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This change introduces kvm acceleration support. The default settings still use qemu as the domain type and kvm needs to be explicitly set in order to enable it. Change-Id: I59af1b7a844b927cac45722f7ea7ea4abeef7c8f Signed-off-by: Fatih Degirmenci <fatih.degirmenci@ericsson.com>
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bifrost-create-vm-nodes
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This role creates virtual machines for testing bifrost.
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Requirements
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The following packages are required and ensured to be present:
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- libvirt-bin
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- qemu-utils
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- qemu-kvm
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- sgabios
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Role Variables
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baremetal_csv_file: "/tmp/baremetal.csv"
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test_vm_memory_size: Tunable setting to allow a user to define a specific
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amount of RAM in MB to allocate to guest/test VMs.
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Defaults to "3072". Note: if this setting is modified
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between test runs, you may need to undefine the test
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virtual machine(s) that were previously created.
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test_vm_domain_type: Tunable setting to allow a user to chosee the domain
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type of the created VMs. The default is "qemu" and can
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be set to kvm to enable kvm acceleration.
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test_vm_num_nodes: Tunable setting to allow a user to define the number of
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test VMs that will be created. They will all be created
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with same settings.
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Dependencies
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None at this time.
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Example Playbook
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- hosts: localhost
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connection: local
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become: yes
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gather_facts: yes
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roles:
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- role: bifrost-create-vm-nodes
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License
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-------
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Copyright (c) 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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Author Information
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------------------
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Ironic Developers
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