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Easy to use KubeVirt demo based on minikube.
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# KubeVirt Demo



This demo will guide you through setting up [KubeVirt](https://www.kubevirt.io) on



- [minikube](#setting-up-minikube) 1.2+

- [kind](#setting-up-kind) 0.4+

- CRC 1.18+



## Quickstart



### Deploy KubeVirt



This demo assumes that `minikube` or `minishift` is [configured and running as described

below](#setting-up-minikube) and that `kubectl` available on your system. If not, then

please take a look at the guide [below](#setting-up-minikube).



The first step is to start `minikube`:



```bash

$ minikube config set vm-driver kvm2

$ minikube start --memory 4096

😄  minikube v1.0.1 on linux (amd64)

💿  Downloading Minikube ISO ...

 142.88 MB / 142.88 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s

🤹  Downloading Kubernetes v1.14.1 images in the background ...

🔥  Creating kvm2 VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2048MB, Disk=20000MB) ...

📶  "minikube" IP address is 192.168.39.47

🐳  Configuring Docker as the container runtime ...

🐳  Version of container runtime is 18.06.3-ce

⌛  Waiting for image downloads to complete ...

✨  Preparing Kubernetes environment ...

💾  Downloading kubelet v1.14.1

💾  Downloading kubeadm v1.14.1

🚜  Pulling images required by Kubernetes v1.14.1 ...

🚀  Launching Kubernetes v1.14.1 using kubeadm ...

⌛  Waiting for pods: apiserver proxy etcd scheduler controller dns

🔑  Configuring cluster permissions ...

🤔  Verifying component health .....

💗  kubectl is now configured to use "minikube"

🏄  Done! Thank you for using minikube!

```



Before we can deploy KubeVirt we create a small config, to adjust KubeVirt to your

environment. Specifically enabling software emulation for your VMs in case that no

hardware virtualization support is present.



```bash

$ kubectl create namespace kubevirt



# Either nesting as described [below](#setting-up-minikube) will be used, or we configure emulation if

# no nesting is available:

$ minikube ssh -- test -e /dev/kvm \

  || kubectl create configmap -n kubevirt kubevirt-config --from-literal debug.useEmulation=true

```



Now you are finally ready to deploy KubeVirt using our operator (comparable to an installer):



```bash

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/v0.34.2/kubevirt-operator.yaml

…

deployment.apps/virt-operator created



$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/v0.34.2/kubevirt-cr.yaml

kubevirt.kubevirt.io/kubevirt created

```



The initial deployment can take a long time, because a number of pods have to be pulled from the internet.

We'll watch the operator status to determine when the deployment is completed:



```bash

$ kubectl wait --timeout=180s --for=condition=Available -n kubevirt kv/kubevirt

kubevirt.kubevirt.io/kubevirt condition met

```



Congratulations, KubeVirt was successfully deployed.



### Install virtctl



An additional binary is provided to get quick access to the serial and graphical ports of a VM, and handle start/stop operations.

The tool is called `virtctl` and can be retrieved from the release page of KubeVirt:



```bash

$ curl -L -o virtctl https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/v0.34.2/virtctl-v0.34.2-linux-amd64

$ chmod +x virtctl

```



#### Installing with krew



If you installed [krew](https://krew.dev), you can install virtctl as a kubectl plugin:



```bash

$ kubectl krew install virt

```



### Starting and stopping a VirtualMachine



Once you deployed KubeVirt you are ready to launch a VM:



*if `virtctl` is installed via krew, please use `kubectl virt ...` instead of `./virtctl ...`*



```bash

# Creating a virtual machine

$ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubevirt/demo/master/manifests/vm.yaml



# After deployment you can manage VMs using the usual verbs:

$ kubectl describe vm testvm



# To start a VM you can use, this will create a VM instance (VMI)

$ ./virtctl start testvm



# The interested reader can now optionally inspect the instance

$ kubectl describe vmi testvm



# To shut the VM down again:

$ ./virtctl stop testvm



# To delete

$ kubectl delete vm testvm

# To create your own

$ kubectl apply -f $YOUR_VM_SPEC

```



### Accessing VMs (serial console & VNC)



*if `virtctl` is installed via krew, please use `kubectl virt ...` instead of `./virtctl ...`*



```bash

# Connect to the serial console

$ ./virtctl console testvm



# Connect to the graphical display

# This requires remote-viewer from the virt-viewer package and a graphical desktop from where you run virtctl

$ ./virtctl vnc testvm

```



## Next steps



### User Guide



Now that KubeVirt is up an running, you can take a look at the [user guide](https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/) to understand how you can create and manage your own virtual machines.



## Appendix



### Setting up `Minikube`



1. (Optional) Minikube has support for nested virtualization, it can be enabled as described [here](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/using-nested-virtualization-in-kvm/).



2. If not installed, install minikube as described [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/):



   1. Install the [kvm2 driver](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/kvm2/)

   2. Download the [`minikube` binary](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases)



3. Launch minikube with the desired memory



```bash

$ minikube start --vm-driver kvm2 --memory 4096

```



3. Install `kubectl` via a [package manager](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-native-package-management) or [download](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-curl) it



### Setting up `kind`



1. If not installed, install kind as described [here](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind)



2. Launch kind



```bash

$ tee cluster.yaml <