Start and stop button do not appear

[samu8991]

Hello,
Setup:

• k8s cluster
  • Client Version: v1.28.14
    Kustomize Version: v5.0.4-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3
    Server Version: v1.28.15
• kubevirt
  • targetKubeVirtVersion: v1.4.0
• rancher v2.10
• kubevirt dash board extension (1.1.0, 1.2.0)

Issue:
I can not see the start and stop buttons related to VMs
I do not see any relevant error, everything seems to work because it appears the kubevirt section on the left when I install the extension, the only problem is the buttons
I tried both kubevirt dashboard extension versions, same issue

Regards

[jtomasek]

Can you please provide the VM resource manifest you're using? The ability to start/stop the VM depends on whether spec.running is defined vs spec.runStrategy is defined. See runStrategy for more details. There is also a Run Strategy column in the Virtual machines list.

[samu8991]

kind: VirtualMachine 
metadata:            
  name: vm1          
  namespace: default 
spec:                
  runStrategy: Always
  template:          

Thanks for the answer!
This is what it looked like when I opened the issue.
Now I tried with spec.running: true and it works, in the sense that I can see the buttons and they work. The problem is that I keep getting a warning related to the use of spec.running. Moreover, the documentation states that: runStrategy: Always: [...] This behavior is equal to spec.running: true but I am not experiencing that.
Regards

[jtomasek]

Can you please elaborate on what exact warning you're getting related to the use of spec.running?

Note that as the documentation states, the use of spec.running and spec.runStrategy is mutually exclusive and the API server won't let you use both at once.

spec.runStrategy: Always is the same as spec.running: true in a sense that in both cases the system is tasked with keeping the VM in a running state - in case when the VM crashes or is manually shut down from within the quest, the VirtualMachineInstance will be immediately respawned to get the VM running again.

[samu8991]

This is what I see but If I do what it says, i.e use spec.runStrategy: Always instead of spec.running true, I can not see the start and stop buttons

[jtomasek]

I see that the spec.running has been deprecated in KubeVirt v1.4. That's why you're seeiing the warning. The latest version of KubeVirt extension is targeted against the KubeVirt 1.3.1 (Chart available in this repository). We are going to rebase against newer version eventually which will require to adjust the extension to stop using spec.running to start/stop the VM.

When this is done, the actions on the VM will be available when the spec.runStrategy is set to 'Manual'.