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Difference between revisions of "VirtDriverImageProperties"

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=== VMWare ===
 
=== VMWare ===
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* '''hw_vif_model''' - name of the NIC model eg 'VirtualE1000'
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* '''owner_id''' - instance project id (set on upload but never read by anything !?!?)
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* '''vmware_adaptertype""" - name of the SCSI adapter model eg 'lsiLogic'
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* '''vmware_disktype""" - allocation mode eg 'preallocated'
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* '''vmware_image_version''' - integer value 1 (set on upload but never read by anything !?!?)
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* '''vmware_linked_clone''' - boolean flag doing something or other ????
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* '''vmware_ostype''' - name of the guest OS type eg  "otherGuest"
  
 
=== XenAPI ===
 
=== XenAPI ===

Revision as of 15:12, 6 February 2014

Virt Driver Image Properties

The virtualization drivers make use of metadata properties set against the glance or cinder image to customize aspects of the guest instance setup.

Current usage as of Feb 6, 2014

Libvirt

  • architecture - name of guest hardware architecture eg i686, x86_64, ppc64
  • hw_cdrom_bus - name of the CDROM bus to use eg virtio, scsi, ide
  • hw_disk_bus - name of the hard disk bus to use eg virtio, scsi, ide
  • hw_floppy_bus - name of the floppy disk bus to use eg fd, scsi, ide
  • hw_qemu_guest_agent - boolean 'yes' or 'no' to enable QEMU guest agent
  • hw_video_model - name of the video adapter model to use, eg cirrus, vga, xen, qxl
  • hw_vif_model - name of a NIC device model eg virtio, e1000, rtl8139
  • os_command_line - string of boot time command line arguments for the guest kernel

VMWare

  • hw_vif_model - name of the NIC model eg 'VirtualE1000'
  • owner_id - instance project id (set on upload but never read by anything !?!?)
  • vmware_adaptertype""" - name of the SCSI adapter model eg 'lsiLogic'
  • vmware_disktype""" - allocation mode eg 'preallocated'
  • vmware_image_version - integer value 1 (set on upload but never read by anything !?!?)
  • vmware_linked_clone - boolean flag doing something or other ????
  • vmware_ostype - name of the guest OS type eg "otherGuest"

XenAPI

Bare Metal

Docker

Hyper-V

Standarized property set