Can not install Windows Server 1909 in a kubevirt VM

Question

I followed this article by Alessandro Vozza to install kubevirt (v0.38.1) in an AKS cluster. Then, following the same source, I created a kubevirt VM which has an Windows Server 1909 ISO and a virtio driver ISO attached to it. The expectation was that after installing the virtio drivers the VM would be able to install Windows onto the VM hard drive (a PVC as in the linked article). However the installer refuses to install on the hard drive. Does anybody have experience with Windows VMs in kubevirt on AKS?

Answer 1

Hi. I solved the issue. It is related to the mandatory bootOrder field on the disk attached to virtio bus. Adding bootOrder field will enable booting support. Amend the devices section as following

   devices:
      disks:
      - cdrom:
          bus: sata
        bootOrder: 2
        name: iso
      - disk:
          bus: virtio
        name: harddrive
        bootOrder: 1
      - cdrom:
          bus: sata
          readonly: true
        name: virtio-drivers

Answer 2

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out.

Please take a look at this article and see if it helps resolve your issue - using-kubevirt-in-azure-kubernetes-service-part-3-windows-vm-363d6b653d7

If the above response helped, please feel free to "Accept as Answer" so it can beneficial to the community.

Answer 3

tried your suggestion and still getting the same error can you share you entire vm yaml?