Il giorno gio 13 apr 2023 alle ore 11:42 <shubha.kulkarni@oracle.com> ha scritto:
Hello,

I am trying to understand support for ARM architecture in OVirt.

I came across this oVirt doc https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/installing_ovirt_as_a_standalone_manager_with_local_databases/index.html. It mentions ‘The oVirt project also provides packages for the 64-bit ARM architecture (ARM 64) but only as a Technology Preview.’
So I am wondering where I can find the packages and document/steps to install oVirt on aarh64 architecture.

Hi, there's no documentation related to installing oVirt on ARM64 as nobody worked actively on that feature within the community.
Packages built for ARM are available in CentOS repositories:
CentOS Stream 9: https://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/virt/aarch64/ovirt-45/
CentOS Stream 8: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/virt/aarch64/ovirt-45/

You can read more about ARM64 compatibility in this thread: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/devel@ovirt.org/thread/NE3LANVZHLN4MQD75C5KYM6IEOYSVED2/#WE2HNYTTPTUH3GSMBHRP6DPLEVH7ZXHU 

Huawei also mentions running oVirt Engine on ARM64 on their Kunpeng Virtualization Boostkit: https://www.hikunpeng.com/document/detail/en/kunpengcpfs/ecosystemEnable/oVirt/kunpengovirtoe_04_0001.html


 


Also, I looked at upstream oVirt engine source code and saw no reference to  ARM CPU types. So I am wondering if the engine running on x86 system supports adding ARM 64 host.

This part is probably requiring some additional work, would be nice to see this getting included in oVirt 4.6.
Are you going to start looking/working into this?

 

Thanks,
Shubha
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