Deploying a QEMU Device¶
Warning
This chapter discusses a model of device support which is being superceded by the pipeline model.
Adding a QEMU device to LAVA is an easy way to make sure things work without having to worry about connecting to a physical device and setting up a master image. This page outlines the steps required to add a new QEMU device to your LAVA deployment and make it able to accept job requests.
For an alternative with less overhead than QEMU, see Adding a KVM Device.
Configure the Dispatcher¶
Create your qemu-arm01.conf file:
# /etc/lava-dispatcher/devices/qemu-arm01.conf
device_type = qemu-arm
At this point the dispatcher should work. You can test it locally by creating a minimal job file:
# /tmp/qemu-arm.json
{
"timeout": 18000,
"job_name": "qemu-arm-test",
"device_type": "qemu-arm",
"target": "qemu-arm01",
"actions": [
{
"command": "deploy_linaro_kernel",
"parameters": {
"kernel": "http://images.validation.linaro.org/functional-test-images/qemu-arm/zImage-qemuarm.bin",
"login_prompt": "login:",
"rootfs": "http://images.validation.linaro.org/functional-test-images/qemu-arm/core-image-minimal-qemuarm.ext3",
"username": "root"
}
},
{
"command": "boot_linaro_image",
"parameters": {
"test_image_prompt": "root@qemu-system-arm:~#"
}
}
]
}
And execute the dispatcher with:
lava-dispatch /tmp/qemu.json
Configure the Scheduler¶
Now that the dispatcher understand the QEMU device and can work with it, we need to inform the LAVA scheduler about it. This is done from the admin panel in the LAVA web app.
You’ll first add a “qemu-arm” device type by going to a URL like:
http://localhost/admin/lava_scheduler_app/devicetype/
That page will give you an option to add a device type. From the add device type page, you need to give the name “qemu-arm”. Don’t touch any of the other options for now.
After adding a device type you can add a device. From this page you’ll want to set the hostname to the same value you set for ‘target’ in the dispatch config. Then select “qemu-arm” from the device type list.
Now when you view:
http://localhost/scheduler/
You should see your new device type and be able to drill down to the device.
Submitting a QEMU Job¶
The scheduler documentation includes instructions for Job Submission to LAVA. You can use the job file shown above as the basis for your new job.