Installing Virtual Machines in OpenShift using KubeVirt - Installation Guide - BlueCat Integrity - 26.1.0

Use the KubeVirt virtual shell virtctl and OpenShift CLI openshift-cli to install your BlueCat virtual machine in OpenShift using the command line.

1. Copy your downloaded tarball and its associated MD5 file to the OpenShift host machine, and check if the archives are OK.
2. Run the tar -xzvf <integrity_vm_tarball> command to unpackage your virtual machine. The qcow2 file is used to install the virtual machine.
3. Switch to the project that you would like to deploy your VM in using the following command:

   oc project <project_name>

4. Upload the VM disk image to a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC), which will be used as the VM’s storage, using the following command:

   virtctl image-upload pvc <disk_name> \
   --namespace <project_name> \
   --size <disk_size> \
   --storage-class <storage_class_name> \
   --access-mode ReadWriteOnce \
   --force-bind \
   --insecure \
   --image-path ./<path_to_qcow2_image>

   For example

   virtctl image-upload pvc vmname-disk \
   --namespace bluecat \
   --size 160Gi \
   --storage-class lvms-vg1 \
   --access-mode ReadWriteOnce \
   --force-bind \
   --insecure \
   --image-path ./bdds_kvm_26.1.0-XXX.GA.bcn_amd64.qcow2

5. Create a vm_manifest.yaml file that will be used to configure the VM. The YAML file must be in the following format:

   apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
   kind: VirtualMachine
   metadata:
     name: <vmname>
     namespace: <project_name>
   spec:
     instancetype:
       name: u1.medium
     preference:
       name: debian
     runStrategy: Always
     template:
       spec:
         domain:
           devices:
             interfaces:
               - name: eth0
                 model: virtio
                 bridge: {}
           resources: {}
           firmware:
             bootloader:
               bios: {}
         terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 180
         volumes:
           - name: vmname-disk
             persistentVolumeClaim:
               claimName: vmname-disk
           - name: cloudinitdisk 
             cloudInitNoCloud:
               userData: |-
                 #cloud-config
                 bluecat_license:
                     id: <client_id>
                     key: <license_key>
                 bluecat_netconf:
                     ipaddr: "<vm_ip_address>"
                     cidr: "<subnet_cidr>"
                     gateway: "<default_gateway_ip_address>"
                     hostname: "new1.bcn.com"
         networks:
           - name: eth0
             multus:
               networkName: <project_name>/<vlan_name>
   status: {}

6. Apply the manifest file to the virtual machine and create it using the following command:

   oc apply -f vm_manifest.yaml