Question for smbios

[Alvin Starr]

You do not need to pass parameters through smbios.

When you define the image using XML create a cdrom image.

The cdrom image must contain  meta_data.json  and network_data.json files.

The following is the ansible snippet I use to create the CD image.

genisoimage -output {{ cloud_init_iso_dir }}/{{ instance_id }}.iso 
-volid config-2 -joliet -r {{ cloud_init_src_dir }}/

This is what I use to create VM images (I am using Centos not Debian so 
some stuff is different but the basics are the same)

On 8/10/20 1:49 AM, David wrote:
> I am reposting this because it's been 2 or 3 weeks.
>
> Hello,
>
> Hopefully this is the right place to send a question like this...
>
> I'm attempting to automate creation of VMs using virt-install and a
> cloud-init disk image. To get this to work, I need to specify the location
> of the cloud-init configs by passing smbios key/value pairs.
>
> Normally, -smbios is provided to qemu to do this. With virt-install, the
> Internet says I should use --sysinfo. However, --sysinfo (as well as
> --qemu-comandline) is reported as an invalid command flag, and it is not
> present when I look at man virt-install and virt-install --help.
>
> I am hoping someone on the list knows why this isn't working or can 
> explain
> how I might provide the arguments to qemu. The host is Debian 9. It is
> up-to-date as far as package versions are concerned, as much as Debian 9
> can be. I can't find any indication about why the arguments would have 
> been
> taken away.
>
>
> Thanks!

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