Enable UEFI on KVM hosts (by default), and configure with some default settings

[sureshanaparti]

Description

This PR enables UEFI on KVM hosts (by default), and configure with some default settings.

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• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
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[sureshanaparti]

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Pull Request Overview

Enables UEFI support on KVM hosts by default with appropriate configuration settings across multiple system components.

• Adds UEFI configuration properties for legacy and secure boot modes with OVMF firmware paths
• Integrates UEFI properties files into system VM agents and console proxy components
• Updates packaging dependencies to include required OVMF and swtpm packages

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
agent/conf/uefi.properties.in	Defines UEFI configuration properties with template placeholders for firmware paths
packaging/el8/replace.properties	Sets OVMF firmware file paths for CentOS/RHEL 8 systems
packaging/debian/replace.properties	Sets OVMF firmware file paths for Debian-based systems
packaging/el8/cloud.spec	Adds edk2-ovmf and swtpm package dependencies for RPM builds
debian/control	Adds ovmf and swtpm package dependencies for Debian builds
pom.xml	Excludes uefi.properties from license header checks
systemvm/systemvm-agent-descriptor.xml	Includes uefi.properties in system VM agent configuration

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[sureshanaparti]

@blueorangutan package

[blueorangutan]

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

[blueorangutan]

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15193

[weizhouapache]

code lgtm

checked the settings on ol8 and u24

[daviftorres]

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

[sureshanaparti]

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

will check it @daviftorres

[sureshanaparti]

@blueorangutan package

[blueorangutan]

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

[blueorangutan]

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15298

[weizhouapache]

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

@daviftorres
instance snapshot with memory or without memory (disk-only) ?

btw: the issue does not block this PR as this only changes the KVM host setting, not vm settings

[DaanHoogland]

@sureshanaparti , ready to merge?