod remains in a Pending state until an appropriate PVC is made available or until a timeout function kills the pod. 8.18.17.3. CDI operations that require scratch space Type Reason Registry imports CDI must download the image to a scratch space and extract the layers to find the image file. The image file is then passed to QEMU-IMG for conversion to a raw disk. Upload image QEMU-IMG does not accept input from STDIN. Instead, the image to upload is saved in scratch space before it can be passed to QEMU-IMG for conversion. HTTP imports of archived images QEMU-IMG does not know how to handle the archive formats CDI supports. Instead, the image is unarchived and saved into scratch space before it is passed to QEMU-IMG. HTTP imports of authenticated images QEMU-IMG inadequately handles authentication. Instead, the image is saved to scratch space and authenticated before it is passed to QEMU-IMG. HTTP imports of custom certificates QEMU-IMG inadequately handles custom certificates of HTTPS endpoints. Instead, CDI downloads the image to scratch space before passing the file to QEMU-IMG. 8.18.17.4. Defining a storage class You can define the storage class that the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) uses when allocating scratch space by adding the spec.scratchSpaceStorageClass field to the HyperConverged custom resource (CR). Prerequisites Install the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure Edit the HyperConverged CR by running the following command: USD oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged Add the spec.scratchSpaceStorageClass field to the CR, setting the value to the name of a storage class that exists in the cluster: apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged spec: scratchSpaceStorageClass: "<storage_class>" 1 1 If you do not specify a storage class, CDI uses the storage class of the persistent volume claim that is being populated. Save and exit your default editor to update the HyperConverged CR. 8.18.17.5. CDI supported operations matrix This matrix shows the supported CDI operations for content types against endpoints, and which of these operations requires scratch space. Content types HTTP HTTPS HTTP basic auth Registry Upload KubeVirt (QCOW2) [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2** [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2 [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] QCOW2* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] QCOW2* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* KubeVirt (RAW) [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW [✓] GZ [✓] XZ [✓] RAW* □ GZ □ XZ [✓] RAW* [✓] GZ* [✓] XZ* [✓] Supported operation □ Unsupported operation * Requires scratch space ** Requires scratch space if a custom certificate authority is required 8.18.17.6. Additional resources Dynamic provisioning 8.18.18. Re-using persistent volumes To re-use a statically provisioned persistent volume (PV), you must first reclaim the volume. This involves deleting the PV so that the storage configuration can be re-used. 8.18.18.1. About reclaiming statically provisioned persistent volumes When you reclaim a persistent volume (PV), you unbind the PV from a persistent volume claim (PVC) and delete the PV. Depending on the underlying storage, you might need to manually delete the shared storage. You can then re-use the PV configuration to create a PV with a different name. Statically provisioned PVs must have a reclaim policy of Retain to be reclaimed. If they do not, the PV enters a failed state when the PVC is unbound from the PV. Important The Recycle reclaim policy is deprecated in OpenShift Container Platform 4. 8.18.18.2. Reclaiming statically provisioned persistent volumes Reclaim a statically provisioned persistent volume (PV) by unbinding the persistent volume claim (PVC) and deleting the PV. You might also need to manually delete the shared storage. Reclaiming a statically provisioned PV is dependent on the underlying storage. This procedure provides a general approach that might need to be customized depending on your storage. Procedure Ensure that the reclaim policy of the PV is set to Retain : Check the reclaim policy of the PV: USD oc get pv <pv_name> -o yaml | grep 'persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy' If the persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy is not set to Retain , edit the reclaim policy with the following command: USD oc patch pv <pv_name> -p '{"spec":{"persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy":"Retain"}}' Ensure that no resources are using the PV: USD oc describe pvc <pvc_name> | grep 'Mounted By:' Remove any resources that use the PVC before continuing. Delete the PVC to release the PV: USD oc delete pvc <pvc_name> Optional: Export the PV configuration to a YAML file. If you manually remove the shared storage later in this procedure, you can refer to this configuration. You