Setup Hypervisor

WebVirtCompute is a daemon for deploying and managing virtual machines based on FastAPI and libvirt. It is designed to be used for compute nodes and backend. This project provides a REST API to manage virtual machines and their resources, making it easy to automate virtual machine management.

Supported Distribution

  • AlmaLinux 8
  • AlmaLinux 9
  • Rocky Linux 8
  • Rocky Linux 9
  • Debian 12 (Beta)
  • Ubuntu 22.04 (Beta)

Requirements

  • qemu
  • libvirt
  • firewalld
  • prometheus
  • libguestfs-tools
  • NetworkManager

For what is it?

  • It is a daemon for managing virtual machines based on FastAPI and libvirt.
  • It is designed to be used for compute nodes and backend.
  • It is a lightweight and fast daemon.
  • It is easy to install and configure.
  • It is only one binary file.
  • It is use TLS to secure the communication between the client and the daemon.

Hypervisor

Network Setup

Only for Ubuntu 22.04 (Beta)

Install NetworkManager and firewalld:

sudo apt install -y network-manager firewalld

and update /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager

Only for Debian 12 (Beta)

Install NetworkManager and firewalld:

sudo apt install -y network-manager firewalld

and change managed to true in the file /etc/NeworkManager/NetworkManager.conf:

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=true

For all supported distributions

Before installation, you have to prepare br-ext and br-int bridges for public and private networks accordingly.

please note you will also need two networking interfaces; for example eno1 & eno2

Example how to create and setup br-ext bridge on eno1 interface:

nmcli conn add type bridge ifname br-ext con-name br-ext
nmcli conn add type bridge-slave ifname eno1 con-name eno1 master br-ext # NEED TO CHANGE eno1 ON YOUR INTERFACE NAME
nmcli conn modify br-ext ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses 10.255.0.1/16 # for floating IP feature - DO NOT CHANGE
nmcli conn modify br-ext ipv4.method manual +ipv4.addresses 169.254.169.254/16 # for metadata service - DO NOT CHANGE
nmcli conn modify br-ext ipv4.method manual +ipv4.addresses 192.168.50.10/24 # NEED TO CHANGE 192.168.50.10/24 ON YOUR CIDR
nmcli conn modify br-ext ipv4.method manual ipv4.gateway 192.168.50.1 # NEED TO CHANGE 192.168.50.1 ON YOUR GATEWAY IP
nmcli conn modify br-ext ipv4.method manual ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1
nmcli conn modify br-ext bridge.stp no
nmcli conn modify br-ext 802-3-ethernet.mtu 1500
nmcli conn up eno1 # NEED TO CHANGE eno1 ON YOUR INTERFACE NAME
nmcli conn up br-ext

Exampale how to create and setup br-int bridge on eno2 interface:

nmcli conn add type bridge ifname br-int con-name br-int ipv4.method disabled ipv6.method ignore
nmcli conn add type bridge-slave ifname eno2 con-name eno2 master br-int # NEED TO CHANGE eno2 ON YOUR INTERFACE NAME
nmcli conn modify br-int bridge.stp no
nmcli conn modify br-int 802-3-ethernet.mtu 1500
nmcli conn up eno2 # NEED TO CHANGE eno2 ON YOUR INTERFACE NAME
nmcli conn up br-int

For bridge interface br-int we don't need to set IP addresses.

Libvirt setup

This script will install and configure libvirt with qemu:///system URI. You can always change settings libvirt and libguestfish if that is needed. Only create and set up br-ext and br-int bridges before running this script.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webvirtcloud/webvirtcompute/master/scripts/libvirt.sh | sudo bash

Prometheus setup

This script will install and configure prometheus with node_exporter and libvirt_exporter. You can always change settings for prometheus if that is needed.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webvirtcloud/webvirtcompute/master/scripts/prometheus.sh | sudo bash

Firewall setup

Enable firewalld service:

systemctl enable --now firewalld

Base firewall rules:

WEBVIRTBACKED_IP=<you backend IP> # need put your backend IP
firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter FORWARD 1 -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT # Bridge traffic rule
firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 nat POSTROUTING 0 -d 10.255.0.0/16 -j MASQUERADE # Floating IP feature rule
firewall-cmd --permanent --direct --add-rule ipv4 nat PREROUTING 0 -i br-ext '!' -s 169.254.0.0/16 -d 169.254.169.254 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEBVIRTBACKED_IP:80 # CLoud-init metadata service rule
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=169.254.0.0/16 # Move cloud-init metadata service to trusted zone
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-interface=br-ext # Move br-ext to trusted zone
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-interface=br-int # Move br-int to trusted zone
firewall-cmd --reload

Install WebVirtCompute daemon

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webvirtcloud/webvirtcompute/master/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash

Update WebVirtCompute daemon

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webvirtcloud/webvirtcompute/master/scripts/update.sh | sudo bash

Configuring daemon (optional)

WebVirtCompute uses a configuration file to set up the daemon. The default configuration file is located at /etc/webvirtcompute/webvirtcompute.ini. You have to copy token and add it to WebVirtCloud admin panel when you add a new compute node.

WebVirtCompute

Build from source

make -f Makefile.rockylinux8 compile
make -f Makefile.rockylinux8 package

You can find the archive with binary in release directory.

Download binary

You can download already built binary for:

Warning

Also check README.md which is always up-to-date.