disk-uploader

KubeVirt Disk Uploader Task

Automates the extraction of disk and uploads it to a container registry, to be used in multiple Kubernetes clusters.

Prerequisites

VMExport support must be enabled in the feature gates to be available. The feature gates field in the KubeVirt Custom Resource (CR) must be expanded by adding the VMExport to it.

Example Scenario

When user runs KubeVirt Tekton Tasks example pipelines (windows-installer, windows-customize) to prepare Windows disk images - The newly created disk image is only in a single cluster. If user wants to have it in another cluster, then KubeVirt Disk Uploader can be used to push it out of the cluster.

Parameters

• EXPORT_SOURCE_KIND: The name of the export source kind
• EXPORT_SOURCE_NAME: The name of the export source
• VOLUME_NAME: The volume name (If source kind is PVC, then volume name is equal to source name)
• IMAGE_DESTINATION: Destination of the image in container registry
• PUSH_TIMEOUT: ContainerDisk push timeout in minutes
• SECRET_NAME: Name of the secret which holds credential for container registry

Usage

Task run using resolver:

apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1
kind: TaskRun
metadata:
    generateName: disk-uploader-taskrun-resolver-
spec:
    params:
    -   name: EXPORT_SOURCE_KIND
        value: vm
    -   name: EXPORT_SOURCE_NAME
        value: example-vm
    -   name: VOLUME_NAME
        value: example-dv
    -   name: IMAGE_DESTINATION
        value: quay.io/kubevirt/example-vm-exported:latest
    -   name: PUSH_TIMEOUT
        value: 120
    taskRef:
        params:
        -   name: catalog
            value: kubevirt-tekton-tasks
        -   name: type
            value: artifact
        -   name: kind
            value: task
        -   name: name
            value: disk-uploader
        -   name: version
            value: v0.23.0
        resolver: hub

Platforms

The Task can be run on linux/amd64 platform.