Is my virtual machine compatible with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization?

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization allows workloads to run in virtual machines, running alongside containers on the same cluster nodes. OpenShift Virtualization is based on the open source KubeVirt project; built upon the foundation of KVM and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A broad ecosystem of software applications and hardware platforms support these technologies.

Most workloads in virtual machines have their runtime dependencies satisfied by the guest operating system on virtual hardware. These workloads are expected to run as guests on OpenShift without modification, as long as they don’t have hypervisor dependencies or require specific features of the virtualization platform.

Red Hat and partners conduct extensive testing with a broad set of guest operating systems to ensure their interoperability with OpenShift Virtualization, and provide Tier 1 support for certified guest operating systems in OpenShift Virtualization. OpenShift Virtualization is certified in Microsoft’s Windows Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) to run Windows Server workloads. It is highly recommended to install the QEMU guest agent and VirtIO drivers for enhanced compatibility.

For workloads that are not installed on a certified guest operating system, Red Hat will assist customers with issues specific to the hypervisor and other capabilities of the OpenShift platform.