OpenShift Virtualization
Understanding the Edge GitOps VMs Helm Chart
The heart of the Edge GitOps VMs helm chart is a template file that was designed with a fair amount of flexibility in mind. Specifically, it allows you to specify:
- One or more “groups” of VMs (such as “kiosk” in our example) with an arbitrary number of instances per group
- Different sizing parameters (cores, threads, memory, disk size) for each group
- Different SSH keypair credentials for each group
- Different OS’s for each group
- Different sets of TCP and/or UDP ports open for each group
This is to allow you to set up, for example, 4 VMs of one type, 3 VMs of another, and 2 VMs of a third type. This will hopefully abstract the details of VM creation through OpenShift Virtualization and allow you to focus on what kinds and how many of the different sorts of VMs you might need to set up. (Note that AWS’s smallest metal node is 72 cores and 192 GB of RAM at initial release, so there is plenty of room for different combinations/configurations.)
How we got here - Default OpenShift Virtualization templates
OpenShift virtualization expects to install virtual machines from image templates by default, and provides a number of OpenShift templates to facilitate this. The default templates are installed in the openshift namespace; the OpenShift console also provides a wizard for creating VMs that use the same templates.
As of OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.1, the following templates were available on installation:
$ oc get template
NAME DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS OBJECTS
3scale-gateway 3scale's APIcast is an NGINX based API gateway used to integrate your interna... 17 (8 blank) 3
amq63-basic Application template for JBoss A-MQ brokers. These can be deployed as standal... 11 (4 blank) 6
amq63-persistent An example JBoss A-MQ application. For more information about using this temp... 13 (4 blank) 8
amq63-persistent-ssl An example JBoss A-MQ application. For more information about using this temp... 18 (6 blank) 12
amq63-ssl An example JBoss A-MQ application. For more information about using this temp... 16 (6 blank) 10
apicurito Design beautiful, functional APIs with zero coding, using a visual designer f... 7 (1 blank) 7
cache-service Red Hat Data Grid is an in-memory, distributed key/value store. 8 (1 blank) 4
cakephp-mysql-example An example CakePHP application with a MySQL database. For more information ab... 21 (4 blank) 8
cakephp-mysql-persistent An example CakePHP application with a MySQL database. For more information ab... 22 (4 blank) 9
centos-stream8-desktop-large Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-desktop-medium Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-desktop-small Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-desktop-tiny Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-server-large Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-server-medium Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-server-small Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream8-server-tiny Template for CentOS Stream 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-desktop-large Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-desktop-medium Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-desktop-small Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-desktop-tiny Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-server-large Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-server-medium Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-server-small Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos-stream9-server-tiny Template for CentOS Stream 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS Stream disk i... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-desktop-large Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-desktop-medium Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-desktop-small Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-desktop-tiny Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-server-large Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-server-medium Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-server-small Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
centos7-server-tiny Template for CentOS 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the CentOS disk image must be a... 4 (2 generated) 1
dancer-mysql-example An example Dancer application with a MySQL database. For more information abo... 18 (5 blank) 8
dancer-mysql-persistent An example Dancer application with a MySQL database. For more information abo... 19 (5 blank) 9
datagrid-service Red Hat Data Grid is an in-memory, distributed key/value store. 7 (1 blank) 4
datavirt64-basic-s2i Application template for JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4 services built using S2I. 20 (6 blank) 6
datavirt64-extensions-support-s2i An example JBoss Data Virtualization application. For more information about... 35 (9 blank) 10
datavirt64-ldap-s2i Application template for JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4 services that configur... 21 (6 blank) 6
datavirt64-secure-s2i An example JBoss Data Virtualization application. For more information about... 51 (22 blank) 8
decisionserver64-amq-s2i An example BRMS decision server A-MQ application. For more information about... 30 (5 blank) 10
decisionserver64-basic-s2i Application template for Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4 decision server applications... 17 (5 blank) 5
django-psql-example An example Django application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informatio... 19 (5 blank) 8
django-psql-persistent An example Django application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informatio... 20 (5 blank) 9
