Getting started with OpenShift Virtualization

Tours and quick starts
Planning and installing OpenShift Virtualization
Creating and managing virtual machines
Migrating to OpenShift Virtualization
Next steps

You can explore the features and functionalities of OpenShift Virtualization by installing and configuring a basic environment.

Cluster configuration procedures require cluster-admin privileges.

Tours and quick starts

You can start exploring OpenShift Virtualization by taking tours in the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

Getting started tour

This short guided tour introduces several key aspects of using OpenShift Virtualization. There are two ways to start the tour:

On the Welcome to OpenShift Virtualization dialog, click Start Tour.
Go to Virtualization → Overview → Settings → User → Getting started resources and click Guided tour.

Quick starts

Quick start tours are available for several OpenShift Virtualization features. To access quick starts, complete the following steps:

Click the Help icon ? in the menu bar on the header of the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
Select Quick Starts.

You can filter the available tours by entering the keyword virtualization in the Filter field.

Planning and installing OpenShift Virtualization

Plan and install OpenShift Virtualization on an OpenShift Container Platform cluster:

Planning and installation resources

Creating and managing virtual machines

Create a virtual machine (VM):

Create a VM from a Red Hat image.

You can create a VM by using a Red Hat template or an instance type.
Create a VM from a custom image.

You can create a VM by importing a custom image from a container registry or a web page, by uploading an image from your local machine, or by cloning a persistent volume claim (PVC).

Connect a VM to a secondary network:

Linux bridge network.
Open Virtual Network (OVN)-Kubernetes secondary network.
Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) network.

VMs are connected to the pod network by default.

Connect to a VM:

Connect to the serial console or VNC console of a VM.
Connect to a VM by using SSH.
Connect to the desktop viewer for Windows VMs.

Manage a VM:

Migrating to OpenShift Virtualization

To migrate virtual machines from an external provider such as VMware vSphere, Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP), Red Hat Virtualization, or another OpenShift Container Platform cluster, use the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV). You can also migrate Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) files created by VMware vSphere.

Migration Toolkit for Virtualization is not part of OpenShift Virtualization and requires separate installation. For this reason, all links in this procedure lead outside of OpenShift Virtualization documentation.

Prerequisites

The Migration Toolkit for Virtualization Operator is installed.

Procedure

Configure the source provider.

Select the source provider and enter any required information, such as the URL of the API endpoint or credentials needed to access the virtual machines.
Create a migration plan.

Select from the list of available virtual machines, configure the target provider, and define storage and network mappings.
Run the migration plan.

Watch the progress, view migration logs, or cancel the migration.
Optional: Archive the migration plan.

After confirming that the migration has completed successfully, you can archive the migration plan to delete the logs and clean up all temporary resources created during migration. You can permanently delete an archived migration plan.