Cannot install VM ('Consider setting virt_use_nfs')
Issue
- When trying to install a new VM, we see the following error:
Dec 26 16:27:59 rhel8.example.com libvirtd[834]: 2018-12-26 06:27:59.391+0000: 4616: warning : virSecuritySELinuxSetFileconHelper:1195 : Setting security context 'system_u:object_r:virt_content_t:s0' on '<install-disk.iso>' not supported. Consider setting virt_use_nfs
Dec 26 16:27:59 rhel8.example.com libvirtd[834]: 2018-12-26 06:27:59.465+0000: 834: error : qemuProcessReportLogError:1923 : internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor: 2018-12-26T06:27:59.439731Z qemu-kvm: -drive file=<install-disk.iso>,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-sata0-0-0,media=cdrom,readonly=on: Could not open '<install-disk.iso>': Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 (KVM Virtualization host)
- install ISO mounted from NFS server
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