Deploy the OpenShift Virtualization Operator

1. Deploy the OpenShift Virtualization Operator

   cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     name: openshift-cnv
   ---
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: kubevirt-hyperconverged-group
     namespace: openshift-cnv
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
       - openshift-cnv
   ---
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: hco-operatorhub
     namespace: openshift-cnv
   spec:
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     name: kubevirt-hyperconverged
     startingCSV: kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v4.15.1
     channel: "stable"
   EOF
   

2. If you want to see the progress of the operator you can log into the OpenShift Console (hint run oc whoami --show-console to get the URL)

   

3. Create an OpenShift Virtualization operand

   Note: this is all defaults, so will not support a lot of the more advanced features you might want such as live migration.

   cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1
   kind: HyperConverged
   metadata:
     name: kubevirt-hyperconverged
     namespace: openshift-cnv
     annotations:
       deployOVS: "false"
     labels:
       app: kubevirt-hyperconverged
   spec:
     applicationAwareConfig:
       allowApplicationAwareClusterResourceQuota: false
       vmiCalcConfigName: DedicatedVirtualResources
     certConfig:
       ca:
         duration: 48h0m0s
         renewBefore: 24h0m0s
       server:
         duration: 24h0m0s
         renewBefore: 12h0m0s
     evictionStrategy: LiveMigrate
     featureGates:
       alignCPUs: false
       autoResourceLimits: false
       deployKubeSecondaryDNS: false
       deployTektonTaskResources: false
       deployVmConsoleProxy: false
       disableMDevConfiguration: false
       enableApplicationAwareQuota: false
       enableCommonBootImageImport: true
       enableManagedTenantQuota: false
       nonRoot: true
       persistentReservation: false
       withHostPassthroughCPU: false
     infra: {}
     liveMigrationConfig:
       allowAutoConverge: false
       allowPostCopy: false
       completionTimeoutPerGiB: 800
       parallelMigrationsPerCluster: 5
       parallelOutboundMigrationsPerNode: 2
       progressTimeout: 150
     resourceRequirements:
       vmiCPUAllocationRatio: 10
     uninstallStrategy: BlockUninstallIfWorkloadsExist
     virtualMachineOptions:
       disableFreePageReporting: false
       disableSerialConsoleLog: true
     workloadUpdateStrategy:
       batchEvictionInterval: 1m0s
       batchEvictionSize: 10
       workloadUpdateMethods:
       - LiveMigrate
     workloads: {}
   EOF
   

4. New “Virtualization” Section in the OpenShift Console

   Once the operator is installed you should see a new “Virtualization” section in the OpenShift Console (you may be prompted to refresh the page)

   

5. Close the popup window and click the “Download virtctl” button to download the virtctl binary.