IPI Baremetal Nested virtualization using libvirt cpu mode="host-passthrough"

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Environment

  • OpenShift 4 (OCP)
    • IPI Installation Baremetal Nested virtualization

Issue

  • The bootstrap machine it is created using the libvirt cpu mode="host-passthrough", this cannot work in case of nested virtualization for the provisioning node.

Resolution

  • The issue was tracked in RFE-1752 but has been rejected. This feature, in RHEL 8, is a Technology Preview, more information can be found in this Epic

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