Does SMG support openshift virtualization?

[omer can tas]

When I examine the SMG documentation, it mentions KVM support. However, does it support running on KVM-based hypervisors in virtualization environments like OpenStack, Proxmox, and OpenShift Virtualization?

[Thomas Anderson]

If those environments are 100% KVM compatible it should work.  Having said that,  your ability to install in any particular environment is dependant on certain information returned from dmidecode.  

[omer can tas]

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for the clarification.

 We proceeded with an installation attempt on OpenShift Virtualization.

However, the installation failed during the kickstart phase. We encountered a specific error message stating: The following problem occurred on line 1 of the kickstart file: Disk "" given in clearpart command does not exist.

Our investigation revealed that OpenShift Virtualization presents the virtual disk to the CentOS installer as /dev/vda. It appears the SMG installation script is hardcoded to look for a specific disk device, such as /dev/sda, and fails when it cannot find it. Kickstart templates for virtualized environments often need to be adapted to handle vda devices. This issue seems to stem from the clearpart command in the kickstart file not being able to identify the vda disk, thus causing the installation to halt.

Can you tell me an alternative method to solve this situation?

 

[Thomas Anderson]

 Rather than trying to triage and diagnose on the forum, I suggest you open a ticket with customer support as that will open the proper channels that allow us to properly pursue  the issue.