can also use spec parameters in this file as the basis to create a new PV with the same storage configuration after you reclaim the PV: USD oc get pv <pv_name> -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml Delete the PV: USD oc delete pv <pv_name> Optional: Depending on the storage type, you might need to remove the contents of the shared storage folder: USD rm -rf <path_to_share_storage> Optional: Create a PV that uses the same storage configuration as the deleted PV. If you exported the reclaimed PV configuration earlier, you can use the spec parameters of that file as the basis for a new PV manifest: Note To avoid possible conflict, it is good practice to give the new PV object a different name than the one that you deleted. USD oc create -f <new_pv_name>.yaml Additional resources Configuring local storage for virtual machines The OpenShift Container Platform Storage documentation has more information on Persistent Storage . 8.18.19. Deleting data volumes You can manually delete a data volume by using the oc command-line interface. Note When you delete a virtual machine, the data volume it uses is automatically deleted. 8.18.19.1. About data volumes DataVolume objects are custom resources that are provided by the Containerized Data Importer (CDI) project. Data volumes orchestrate import, clone, and upload operations that are associated with an underlying persistent volume claim (PVC). Data volumes are integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, and they prevent a virtual machine from being started before the PVC has been prepared. 8.18.19.2. Listing all data volumes You can list the data volumes in your cluster by using the oc command-line interface. Procedure List all data volumes by running the following command: USD oc get dvs 8.18.19.3. Deleting a data volume You can delete a data volume by using the oc command-line interface (CLI). Prerequisites Identify the name of the data volume that you want to delete. Procedure Delete the data volume by running the following command: USD oc delete dv <datavolume_name> Note This command only deletes objects that exist in the current project. Specify the -n <project_name> option if the object you want to delete is in a different project or namespace.

Commands:
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: app: <vm_name> 1 name: <vm_name> spec: dataVolumeTemplates: - apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <vm_name> spec: sourceRef: kind: DataSource name: rhel9 namespace: openshift-virtualization-os-images storage: resources: requests: storage: 30Gi running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/domain: <vm_name> spec: domain: cpu: cores: 1 sockets: 2 threads: 1 devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: rootdisk - disk: bus: virtio name: cloudinitdisk interfaces: - masquerade: {} name: default rng: {} features: smm: enabled: true firmware: bootloader: efi: {} resources: requests: memory: 8Gi evictionStrategy: LiveMigrate networks: - name: default pod: {} volumes: - dataVolume: name: <vm_name> name: rootdisk - cloudInitNoCloud: userData: |- #cloud-config user: cloud-user password: '<password>' 2 chpasswd: { expire: False } name: cloudinitdisk
oc create -f <vm_manifest_file>.yaml
virtctl start <vm_name>
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: RunStrategy: Always 1 template:
oc edit <object_type> <object_ID>
oc apply <object_type> <object_ID>
oc edit vm example
disks: - bootOrder: 1 1 disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk - disk: bus: virtio name: cloudinitdisk - cdrom: bus: virtio name: cd-drive-1 interfaces: - boot Order: 2 2 macAddress: '02:96:c4:00:00' masquerade: {} name: default
oc delete vm <vm_name>
oc get vmis
oc delete vmi <vmi_name>
remmina --connect /path/to/console.rdp
virtctl expose vm <fedora-vm> --port=22 --name=fedora-vm-ssh --type=NodePort 1
oc get svc
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE fedora-vm-ssh NodePort 127.0.0.1 <none> 22:32551/TCP 6s
ssh username@<node_IP_address> -p 32551
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: namespace: ssh-ns 1 name: vm-ssh spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-ssh special: vm-ssh 2 spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk - disk: bus: virtio name: cloudinitdisk interfaces: - masquerade: {} 3 name: testmasquerade 4 rng: {} machine: type: "" resources: requests: memory: 1024M networks: - name: testmasquerade pod: {} volumes: - name: containerdisk containerDisk: image: kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo - name: cloudinitdisk cloudInitNoCloud: userData: | #cloud-config user: fedora password: fedora chpasswd: {expire: False}
oc create -f <path_for_the_VM_YAML_file>
virtctl start vm-ssh
apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: svc-ssh 1 namespace: ssh-ns 2 spec: ports: - targetPort: 22 3 protocol: TCP port: 27017 selector: special: vm-ssh 4 type: NodePort