eap-xp3-basic-s2i Example of an application based on JBoss EAP XP. For more information about u... 20 (5 blank) 8
eap74-basic-s2i An example JBoss Enterprise Application Platform application. For more inform... 20 (5 blank) 8
eap74-https-s2i An example JBoss Enterprise Application Platform application configured with... 30 (11 blank) 10
eap74-sso-s2i An example JBoss Enterprise Application Platform application Single Sign-On a... 50 (21 blank) 10
fedora-desktop-large Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-desktop-medium Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-desktop-small Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-desktop-tiny Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-highperformance-large Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-highperformance-medium Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-highperformance-small Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-highperformance-tiny Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-server-large Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-server-medium Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-server-small Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fedora-server-tiny Template for Fedora 34 VM or newer. A PVC with the Fedora disk image must be... 4 (2 generated) 1
fuse710-console The Red Hat Fuse Console eases the discovery and management of Fuse applicati... 8 (1 blank) 5
httpd-example An example Apache HTTP Server (httpd) application that serves static content.... 9 (3 blank) 5
jenkins-ephemeral Jenkins service, without persistent storage.... 11 (all set) 7
jenkins-ephemeral-monitored Jenkins service, without persistent storage. ... 12 (all set) 8
jenkins-persistent Jenkins service, with persistent storage.... 13 (all set) 8
jenkins-persistent-monitored Jenkins service, with persistent storage. ... 14 (all set) 9
jws31-tomcat7-basic-s2i Application template for JWS applications built using S2I. 12 (3 blank) 5
jws31-tomcat7-https-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application configured for use with https. For mo... 17 (5 blank) 7
jws31-tomcat8-basic-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 12 (3 blank) 5
jws31-tomcat8-https-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 17 (5 blank) 7
jws56-openjdk11-tomcat9-ubi8-basic-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 10 (3 blank) 5
jws56-openjdk11-tomcat9-ubi8-https-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 15 (5 blank) 7
jws56-openjdk8-tomcat9-ubi8-basic-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 10 (3 blank) 5
jws56-openjdk8-tomcat9-ubi8-https-s2i An example JBoss Web Server application. For more information about using thi... 15 (5 blank) 7
mariadb-ephemeral MariaDB database service, without persistent storage. For more information ab... 8 (3 generated) 3
mariadb-persistent MariaDB database service, with persistent storage. For more information about... 9 (3 generated) 4
mysql-ephemeral MySQL database service, without persistent storage. For more information abou... 8 (3 generated) 3
mysql-persistent MySQL database service, with persistent storage. For more information about u... 9 (3 generated) 4
nginx-example An example Nginx HTTP server and a reverse proxy (nginx) application that ser... 10 (3 blank) 5
nodejs-postgresql-example An example Node.js application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informati... 18 (4 blank) 8
nodejs-postgresql-persistent An example Node.js application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informati... 19 (4 blank) 9
openjdk-web-basic-s2i An example Java application using OpenJDK. For more information about using t... 9 (1 blank) 5
postgresql-ephemeral PostgreSQL database service, without persistent storage. For more information... 7 (2 generated) 3
postgresql-persistent PostgreSQL database service, with persistent storage. For more information ab... 8 (2 generated) 4
processserver64-amq-mysql-persistent-s2i An example BPM Suite application with A-MQ and a MySQL database. For more inf... 49 (13 blank) 14
processserver64-amq-mysql-s2i An example BPM Suite application with A-MQ and a MySQL database. For more inf... 47 (13 blank) 12
processserver64-amq-postgresql-persistent-s2i An example BPM Suite application with A-MQ and a PostgreSQL database. For mor... 46 (10 blank) 14
processserver64-amq-postgresql-s2i An example BPM Suite application with A-MQ and a PostgreSQL database. For mor... 44 (10 blank) 12
processserver64-basic-s2i An example BPM Suite application. For more information about using this templ... 17 (5 blank) 5
processserver64-externaldb-s2i An example BPM Suite application with a external database. For more informati... 47 (22 blank) 7
processserver64-mysql-persistent-s2i An example BPM Suite application with a MySQL database. For more information... 40 (14 blank) 10
processserver64-mysql-s2i An example BPM Suite application with a MySQL database. For more information... 39 (14 blank) 9
processserver64-postgresql-persistent-s2i An example BPM Suite application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informa... 37 (11 blank) 10
rails-pgsql-persistent An example Rails application with a PostgreSQL database. For more information... 21 (4 blank) 9
rails-postgresql-example An example Rails application with a PostgreSQL database. For more information... 20 (4 blank) 8
redis-ephemeral Redis in-memory data structure store, without persistent storage. For more in... 5 (1 generated) 3
redis-persistent Redis in-memory data structure store, with persistent storage. For more infor... 6 (1 generated) 4
rhdm711-authoring Application template for a non-HA persistent authoring environment, for Red H... 76 (46 blank) 11
