Creating Vms

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Prerequisites

Creating a VM that runs debian

In this guide, you’ll learn how to deploy a simple VM that runs debian.

Installation

Create debian-vm.yml:

---
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
kind: VirtualMachine
metadata:
 name: debian-vm
 namespace: vms
spec:
 runStrategy: Always
 dataVolumeTemplates:
 - metadata:
 name: debian-vm-rootdisk
 spec:
 storage:
 storageClassName: longhorn
 accessModes:
 - ReadWriteOnce
 resources:
 requests:
 storage: 8Gi
 source:
 registry:
 url: "docker://quay.io/containerdisks/debian:13"
 template:
 metadata:
 labels:
 kubevirt.io/size: small
 kubevirt.io/domain: debian-vm
 spec:
 domain:
 devices:
 disks:
 - name: rootdisk
 disk:
 bus: virtio
 - name: cloudinitdisk
 disk:
 bus: virtio
 interfaces:
 - name: default
 masquerade: {}
 resources:
 requests:
 memory: 1Gi
 cpu: "1"
 networks:
 - name: default
 pod: {}
 volumes:
 - name: rootdisk
 dataVolume:
 name: debian-vm-rootdisk
 - name: cloudinitdisk
 cloudInitNoCloud:
 userData: |
 #cloud-config
 password: debian
 chpasswd: { expire: False }
 ssh_pwauth: False
 ssh_authorized_keys:
 - <your ssh.pub key>
 runcmd:
 - systemctl enable --now ssh
 networkData: |
 version: 2
 ethernets:
 enp1s0:
 dhcp4: true
 addresses: [ fd10:0:2::2/120 ]
 routes:
 - to: ::/0
 via: fd10:0:2::1

Expose ssh port using MetalLB svc:

Kubevirt

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Prerequisites

Getting-Started

Kubevirt

Kubevirt along with CDI lets you run full VMs inside kubernetes. Deploying it is straight-forward.

Installation

Get the latest release:

export RELEASE=$(curl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubevirt-prow/release/kubevirt/kubevirt/stable.txt)

Deploy kubevirt-operator:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${RELEASE}/kubevirt-operator.yaml

Create the kubevirt-cr:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${RELEASE}/kubevirt-cr.yaml

Get latest version of Containerized Data Importer:

export TAG=$(curl -s -w %{redirect_url} https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/releases/latest) && \
export VERSION=$(echo ${TAG##*/})

Deploy cdi-operator:

Kubevirt on k3s-at-home

Creating Vms

Prerequisites

Creating a VM that runs debian

Installation

Kubevirt

Prerequisites

Kubevirt

Installation