Prerequisites:

1. Make sure Docker is installed
2. Make sure Minikube is installed

Installation of Kubevirt

For minikube

minikube addons enable kubevirt

For other clusters:

export VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases | grep tag_name | grep -v -- '-rc' | sort -r | head -1 | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/,//' | xargs)

echo $VERSION

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

Installation of Virtctl(For Windows)

1. Make sure git is installed.

2. Download krew.exe from the Releases page to a directory.

3. Launch a command prompt with administrator privileges and navigate to that directory.

4. Run the following command to install krew .\krew install krew

5. Add the %USERPROFILE%.krew\bin directory to your PATH environment variable

6. Launch a new command-line window.

7. Run kubectl krew to check the installation.

8. Run kubectl krew install virt to install virtctl( to be used as kubectl virt )

Create a VM instance

1. Use any of the manifest file of linux, in this case, we are using cirros.yaml

2. Run kubectl create -f cirros.yaml to create vm

3. Run kubectl get vms to check status of vm

4. Start the vm by running the command

kubectl virt start cirros

5. Run kubectl get vmi to check status of vm instance

6. Once the phase status in above command changes to Running, run the following command to access vm

kubectl virt console cirros

7. Disconnect from vm console by typing ctrl+]

8. To shut down vm instance, run

kubectl virt stop cirros

9. To delete vm, run

kubectl delete vm cirros

Creating a VM for Windows

1. Download windows iso file

2. Install CDI by running the following commands

export VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')


kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/releases/download/$VERSION/cdi-operator.yaml


kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubevirt/containerized-data-importer/releases/download/$VERSION/cdi-cr.yaml

3. Upload the folder of the windows iso file using docker (Change the FILE_PATH)

docker run -it -d -p 8080:80 --name web -v {FILE_PATH}:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ httpd:2.4

4. localhost:8080 has the uploaded folder, copy the path of iso file to used in step 7

5. Run kubectl create -f window-pvc.yaml to create PVC

6. Make these necessary changes to windows.yaml

• Change the URL to the path of iso file
• Change localhost to host.minikube.internal

7. Run kubectl create -f window.yaml to create VM

• It will take some time for the windows file to be uploaded

8. Run kubectl get vms to check status of vm

9. Start the vm by running the command

kubectl virt start vm-windows-datavolume

10. Run kubectl get vmi to check status of vm instance

11. Once the phase status in above command changes to Running, run the following command to access vm

kubectl virt vnc vm-windows-datavolume -proxy-only

12. Above command will show the PORT_NUMBER where we can access windows

13. In any vnc viewer, enter url- 127.0.0.1::{PORT_NUMBER} to access windows.