From c40e79324f45d9da888029839e3fa7695bb29faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohit Yadav Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:52:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] kvm: add information on UEFI Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav --- source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst index fd118c176f..05e11c291c 100644 --- a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst +++ b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst @@ -1479,12 +1479,17 @@ UEFI legacy / secureboot For deploying instances using UEFI legacy / secureboot, there are some further tasks to perform. + +In case of KVM, UEFI enabled hypervisor hosts must have the ``ovmf`` or +``edk2-ovmf`` package installed. + You can find further informations regarding prerequisites at the CloudStack Wiki (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Enable+UEFI+booting+for+Instance) as well as limitations for using UEFI in CloudStack. -The options to deploy a instances using UEFI can be found in the "Advanced Mode" section -of the instance deployment wizard. +The options to deploy instances using UEFI can be found in the "Advanced Mode" section +of the instance deployment wizard, where users can specify the boot type and +boot mode for the selected valid template or ISO. Add the host to CloudStack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~