kubevirt commands in nutshel

gistfile1.txt

Kubevirt demo :

export KUBEVIRT_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
echo $KUBEVIRT_VERSION

------- Installing Kubevirt components using Operator ---------------
kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${KUBEVIRT_VERSION}/kubevirt-operator.yaml

------- Pre-configure KubeVirt so it uses software-emulated virtualization (QEMU) --------------------------------
kubectl create configmap kubevirt-config -n kubevirt --from-literal debug.useEmulation=true

------- Deploy KubeVirt using CR that trigger's operator workflow to create deployment ----------------------------
kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${KUBEVIRT_VERSION}/kubevirt-cr.yaml

-------- Installing virtctl client tool ---------------------------
wget -O virtctl https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/${KUBEVIRT_VERSION}/virtctl-${KUBEVIRT_VERSION}-linux-amd64
chmod +x virtctl
mv virtctl /usr/local/bin/

--------- Deploy a sample VM deployment file ------------------------
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubevirt/demo/master/manifests/vm.yaml
kubectl create -f vm.yaml

kubectl get vm -- show that vm has been deployed (but not scheduled/running)
kubectl get vmis -- will not show unless vm is started
virtctl start testvm , kubectl describe vm testvm
virtctl stop testvm -- to stop vm
kubectl describe virtualmachineinstance myvm

virtctl console testvm
Successfully connected to testvm console. The escape sequence is ^]

login as 'cirros' user. default password: 'gocubsgo'. use 'sudo' for root.


kubectl delete vm testvm