rhdm711-authoring-ha Application template for a HA persistent authoring environment, for Red Hat D... 92 (47 blank) 17
rhdm711-kieserver Application template for a managed KIE Server, for Red Hat Decision Manager 7... 61 (42 blank) 6
rhdm711-prod-immutable-kieserver Application template for an immutable KIE Server in a production environment,... 66 (45 blank) 8
rhdm711-prod-immutable-kieserver-amq Application template for an immutable KIE Server in a production environment... 80 (54 blank) 20
rhdm711-trial-ephemeral Application template for an ephemeral authoring and testing environment, for... 63 (40 blank) 8
rhel6-desktop-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-desktop-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-desktop-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-desktop-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-server-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-server-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-server-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel6-server-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-desktop-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-desktop-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-desktop-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-desktop-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-highperformance-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-highperformance-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-highperformance-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-highperformance-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-server-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-server-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-server-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel7-server-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-desktop-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-desktop-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-desktop-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-desktop-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-highperformance-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-highperformance-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-highperformance-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-highperformance-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-server-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-server-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-server-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel8-server-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-desktop-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-desktop-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-desktop-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-desktop-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-highperformance-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-highperformance-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-highperformance-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-highperformance-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-server-large Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-server-medium Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-server-small Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhel9-server-tiny Template for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VM or newer. A PVC with the RHEL disk... 4 (2 generated) 1
rhpam711-authoring Application template for a non-HA persistent authoring environment, for Red H... 80 (46 blank) 12
rhpam711-authoring-ha Application template for a HA persistent authoring environment, for Red Hat P... 101 (47 blank) 20
rhpam711-kieserver-externaldb Application template for a managed KIE Server with an external database, for... 83 (59 blank) 8
rhpam711-kieserver-mysql Application template for a managed KIE Server with a MySQL database, for Red... 70 (42 blank) 9
rhpam711-kieserver-postgresql Application template for a managed KIE Server with a PostgreSQL database, for... 71 (42 blank) 9
rhpam711-managed Application template for a managed HA production runtime environment, for Red... 87 (46 blank) 14
rhpam711-prod Application template for a managed HA production runtime environment, for Red... 102 (55 blank) 28
rhpam711-prod-immutable-kieserver Application template for an immutable KIE Server in a production environment,... 76 (45 blank) 11
rhpam711-prod-immutable-kieserver-amq Application template for an immutable KIE Server in a production environment... 97 (58 blank) 23
rhpam711-prod-immutable-monitor Application template for a router and monitoring console in a production envi... 66 (44 blank) 14
rhpam711-trial-ephemeral Application template for an ephemeral authoring and testing environment, for... 63 (40 blank) 8
s2i-fuse710-spring-boot-2-camel Spring Boot 2 and Camel QuickStart. This example demonstrates how you can use... 18 (3 blank) 3
s2i-fuse710-spring-boot-2-camel-rest-3scale Spring Boot 2, Camel REST DSL and 3Scale QuickStart. This example demonstrate... 19 (3 blank) 5
s2i-fuse710-spring-boot-2-camel-xml Spring Boot 2 and Camel Xml QuickStart. This example demonstrates how you can... 18 (3 blank) 3
sso72-https An example RH-SSO 7 application. For more information about using this templa... 26 (15 blank) 6
sso72-mysql An example RH-SSO 7 application with a MySQL database. For more information a... 36 (20 blank) 8
sso72-mysql-persistent An example RH-SSO 7 application with a MySQL database. For more information a... 37 (20 blank) 9
sso72-postgresql An example RH-SSO 7 application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informat... 33 (17 blank) 8
