KubeVirt VM Management
Manage virtual machines on Kubernetes using kubectl-mcp-server's KubeVirt tools (13 tools).
Check Installation
python
kubevirt_detect_tool()
List VMs
python
# List VirtualMachines kubevirt_vms_list_tool(namespace="default") # List VirtualMachineInstances (running VMs) kubevirt_vmis_list_tool(namespace="default")
Get VM Details
python
# Get VM definition kubevirt_vm_get_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default") # Shows: # - Spec (CPU, memory, disks) # - Running status # - Conditions
VM Lifecycle
Start VM
python
kubevirt_vm_start_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default")
Stop VM
python
kubevirt_vm_stop_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default")
Restart VM
python
kubevirt_vm_restart_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default")
Pause/Unpause VM
python
# Pause (freeze CPU) kubevirt_vm_pause_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default") # Unpause kubevirt_vm_unpause_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default")
Live Migration
python
# Migrate VM to another node kubevirt_vm_migrate_tool(name="my-vm", namespace="default") # Check migration status kubevirt_vmis_list_tool(namespace="default") # Look for: migrationState
Instance Types
python
# List available instance types kubevirt_instancetypes_list_tool() # Instance types define: # - CPU count # - Memory size # - GPU allocation
Data Volumes
python
# List data volumes (persistent VM disks) kubevirt_datavolumes_list_tool(namespace="default") # List data sources (golden images) kubevirt_datasources_list_tool(namespace="default")
Create VM
python
kubectl_apply(manifest="""
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
kind: VirtualMachine
metadata:
name: my-vm
namespace: default
spec:
running: true
template:
metadata:
labels:
kubevirt.io/vm: my-vm
spec:
domain:
cpu:
cores: 2
memory:
guest: 4Gi
devices:
disks:
- name: rootdisk
disk:
bus: virtio
- name: cloudinitdisk
disk:
bus: virtio
volumes:
- name: rootdisk
containerDisk:
image: quay.io/kubevirt/fedora-cloud-container-disk-demo
- name: cloudinitdisk
cloudInitNoCloud:
userData: |
#cloud-config
password: fedora
chpasswd: { expire: False }
""")
Create VM with DataVolume
python
kubectl_apply(manifest="""
apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
kind: VirtualMachine
metadata:
name: vm-with-pvc
namespace: default
spec:
running: true
dataVolumeTemplates:
- metadata:
name: vm-with-pvc-disk
spec:
source:
http:
url: https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2
storage:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 10Gi
template:
spec:
domain:
cpu:
cores: 2
memory:
guest: 4Gi
devices:
disks:
- name: rootdisk
disk:
bus: virtio
volumes:
- name: rootdisk
dataVolume:
name: vm-with-pvc-disk
""")
Troubleshooting
VM Not Starting
python
1. kubevirt_vm_get_tool(name, namespace) # Check status/conditions 2. kubevirt_vmis_list_tool(namespace) # Check VMI exists 3. get_events(namespace) # Check events 4. get_pods(namespace, label_selector="kubevirt.io/vm=<name>") # Check virt-launcher
Migration Failed
python
1. kubevirt_vmis_list_tool(namespace) # Check migrationState 2. get_events(namespace) # Check events 3. # Common issues: # - No suitable target node # - Insufficient resources # - Shared storage required
Related Skills
- •k8s-storage - Persistent storage
- •k8s-operations - kubectl operations