Detailed Explanation for Configuration File for Custom VMs

To set up a virtual machine you need to create a configuration file.
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To set up a virtual machine you need to create a configuration file. The configuration file contains information, such as name of the VM, used resources (e.g. RAM) and states (e.g. running, halted).

Heed the comments (#) in the file below.

apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
kind: VirtualMachine
metadata:
  labels:
    kubevirt.io/vm: example-vm-cirros
  name: example-vm
  namespace: {{ values.vmValues.namespace | object.default "kubevirt" }}
spec:
  runStrategy: Always
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        kubevirt.io/vm: example-vm-cirros
    spec:
      domain:
        devices:
          disks:
          - disk:
              bus: virtio
            name: containerdisk
          - disk:
              bus: virtio
            name: cloudinitdisk
        machine:
          type: ""
        resources:
          requests:
            memory: 64M
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
      volumes:
      - name: containerdisk
        containerDisk:
          image: {{ package.includes.containers.example.registry }}/{{ package.includes.containers.example.image }}:{{ package.includes.containers.example.tag }}
          imagePullSecret: kubeops-vm
          imagePullPolicy: Always
      - cloudInitNoCloud:
          userDataBase64: IyEvYmluL3NoCgplY2hvICdwcmludGVkIGZyb20gY2xvdWQtaW5pdCB1c2VyZGF0YScK
        name: cloudinitdisk
YAML Value Description
metadata.labels kubevirt.io/vm: example-vm-cirros Labels of the virtual machine. Used to identifiy a specific VM.
metadata.name example-vm The display name of the VM.