oc create -f <path_for_the_service_YAML_file>
oc get vmi
NAME AGE PHASE IP NODENAME vm-ssh 6s Running 10.244.196.152 node01
oc get svc
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE svc-ssh NodePort 10.106.236.208 <none> 27017:30093/TCP 22s
oc get node <node_name> -o wide
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION INTERNAL-IP EXTERNAL-IP node01 Ready worker 6d22h v1.22.1 192.168.55.101 <none>
ssh fedora@192.168.55.101 -p 30093
virtctl console <VMI>
virtctl vnc <VMI>
virtctl vnc <VMI> -v 4
oc login -u <user> https://<cluster.example.com>:8443
oc describe vmi <windows-vmi-name>
spec: networks: - name: default pod: {} - multus: networkName: cnv-bridge name: bridge-net status: interfaces: - interfaceName: eth0 ipAddress: 198.51.100.0/24 ipAddresses: 198.51.100.0/24 mac: a0:36:9f:0f:b1:70 name: default - interfaceName: eth1 ipAddress: 192.0.2.0/24 ipAddresses: 192.0.2.0/24 2001:db8::/32 mac: 00:17:a4:77:77:25 name: bridge-net
oc adm cordon <node_name>
oc adm drain <node_name> --force=true
oc delete node <node_name>
oc get vmis
yum install -y qemu-guest-agent
systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent
spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 1 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk
oc edit vm <vm-name>
spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk
spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 1 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk
oc edit vm <vm-name>
spec: domain: devices: disks: - name: virtiocontainerdisk bootOrder: 2 cdrom: bus: sata volumes: - containerDisk: image: container-native-virtualization/virtio-win name: virtiocontainerdisk
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: with-limits spec: running: false template: spec: domain: resources: requests: memory: 128Mi limits: memory: 256Mi 1
metadata: name: example-vm-node-selector apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: spec: nodeSelector: example-key-1: example-value-1 example-key-2: example-value-2
metadata: name: example-vm-pod-affinity apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: affinity: podAffinity: requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 1 - labelSelector: matchExpressions: - key: example-key-1 operator: In values: - example-value-1 topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname podAntiAffinity: preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 2 - weight: 100 podAffinityTerm: labelSelector: matchExpressions: - key: example-key-2 operator: In values: - example-value-2 topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
metadata: name: example-vm-node-affinity apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: affinity: nodeAffinity: requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 1 nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: example.io/example-key operator: In values: - example-value-1 - example-value-2 preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: 2 - weight: 1 preference: matchExpressions: - key: example-node-label-key operator: In values: - example-node-label-value
metadata: name: example-vm-tolerations apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: tolerations: - key: "key" operator: "Equal" value: "virtualization" effect: "NoSchedule"
oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: certConfig: ca: duration: 48h0m0s renewBefore: 24h0m0s 1 server: duration: 24h0m0s 2 renewBefore: 12h0m0s 3
certConfig: ca: duration: 4h0m0s renewBefore: 1h0m0s server: duration: 4h0m0s renewBefore: 4h0m0s
error: hyperconvergeds.hco.kubevirt.io "kubevirt-hyperconverged" could not be patched: admission webhook "validate-hco.kubevirt.io" denied the request: spec.certConfig: ca.duration is smaller than server.duration
kubevirt_vm: namespace: name: cpu_cores: memory: disks: - name: volume: containerDisk: image: disk: bus:
kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 cpu_cores: 1 memory: 64Mi disks: - name: containerdisk volume: containerDisk: image: kubevirt/cirros-container-disk-demo:latest disk: bus: virtio
kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 state: running 1 cpu_cores: 1
ansible-playbook create-vm.yaml
(...) TASK [Create my first VM] ************************************************************************ changed: [localhost] PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************** localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
ansible-playbook create-vm.yaml
--- - name: Ansible Playbook 1 hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Create my first VM kubevirt_vm: namespace: default name: vm1 cpu_cores: 1 memory: 64Mi disks: - name: containerdisk volume: containerDisk: image: kubevirt/cirros-container-disk-demo:latest disk: bus: virtio
apiversion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: special: vm-secureboot name: vm-secureboot spec: template: metadata: labels: special: vm-secureboot spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk features: acpi: {} smm: enabled: true 1 firmware: bootloader: efi: secureBoot: true 2 #
