Configure Hypervisor For UEFI Instance Boot

Problem

• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a standard firmware designed to replace legacy BIOS.
• By default, an instance boots in BIOS mode.

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - v3.6.0 and Higher
• Ubuntu 16.04
• CentOS 7.4 and Higher

Procedure

1. Install OVMF

• Ubuntu

# openstack image set # apt install ovmf--property hw_firmware_type=uefi [image UUID]

• Centos

# yum install OVMF -y

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# cd /usr/share/OVMF && ln -s OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd OVMF_CODE.fd

2. Add hw_firmware_type image metadata to the UEFI image to indicate the firmware type used to boot the instance.

# openstack image set --property hw_firmware_type=uefi [image UUID]

3. Boot the instance using the UEFI image.