Please add support for libvirt/qemu – for KVM host support

[vkgarg2023]

Please add support for libvirt – For KVM host support in Amazon Linux 2023

[stewartsmith]

(I'm assuming you mean libvirt rather than libvert, as I don't know what libvert is and googling it just directs me to libvirt).

I am assuming you also would be looking forqemu so that it's possible to run KVM guests?

What is your use-case for running guests?

[jdvw]

Hi, we would like to have qemu (including qemu-user, qemu-system-arm, ...), too. Our use case are build agents that want to build for different CPU architectures.

[jdvw]

Another use case: Android Emulator

[a89h4ya]

We have the exact same use-case as jdvw. Currently I am trying to compile qemu from sources statically, with no success so far.

[jmccaa]

Use case: integration with docker buildx, so similar to above.

[avoidik]

this will help with the multi-arch builds on al2023

[rtapp1]

We have the same use case as @a89h4ya for emulation.

[notdanhan]

I'm trying to use Amazon Linux 2023 as a build agent for a library that does linux tooling for Baremetal x86_64 servers that run on Amazon Linux 2023, having QEMU with libvirt on Amazon Linux 2023 would be nice as I'd be able to Run integration tests which check boot output as we use custom boot logic, and with spoofed hardware specs.

[cloudwitch]

I need qemu and qemu-user-static for Docker Buildx to work correctly for multi-arch image builds. Please add the packages.

This is kind of a show stopper for us moving... I'm pivoting to using Ubuntu instead. Which means a whole lot of changes to our build pipelines most likely.

[cloudwitch]

Opened up case 173341929800682 for an official feature request. I'm not expecting instant results, but it may help un-block this Issue.

Edit: They said it is going to take a while to do the needful and test it. In the mean time, use an alternative Operating System that already has it, or compile it from Source. We're just moving on with Ubuntu... No time to be playing these games.

[dmunicio]

If you are using terragrunt / terraform, you can use as a workaround before_hook before doing the apply.
This installs in memory the emulators:

terraform {
    before_hook "before_hook_apply" {
      commands = ["apply"]
      execute  = ["sh", "-c", "docker run --privileged --rm multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes"]
    }
}