oc create -f <file_name>.yaml
apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: pxe-net-conf spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "name": "pxe-net-conf", "plugins": [ { "type": "cnv-bridge", "bridge": "br1", "vlan": 1 1 }, { "type": "cnv-tuning" 2 } ] }'
oc create -f pxe-net-conf.yaml
interfaces: - masquerade: {} name: default - bridge: {} name: pxe-net macAddress: de:00:00:00:00:de bootOrder: 1
devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: containerdisk bootOrder: 2
networks: - name: default pod: {} - name: pxe-net multus: networkName: pxe-net-conf
oc create -f vmi-pxe-boot.yaml
virtualmachineinstance.kubevirt.io "vmi-pxe-boot" created
oc get vmi vmi-pxe-boot -o yaml | grep -i phase phase: Running
virtctl vnc vmi-pxe-boot
virtctl console vmi-pxe-boot
ip addr
3. eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether de:00:00:00:00:de brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: domain: resources: requests: memory: 1024M memory: guest: 2048M
oc create -f <file_name>.yaml
kind: VirtualMachine spec: template: domain: resources: overcommitGuestOverhead: true requests: memory: 1024M
oc create -f <file_name>.yaml
kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: resources: requests: memory: "4Gi" 1 memory: hugepages: pageSize: "1Gi" 2
oc apply -f <virtual_machine>.yaml
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: features: - name: apic 1 policy: require 2
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: model: Conroe 1
apiVersion: kubevirt/v1alpha3 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: myvm spec: template: spec: domain: cpu: model: host-model 1
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker 1 name: 100-worker-iommu 2 spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 kernelArguments: - intel_iommu=on 3
oc create -f 100-worker-kernel-arg-iommu.yaml
oc get MachineConfig
lspci -nnv | grep -i nvidia
02:01.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB] [10de:1eb8] (rev a1)
variant: openshift version: 4.9.0 metadata: name: 100-worker-vfiopci labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker 1 storage: files: - path: /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf mode: 0644 overwrite: true contents: inline: | options vfio-pci ids=10de:1eb8 2 - path: /etc/modules-load.d/vfio-pci.conf 3 mode: 0644 overwrite: true contents: inline: vfio-pci
butane 100-worker-vfiopci.bu -o 100-worker-vfiopci.yaml
oc apply -f 100-worker-vfiopci.yaml
oc get MachineConfig
NAME GENERATEDBYCONTROLLER IGNITIONVERSION AGE 00-master d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 00-worker d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-master-container-runtime d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-master-kubelet d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-worker-container-runtime d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 01-worker-kubelet d3da910bfa9f4b599af4ed7f5ac270d55950a3a1 3.2.0 25h 100-worker-iommu 3.2.0 30s 100-worker-vfiopci-configuration 3.2.0 30s
lspci -nnk -d 10de:
04:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP102GL [Tesla P40] [10de:1eb8] (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1eb8] Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci Kernel modules: nouveau
oc edit hyperconverged kubevirt-hyperconverged -n openshift-cnv
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: permittedHostDevices: 1 pciHostDevices: 2 - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1DB6" 3 resourceName: "nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100" 4 - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1EB8" resourceName: "nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4" - pciDeviceSelector: "8086:6F54" resourceName: "intel.com/qat" externalResourceProvider: true 5
oc describe node <node_name>
Capacity: cpu: 64 devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 915128Mi hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 131395264Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 1 pods: 250 Allocatable: cpu: 63500m devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 863623130526 hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 130244288Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 1 pods: 250
oc edit hyperconverged kubevirt-hyperconverged -n openshift-cnv
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: permittedHostDevices: pciHostDevices: - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1DB6" resourceName: "nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100" - pciDeviceSelector: "10DE:1EB8" resourceName: "nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4"
oc describe node <node_name>
