Unable to boot a vm in uefi mode on a kvm arm64 host
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Mô tả
### problem
Unable to boot a vm in uefi mode on a kvm arm64 host
### versions
ACS 4.22
KVM Ubuntu 24.0.4
### The steps to reproduce the bug
1. On the kvm host make sure the efi packages (apt install swtpm qemu-efi-aarch64)
2. Create a uefi properties file
```
root@raspberrypi5-cloudstack:~# cat /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties
# CloudStack Agent UEFI Configuration for ARM64
# This file configures UEFI boot support for ARM64 virtual machines
# Secure boot mode with Microsoft keys
guest.nvram.template.secure=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.ms.fd
guest.loader.secure=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.ms.fd
# Secure boot mode without Microsoft keys
guest.nvram.template.secboot=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd
guest.loader.secboot=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
# Standard UEFI mode (default)
guest.nvram.template.legacy=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd
guest.loader.legacy=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd
# No secure boot mode (explicitly disabled)
guest.nvram.template.nosecboot=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd
guest.loader.nosecboot=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.no-secboot.fd
# NVRAM storage path
guest.nvram.path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
```
3. Restart the services
service libvirtd restart
service cloudstack-agent restart
4. Launch a vm select the boot mode as UEFI and secure
5. Exception observed
```
root@raspberrypi5-cloudstack:~# cat /var/log/cloudstack/agent/agent.log |grep -i "logid:04a17230"
2025-12-23 05:51:11,829 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-5:[]) (logid:04a17230) Trying to fetch storage pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d from libvirt
2025-12-23 05:51:11,834 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-5:[]) (logid:04a17230) Trying to fetch storage pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d from libvirt
2025-12-23 05:51:11,842 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-5:[]) (logid:04a17230) Creating volume b491328b-ef97-4bf3-ab0e-e2973a50a761 from template b2173816-1a35-49ea-b1e1-b1ede4ade146 in pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d (NetworkFilesystem) with size (3.50 GB) 3758096384
2025-12-23 05:51:11,843 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-5:[]) (logid:04a17230) Attempting to create volume b491328b-ef97-4bf3-ab0e-e2973a50a761 (NetworkFilesystem) in pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d with size (3.50 GB) 3758096384
2025-12-23 05:51:11,903 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-5:[]) (logid:04a17230) Creating volume [/mnt/1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d/b491328b-ef97-4bf3-ab0e-e2973a50a761] with backing file [/mnt/1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d/b2173816-1a35-49ea-b1e1-b1ede4ade146] as the property [create.full.clone] is [false].
2025-12-23 05:51:12,041 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) Trying to fetch storage pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d from libvirt
2025-12-23 05:51:12,077 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) Trying to fetch storage pool 1a655239-1930-3a48-b0c5-9069065c283d from libvirt
2025-12-23 05:51:12,105 WARN [kvm.resource.LibvirtKvmAgentHook] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) Groovy script '/etc/cloudstack/agent/hooks/libvirt-vm-xml-transformer.groovy' is not available. Transformations will not be applied.
2025-12-23 05:51:12,105 WARN [kvm.resource.LibvirtKvmAgentHook] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) Shell script '/etc/cloudstack/agent/hooks/libvirt-vm-xml-transformer.sh' is not available. Transformations will not be applied.
2025-12-23 05:51:12,105 WARN [kvm.resource.LibvirtKvmAgentHook] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) Groovy scripting engine is not initialized. Data transformation skipped.
2025-12-23 05:51:12,107 WARN [resource.wrapper.LibvirtStartCommandWrapper] (AgentRequest-Handler-4:[]) (logid:04a17230) LibvirtException org.libvirt.LibvirtException: XML error: No PCI buses available
```
Workaround
Boot into BIOS and LEGACY
VM boots , verify
On the kvm host dumpxml of the vm
```
hvm
/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/i-2-131-VM_VARS.fd
```
login to the vm and verify
ls /sys/firmware/efi
[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "UEFI boot" || echo "Legacy BIOS"
### What to do about it?
Cloudstack should BOOT mode UEFI and secure on kvm arm64 hosts
Hướng dẫn đóng góp
Hướng nghiên cứu
Bắt đầu với các thiết lập UEFI trong /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties và mục trong agent.log báo cáo “No PCI buses available.”. So sánh XML của VM được tạo bởi dumpxml, bao gồm các mục loader và NVRAM, với các trường hợp UEFI bị lỗi và legacy hoạt động. Hoàn tất khi một VM khởi động ở UEFI và secure mode trên máy chủ KVM ARM64 và /sys/firmware/efi tồn tại.
Do mô hình lập chỉ mục viết ra từ nội dung của issue.
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