You do not need to pass parameters through smbios. When you define the image using XML create a cdrom image. The cdrom image must contain meta_data.json and network_data.json files. The following is the ansible snippet I use to create the CD image. genisoimage -output {{ cloud_init_iso_dir }}/{{ instance_id }}.iso -volid config-2 -joliet -r {{ cloud_init_src_dir }}/ This is what I use to create VM images (I am using Centos not Debian so some stuff is different but the basics are the same) On 8/10/20 1:49 AM, David wrote:
I am reposting this because it's been 2 or 3 weeks.
Hello,
Hopefully this is the right place to send a question like this...
I'm attempting to automate creation of VMs using virt-install and a cloud-init disk image. To get this to work, I need to specify the location of the cloud-init configs by passing smbios key/value pairs.
Normally, -smbios is provided to qemu to do this. With virt-install, the Internet says I should use --sysinfo. However, --sysinfo (as well as --qemu-comandline) is reported as an invalid command flag, and it is not present when I look at man virt-install and virt-install --help.
I am hoping someone on the list knows why this isn't working or can explain how I might provide the arguments to qemu. The host is Debian 9. It is up-to-date as far as package versions are concerned, as much as Debian 9 can be. I can't find any indication about why the arguments would have been taken away.
Thanks!
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