Capacity: cpu: 64 devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 915128Mi hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 131395264Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 0 pods: 250 Allocatable: cpu: 63500m devices.kubevirt.io/kvm: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/tun: 110 devices.kubevirt.io/vhost-net: 110 ephemeral-storage: 863623130526 hugepages-1Gi: 0 hugepages-2Mi: 0 memory: 130244288Ki nvidia.com/GV100GL_Tesla_V100 1 nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 intel.com/qat: 0 pods: 250
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: devices: hostDevices: - deviceName: nvidia.com/TU104GL_Tesla_T4 1 name: hostdevices1
lspci -nnk | grep NVIDIA
02:01.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB] [10de:1eb8] (rev a1)
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm2-rhel84-watchdog name: <vm-name> spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm2-rhel84-watchdog spec: domain: devices: watchdog: name: <watchdog> i6300esb: action: "poweroff" 1
oc apply -f <file_name>.yaml
lspci | grep watchdog -i
echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
pkill -9 watchdog
yum install watchdog
#watchdog-device = /dev/watchdog
systemctl enable --now watchdog.service
oc get ns
oc create configmap <configmap-name> --from-file=</path/to/file/ca.pem>
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: tls-certs data: ca.pem: | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... <base64 encoded cert> -----END CERTIFICATE-----
apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: endpoint-secret 1 labels: app: containerized-data-importer type: Opaque data: accessKeyId: "" 2 secretKey: "" 3
oc apply -f endpoint-secret.yaml
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-fedora-datavolume name: vm-fedora-datavolume 1 spec: dataVolumeTemplates: - metadata: creationTimestamp: null name: fedora-dv 2 spec: storage: resources: requests: storage: 10Gi storageClassName: local source: http: 3 url: "https://mirror.arizona.edu/fedora/linux/releases/35/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-35-1.2.x86_64.qcow2" 4 secretRef: endpoint-secret 5 certConfigMap: "" 6 status: {} running: true template: metadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-fedora-datavolume spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: datavolumedisk1 machine: type: "" resources: requests: memory: 1.5Gi terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 180 volumes: - dataVolume: name: fedora-dv name: datavolumedisk1 status: {}
oc create -f vm-fedora-datavolume.yaml
oc get pods
oc describe dv fedora-dv 1
virtctl console vm-fedora-datavolume
dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20
losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2
kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4
oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: endpoint-secret 1 labels: app: containerized-data-importer type: Opaque data: accessKeyId: "" 2 secretKey: "" 3
oc apply -f endpoint-secret.yaml
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: import-pv-datavolume 1 spec: storageClassName: local 2 source: http: url: "https://mirror.arizona.edu/fedora/linux/releases/35/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-35-1.2.x86_64.qcow2" 3 secretRef: endpoint-secret 4 storage: volumeMode: Block 5 resources: requests: storage: 10Gi
oc create -f import-pv-datavolume.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: name: <datavolume-cloner> 1 rules: - apiGroups: ["cdi.kubevirt.io"] resources: ["datavolumes/source"] verbs: ["*"]
oc create -f <datavolume-cloner.yaml> 1
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: RoleBinding metadata: name: <allow-clone-to-user> 1 namespace: <Source namespace> 2 subjects: - kind: ServiceAccount name: default namespace: <Destination namespace> 3 roleRef: kind: ClusterRole name: datavolume-cloner 4 apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
oc create -f <datavolume-cloner.yaml> 1
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 4
oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-dv-clone name: vm-dv-clone 1 spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: kubevirt.io/vm: vm-dv-clone spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: root-disk resources: requests: memory: 64M volumes: - dataVolume: name: favorite-clone name: root-disk dataVolumeTemplates: - metadata: name: favorite-clone spec: storage: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 2Gi source: pvc: namespace: "source-namespace" name: "my-favorite-vm-disk"
oc create -f <vm-clone-datavolumetemplate>.yaml
dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20
losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2
kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4
oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 4 volumeMode: Block 5
oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml
kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - name: default masquerade: {} 1 ports: 2 - port: 80 networks: - name: default pod: {}
