Openshift Virtualization Demo

This is a quick demo of the new virtualization feature in OpenShift

Warning

OpenShift Virtualization only supports bare metal at this time and this is only for demonstration purposes

Installation

• Install Openshit 4.5.4

• Login as a cluster admin

• Install OpenShift Virtualization

  • Goto the Operators > Operator

  • Search for OpentShift Virtualization

  • Install the operator

  • This demo was tested using version 2.4.0

• Create the Hyper Convereged Cluster

  • Go to the Opertors > installed Operaters

  • Click on CNV Operator Deployment in the OpenShift Virtualization row

  • Click 'Create HyperConverged Cluster' button

  • Leave defaults and Create

• Verify all Pods in the openshift-cnv project are started.

• Turn on Emulation for AWS

  • Modify kubevirt-config Config Map in the openshift-cnv

  • Add debug.useEmulation:'true' under the data element

data:
  debug.useEmulation: 'true'

Create a Virtual machine

• Create a new Projects

  • Click Create Project

  • Create a project with the name a-vm

  • This will also change your project context to 'a-vm'

  • Create a virtual machine

  • Goto Workloads > Virtualization

• Click Create Virtual Machine button, use New with wizard

  • Use the following settings

    • Name: cirros

    • Source: URL

    • URL: http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.5.1/cirros-0.5.1-x86_64-disk.img

    • Operating System: 'Fedora 31 or higher'

    • Favor: 'Small'

    • Workload Profile: 'desktop'

  • Click Review and create button

  • Click Start virtual machine on creation and ` Creaste Virtual Machine`

• Wait for the vm’s status to be running

• Go to the console tab

• When prompted loging with the user cirros and password gocubsgo

More

• Twitch video on OpenShift Virtualization