add luks and virsh notes from truenas migration

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@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ Virtual Machine Management
- [Set a Static IP](#set-a-static-ip)
- [Creating VMs](#creating-vms)
- [Create VM with No Graphics and use an Existing QCOW2 Disk](#create-vm-with-no-graphics-and-use-an-existing-qcow2-disk)
- [Create a Cloud Init Compatible VM](#create-a-cloud-init-compatible-vm)
- [Create a Cloud Init Compatible VM](#create-a-cloud-init-compatible-vm)
- [Create VM with Graphics using an ISO Installation Disk](#create-vm-with-graphics-using-an-iso-installation-disk)
- [Create VM using Host Device as Disk](#create-vm-using-host-device-as-disk)
- [Create a Home Assistant VM](#create-a-home-assistant-vm)
- [Snapshots](#snapshots)
- [Creating and Attaching Disks](#creating-and-attaching-disks)
- [Virt Builder](#virt-builder)
## Before you Begin
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@ Virtual Machine Management
export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI='qemu+ssh://user@server/system'
```
Or for Truenas
```bash
export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI='qemu+ssh://root@truenas/system?socket=/run/truenas_libvirt/libvirt-sock'
```
## Useful Virsh Commands
```bash
@@ -234,7 +242,7 @@ virt-install \
--import --disk "path=${VM_DISK_PATH},bus=virtio"
```
#### Create a Cloud Init Compatible VM
### Create a Cloud Init Compatible VM
<https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/examples.html>
@@ -318,10 +326,93 @@ virt-install \
--disk none
```
### Create a Home Assistant VM
```bash
virt-install \
--name haos \
--description "Home Assistant OS" \
--os-variant=generic \
--ram=4096 \
--vcpus=2 \
--disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/haos_ova-16.3.qcow2,bus=scsi \
--controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
--import \
--graphics none \
--boot uefi
```
## Snapshots
See [qemu qcow2 snapshots](/active/software_qemu/qemu.md#qcow2-snapshots)
## Creating and Attaching Disks
To create and attach one disk:
```bash
export VM_NAME="cloud-init-test-fedora"
export VM_DISK_NAME="test1"
qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2 1G
virsh attach-disk ${VM_NAME} \
--source /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME} \
--target vdb \
--persistent
--live
```
To create and attach multiple disks (for raid testing)
```bash
export VM_NAME="cloud-init-test-fedora"
# Max supported for this script is 25
export VM_NUM_DISKS=8
export VM_DISK_SIZE=4G
##### Attach #####
# Create the disks and target mounts from our array
letters=($(echo {a..z}))
for disk_num in $(seq 1 $VM_NUM_DISKS); do
VM_DISK_NAME="test-${disk_num}"
VM_DISK_TARGET=vd${letters[$disk_num]}
echo "Creating /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2"
sudo qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2 ${VM_DISK_SIZE}
echo "Attaching vd${letters[$disk_num]} to ${VM_NAME}"
virsh attach-disk ${VM_NAME} \
--source /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2 \
--target vd${letters[$disk_num]} \
--persistent \
--subdriver qcow2 \
--live
done;
##### Cleanup #####
# Detach the disks from our VMs
letters=($(echo {a..z}))
for disk_num in $(seq 1 $VM_NUM_DISKS); do
VM_DISK_NAME="test-${disk_num}"
VM_DISK_TARGET=vd${letters[$disk_num]}
echo "Detaching vd${letters[$disk_num]} from ${VM_NAME}"
virsh detach-disk ${VM_NAME} \
--target vd${letters[$disk_num]} \
--persistent
done;
# Optionally delete images
letters=($(echo {a..z}))
for disk_num in $(seq 1 $VM_NUM_DISKS); do
VM_DISK_NAME="test-${disk_num}"
VM_DISK_TARGET=vd${letters[$disk_num]}
echo "Removing /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2"
sudo rm /var/lib/libvirt/images/${VM_DISK_NAME}.qcow2
done;
```
## Virt Builder
<https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/virtualization/vm-install-diskimg-virtbuilder/#_minimal_effort_customization>