oc create -f <vm-name>.yaml
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: example-vm-ipv6 interfaces: - name: default masquerade: {} 1 ports: - port: 80 2 networks: - name: default pod: {} volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth0: dhcp4: true addresses: [ fd10:0:2::2/120 ] 3 gateway6: fd10:0:2::1 4
oc create -f example-vm-ipv6.yaml
oc get vmi <vmi-name> -o jsonpath="{.status.interfaces[*].ipAddresses}"
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: vm-ephemeral namespace: example-namespace spec: running: false template: metadata: labels: special: key 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: vmservice 1 namespace: example-namespace 2 spec: externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster 3 ports: - nodePort: 30000 4 port: 27017 protocol: TCP targetPort: 22 5 selector: special: key 6 type: NodePort 7
oc create -f <service_name>.yaml
oc get service -n example-namespace
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice ClusterIP 172.30.3.149 <none> 27017/TCP 2m
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice NodePort 172.30.232.73 <none> 27017:30000/TCP 5m
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE vmservice LoadBalancer 172.30.27.5 172.29.10.235,172.29.10.235 27017:31829/TCP 5s
ssh fedora@172.30.3.149 -p 27017
ssh fedora@USDNODE_IP -p 30000
apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: <bridge-network> 1 annotations: k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: bridge.network.kubevirt.io/<bridge-interface> 2 spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.3.1", "name": "<bridge-network>", 3 "type": "cnv-bridge", 4 "bridge": "<bridge-interface>", 5 "macspoofchk": true, 6 "vlan": 1 7 }'
oc create -f <network-attachment-definition.yaml> 1
oc get network-attachment-definition <bridge-network>
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 kind: VirtualMachine metadata: name: <example-vm> spec: template: spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - masquerade: {} name: <default> - bridge: {} name: <bridge-net> 1 networks: - name: <default> pod: {} - name: <bridge-net> 2 multus: networkName: <network-namespace>/<a-bridge-network> 3
oc apply -f <example-vm.yaml>
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1 kind: SriovNetworkNodePolicy metadata: name: <name> 1 namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator 2 spec: resourceName: <sriov_resource_name> 3 nodeSelector: feature.node.kubernetes.io/network-sriov.capable: "true" 4 priority: <priority> 5 mtu: <mtu> 6 numVfs: <num> 7 nicSelector: 8 vendor: "<vendor_code>" 9 deviceID: "<device_id>" 10 pfNames: ["<pf_name>", ...] 11 rootDevices: ["<pci_bus_id>", "..."] 12 deviceType: vfio-pci 13 isRdma: false 14
oc create -f <name>-sriov-node-network.yaml
oc get sriovnetworknodestates -n openshift-sriov-network-operator <node_name> -o jsonpath='{.status.syncStatus}'
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1 kind: SriovNetwork metadata: name: <name> 1 namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator 2 spec: resourceName: <sriov_resource_name> 3 networkNamespace: <target_namespace> 4 vlan: <vlan> 5 spoofChk: "<spoof_check>" 6 linkState: <link_state> 7 maxTxRate: <max_tx_rate> 8 minTxRate: <min_rx_rate> 9 vlanQoS: <vlan_qos> 10 trust: "<trust_vf>" 11 capabilities: <capabilities> 12
oc create -f <name>-sriov-network.yaml
oc get net-attach-def -n <namespace>
kind: VirtualMachine spec: domain: devices: interfaces: - name: <default> 1 masquerade: {} 2 - name: <nic1> 3 sriov: {} networks: - name: <default> 4 pod: {} - name: <nic1> 5 multus: networkName: <sriov-network> 6
oc apply -f <vm-sriov.yaml> 1
kind: VirtualMachine spec: volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth1: 1 dhcp4: true 2
kind: VirtualMachine spec: volumes: - cloudInitNoCloud: networkData: | version: 2 ethernets: eth1: 1 addresses: - 10.10.10.14/24 2
oc describe vmi <vmi_name>
Interfaces: Interface Name: eth0 Ip Address: 10.244.0.37/24 Ip Addresses: 10.244.0.37/24 fe80::858:aff:fef4:25/64 Mac: 0a:58:0a:f4:00:25 Name: default Interface Name: v2 Ip Address: 1.1.1.7/24 Ip Addresses: 1.1.1.7/24 fe80::f4d9:70ff:fe13:9089/64 Mac: f6:d9:70:13:90:89 Interface Name: v1 Ip Address: 1.1.1.1/24 Ip Addresses: 1.1.1.1/24 1.1.1.2/24 1.1.1.4/24 2001:de7:0:f101::1/64 2001:db8:0:f101::1/64 fe80::1420:84ff:fe10:17aa/64 Mac: 16:20:84:10:17:aa
oc label namespace <namespace1> <namespace2> mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io=ignore
oc label namespace <namespace1> <namespace2> mutatevirtualmachines.kubemacpool.io-
touch machineconfig.yaml
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: name: 50-set-selinux-for-hostpath-provisioner labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 systemd: units: - contents: | [Unit] Description=Set SELinux chcon for hostpath provisioner Before=kubelet.service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/chcon -Rt container_file_t <backing_directory_path> 1 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target enabled: true name: hostpath-provisioner.service