sso72-postgresql-persistent An example RH-SSO 7 application with a PostgreSQL database. For more informat... 34 (17 blank) 9
sso73-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 27 (16 blank) 6
sso73-mysql An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 37 (21 blank) 8
sso73-mysql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 38 (21 blank) 9
sso73-ocp4-x509-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 13 (7 blank) 5
sso73-ocp4-x509-mysql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 24 (12 blank) 8
sso73-ocp4-x509-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 21 (9 blank) 8
sso73-postgresql An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 34 (18 blank) 8
sso73-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.3 image. For more information about... 35 (18 blank) 9
sso74-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.4 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 27 (16 blank) 6
sso74-ocp4-x509-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.4 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 13 (7 blank) 5
sso74-ocp4-x509-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.4 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 21 (9 blank) 8
sso74-postgresql An example application based on RH-SSO 7.4 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 34 (18 blank) 8
sso74-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.4 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 35 (18 blank) 9
sso75-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.5 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 27 (16 blank) 6
sso75-ocp4-x509-https An example application based on RH-SSO 7.5 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 13 (7 blank) 5
sso75-ocp4-x509-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.5 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 21 (9 blank) 8
sso75-postgresql An example application based on RH-SSO 7.5 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 34 (18 blank) 8
sso75-postgresql-persistent An example application based on RH-SSO 7.5 on OpenJDK image. For more informa... 35 (18 blank) 9
windows10-desktop-large Template for Microsoft Windows 10 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk image must... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows10-desktop-medium Template for Microsoft Windows 10 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk image must... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows10-highperformance-large Template for Microsoft Windows 10 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk image must... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows10-highperformance-medium Template for Microsoft Windows 10 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk image must... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k12r2-highperformance-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k12r2-highperformance-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k12r2-server-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k12r2-server-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k16-highperformance-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k16-highperformance-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k16-server-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k16-server-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k19-highperformance-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k19-highperformance-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k19-server-large Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
windows2k19-server-medium Template for Microsoft Windows Server 2019 VM. A PVC with the Windows disk im... 3 (1 generated) 1
Additionally, you may copy and customize these templates if you wish.
Creating a VM from the Console via Template
These templates can be run through the OpenShift Console from the Virtualization tab. Note the “Create VM” buttons on the right side of this picture:
Clicking on the “Create VM” button will bring up a wizard that looks like this:
Accepting the defaults from this wizard will give a success screen:
Until it is deleted, you can monitor the machine’s lifecycle from the VirtualMachines tab:
This is a great way to gain familiarity with how the system works, but we might possibly want an interface we can use more programmatically.
Creating a VM from the command line via oc process
This is a useful way to understand what kinds of objects OpenShift Virtualization creates and manages:
$ oc process -n openshift rhel8-desktop-medium | oc apply -f -
virtualmachine.kubevirt.io/rhel8-q63yuvxpjdvy18l7 created
You could also use the “Create VM Wizard” in the OpenShift console.
Another option - capturing template output and converting it into a Helm Chart
See details here.
Accessing the VMs
There are three mechanisms for access to these VMs:
Virtual Machine Console Access via OpenShift Console
Navigate to Virtualization -> VirtualMachines and make sure Project: All Projects or edge-gitops-vms is selected:
Click on the “three dots” menu on the right, which will open a dialog like the following:
The virtual machine console view will show a standard RHEL console login screen. It can be accessed using the the initial user name (cloud-user by default) and password (which is what is specified in the Helm chart Values as either the password specific to that machine group, or the default cloudInit.
Initial User login (cloud-user)
In general you can log in to the VMs on the console using the user and password you specified in the Helm chart, or else you can look at the VirtualMachine object and see what the username and password setting are.
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