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Reference

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Current Reference Values

AreaCurrent value
RPM version0.1.0
MicroShift badge target4.21
Cockpit path/usr/share/cockpit/cockpit-microshift/
Runtime path/var/lib/cockpit-microshift/
Validated networkingstatic host and guest networking
Local guest storage poolsdir and logical, with /var/lib/libvirt/images fallback

Host Prerequisites

  • Cockpit installed on the machine hosting this plugin
  • SSH reachability from the Cockpit host to the target host
  • SSH user with sudo -n on the target host
  • target host running RHEL 9 or RHEL 10
  • valid registry authentication data

Additional prerequisites for create-host:

  • libvirt/KVM on the Cockpit host
  • supported storage pool or /var/lib/libvirt/images
  • bridge interface on the Cockpit host
  • local or downloadable RHEL qcow2 image
  • static guest IP, gateway, and DNS plan