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Consistent spelling for QEMU.
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webpages/controller.md

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If such a secret for the VM is found, the VM is configured to use
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the display password specified. The display password in the secret
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can be updated while the VM runs[^delay]. Activating/deactivating
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the display password while a VM runs is not supported by Qemu and
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the display password while a VM runs is not supported by QEMU and
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therefore requires stopping the VM, adding/removing the secret and
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restarting the VM.
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The secret's `data` can have an additional property `data.password-expiry` which
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specifies a (base64 encoded) expiry date for the password. Supported
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values are those defined by qemu (`+n` seconds from now, `n` Unix
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values are those defined by QEMU (`+n` seconds from now, `n` Unix
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timestamp, `never` and `now`).
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Unless `spec.vm.display.spice.generateSecret` is set to `false` in the VM

webpages/index.md

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![Overview picture](index-pic.svg)
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This project provides an easy to use and flexible solution
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for running Qemu/KVM based VMs in Kubernetes pods.
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for running QEMU/KVM based VMs in Kubernetes pods.
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The image used for the VM pods combines Qemu and a control program
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for starting and managing the Qemu process. This application is called
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The image used for the VM pods combines QEMU and a control program
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for starting and managing the QEMU process. This application is called
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"[the runner](runner.html)".
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While you can deploy a runner manually (or with the help of some
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The project was triggered by a remark in the discussion about RedHat
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[dropping SPICE support](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2030592)
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from the RHEL packages. Which means that you have to run Qemu in a
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from the RHEL packages. Which means that you have to run QEMU in a
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container on RHEL and derivatives if you want to continue using Spice.
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So KubeVirt comes to mind. But
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[one comment](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2030592#c4)
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mentioned that the [KubeVirt](https://kubevirt.io/) project isn't
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interested in supporting SPICE either.
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Time to have a look at alternatives. Libvirt has become a common
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tool to configure and run Qemu. But some of its functionality, notably
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tool to configure and run QEMU. But some of its functionality, notably
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the management of storage for the VMs and networking is already provided
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by Kubernetes. Therefore this project takes a fresh approach of
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running Qemu in a pod using a simple, lightweight manager called "runner".
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running QEMU in a pod using a simple, lightweight manager called "runner".
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Providing resources to the VM is left to Kubernetes mechanisms as
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much as possible.
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VMs are not the typical workload managed by Kubernetes. You can neither
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have replicas nor can the containers simply be restarted without a major
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impact on the "application". So there are many features for managing
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pods that we cannot make use of. Qemu in its container can only be
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pods that we cannot make use of. QEMU in its container can only be
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deployed as a pod or using a stateful set with replica 1, which is rather
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close to simply deploying the pod (you get the restart and some PVC
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management "for free").

webpages/runner.md

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# The Runner
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For most use cases, Qemu needs to be started and controlled by another
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program that manages the Qemu process. This program is called the
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For most use cases, QEMU needs to be started and controlled by another
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program that manages the QEMU process. This program is called the
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runner in this context.
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The most prominent reason for this second program is that it allows
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a VM to be shutdown cleanly in response to a TERM signal. Qemu handles
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a VM to be shutdown cleanly in response to a TERM signal. QEMU handles
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the TERM signal by flushing all buffers and stopping, leaving the disks in
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a [crash consistent state](https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/148).
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For a graceful shutdown, a parent process must handle the TERM signal, send
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the `system_powerdown` command to the qemu process and wait for its completion.
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Another reason for having the runner is that another process needs to be started
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before qemu if the VM is supposed to include a TPM (software TPM).
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before QEMU if the VM is supposed to include a TPM (software TPM).
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Finally, we want some kind of higher level interface for applying runtime
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changes to the VM such as changing the CD or configuring the number of

webpages/upgrading.md

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but should be updated.
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* The standard [template](./runner.html#stand-alone-configuration) used
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to generate the QEMU command has been updated. Unless you have enabled
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to generate the qemu command has been updated. Unless you have enabled
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automatic updates of the template in the VM definition, you have to
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update the template manually. If you're using your own template, you
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have to add a virtual serial port (see the git history of the standard

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