oc create -f machineconfig.yaml -n <namespace>
sudo chcon -t container_file_t -R <backing_directory_path>
touch hostpathprovisioner_cr.yaml
apiVersion: hostpathprovisioner.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HostPathProvisioner metadata: name: hostpath-provisioner spec: imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent pathConfig: path: "<backing_directory_path>" 1 useNamingPrefix: false 2 workload: 3
oc create -f hostpathprovisioner_cr.yaml -n openshift-cnv
touch storageclass.yaml
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1 kind: StorageClass metadata: name: hostpath-provisioner 1 provisioner: kubevirt.io/hostpath-provisioner reclaimPolicy: Delete 2 volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer 3
oc create -f storageclass.yaml
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: 2 namespace: "<source_namespace>" 3 name: "<my_vm_disk>" 4 storage: 5 resources: requests: storage: 2Gi 6 storageClassName: <storage_class> 7
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: 2 namespace: "<source_namespace>" 3 name: "<my_vm_disk>" 4 pvc: 5 accessModes: 6 - ReadWriteMany resources: requests: storage: 2Gi 7 volumeMode: Block 8 storageClassName: <storage_class> 9
oc edit -n openshift-cnv storageprofile <storage_class>
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <unknown_provisioner_class> spec: {} status: provisioner: <unknown_provisioner> storageClass: <unknown_provisioner_class>
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <unknown_provisioner_class> spec: claimPropertySets: - accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce 1 volumeMode: Filesystem 2 status: provisioner: <unknown_provisioner> storageClass: <unknown_provisioner_class>
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: StorageProfile metadata: name: <provisioner_class> spec: claimPropertySets: - accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce 1 volumeMode: Filesystem 2 cloneStrategy: csi-clone 3 status: provisioner: <provisioner> storageClass: <provisioner_class>
oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged spec: resourceRequirements: storageWorkloads: limits: cpu: "500m" memory: "2Gi" requests: cpu: "250m" memory: "1Gi"
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: dv-ann annotations: v1.multus-cni.io/default-network: bridge-network 1 spec: source: http: url: "example.exampleurl.com" pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 1Gi
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: preallocated-datavolume spec: source: 1 pvc: preallocation: true 2
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <upload-datavolume> 1 spec: source: upload: {} pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 2
oc create -f <upload-datavolume>.yaml
virtctl image-upload dv <datavolume_name> \ 1 --size=<datavolume_size> \ 2 --image-path=</path/to/image> \ 3
oc get dvs
dd if=/dev/zero of=<loop10> bs=100M count=20
losetup </dev/loop10>d3 <loop10> 1 2
kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <local-block-pv10> annotations: spec: local: path: </dev/loop10> 1 capacity: storage: <2Gi> volumeMode: Block 2 storageClassName: local 3 accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - <node01> 4
oc create -f <local-block-pv10.yaml> 1
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <upload-datavolume> 1 spec: source: upload: {} pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 2
oc create -f <upload-datavolume>.yaml
virtctl image-upload dv <datavolume_name> \ 1 --size=<datavolume_size> \ 2 --image-path=</path/to/image> \ 3
oc get dvs
yum install -y qemu-guest-agent
systemctl enable --now qemu-guest-agent
apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineSnapshot metadata: name: my-vmsnapshot 1 spec: source: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm 2
oc create -f <my-vmsnapshot>.yaml
oc wait my-vm my-vmsnapshot --for condition=Ready
oc describe vmsnapshot <my-vmsnapshot>
apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineSnapshot metadata: creationTimestamp: "2020-09-30T14:41:51Z" finalizers: - snapshot.kubevirt.io/vmsnapshot-protection generation: 5 name: mysnap namespace: default resourceVersion: "3897" selfLink: /apis/snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/default/virtualmachinesnapshots/my-vmsnapshot uid: 28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d spec: source: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm status: conditions: - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" reason: Operation complete status: "False" 1 type: Progressing - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" reason: Operation complete status: "True" 2 type: Ready creationTime: "2020-09-30T14:42:03Z" readyToUse: true 3 sourceUID: 355897f3-73a0-4ec4-83d3-3c2df9486f4f virtualMachineSnapshotContentName: vmsnapshot-content-28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d 4
apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineRestore metadata: name: my-vmrestore 1 spec: target: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm 2 virtualMachineSnapshotName: my-vmsnapshot 3
oc create -f <my-vmrestore>.yaml
oc get vmrestore <my-vmrestore>
apiVersion: snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1 kind: VirtualMachineRestore metadata: creationTimestamp: "2020-09-30T14:46:27Z" generation: 5 name: my-vmrestore namespace: default ownerReferences: - apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1 blockOwnerDeletion: true controller: true kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm uid: 355897f3-73a0-4ec4-83d3-3c2df9486f4f resourceVersion: "5512" selfLink: /apis/snapshot.kubevirt.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/default/virtualmachinerestores/my-vmrestore uid: 71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041 spec: target: apiGroup: kubevirt.io kind: VirtualMachine name: my-vm virtualMachineSnapshotName: my-vmsnapshot status: complete: true 1 conditions: - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" reason: Operation complete status: "False" 2 type: Progressing - lastProbeTime: null lastTransitionTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" reason: Operation complete status: "True" 3 type: Ready deletedDataVolumes: - test-dv1 restoreTime: "2020-09-30T14:46:28Z" restores: - dataVolumeName: restore-71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041-datavolumedisk1 persistentVolumeClaim: restore-71c679a8-136e-46b0-b9b5-f57175a6a041-datavolumedisk1 volumeName: datavolumedisk1 volumeSnapshotName: vmsnapshot-28eedf08-5d6a-42c1-969c-2eda58e2a78d-volume-datavolumedisk1
oc delete vmsnapshot <my-vmsnapshot>
oc get vmsnapshot
kind: PersistentVolume apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: <destination-pv> 1 annotations: spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce capacity: storage: 10Gi 2 local: path: /mnt/local-storage/local/disk1 3 nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - node01 4 persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete storageClassName: local volumeMode: Filesystem
oc get pv <destination-pv> -o yaml
spec: nodeAffinity: required: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname 1 operator: In values: - node01 2
oc label pv <destination-pv> node=node01
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <clone-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: name: "<source-vm-disk>" 2 namespace: "<source-namespace>" 3 pvc: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce selector: matchLabels: node: node01 4 resources: requests: storage: <10Gi> 5
oc apply -f <clone-datavolume.yaml>
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: blank-image-datavolume spec: source: blank: {} pvc: # Optional: Set the storage class or omit to accept the default # storageClassName: "hostpath" accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 500Mi
oc create -f <blank-image-datavolume>.yaml
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: DataVolume metadata: name: <cloner-datavolume> 1 spec: source: pvc: namespace: "<source-namespace>" 2 name: "<my-favorite-vm-disk>" 3 storage: 4 resources: requests: storage: <2Gi> 5
oc create -f <cloner-datavolume>.yaml
virtctl addvolume <virtual-machine|virtual-machine-instance> --volume-name=<datavolume|PVC> [--persist] [--serial=<label-name>]
virtctl removevolume <virtual-machine|virtual-machine-instance> --volume-name=<datavolume|PVC>
cat > Dockerfile << EOF FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest AS builder ADD --chown=107:107 <vm_image>.qcow2 /disk/ 1 RUN chmod 0440 /disk/* FROM scratch COPY --from=builder /disk/* /disk/ EOF
podman build -t <registry>/<container_disk_name>:latest .
podman push <registry>/<container_disk_name>:latest
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged namespace: openshift-cnv spec: storageImport: insecureRegistries: 1 - "private-registry-example-1:5000" - "private-registry-example-2:5000"
oc edit hco -n openshift-cnv kubevirt-hyperconverged
apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1 kind: HyperConverged metadata: name: kubevirt-hyperconverged spec: scratchSpaceStorageClass: "<storage_class>" 1
oc get pv <pv_name> -o yaml | grep 'persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy'
oc patch pv <pv_name> -p '{"spec":{"persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy":"Retain"}}'
oc describe pvc <pvc_name> | grep 'Mounted By:'
oc delete pvc <pvc_name>
oc get pv <pv_name> -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml
oc delete pv <pv_name>
rm -rf <path_to_share_storage>
oc create -f <new_pv_name>.yaml
oc get dvs
oc delete dv <datavolume_name>