From b6c6479663d7f7b0010aad38054f94a48f76ab01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Hozza Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 11:54:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] image-types: Update RHEL8 KVM Guest image information Add the latest information about the intended use of this type of image. Also add note about the most common way to consume Red Hat content using this type of image. Signed-off-by: Tomas Hozza --- image-types/rhel8/kvm-guest-image.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/image-types/rhel8/kvm-guest-image.md b/image-types/rhel8/kvm-guest-image.md index 9ed46c8e8..eb0ac9425 100644 --- a/image-types/rhel8/kvm-guest-image.md +++ b/image-types/rhel8/kvm-guest-image.md @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ # KVM Guest Image -This is an image meant to be used as a generic base image for various -virtualization environments. +This is an image meant to be used as a generic base image for KVM +based hypervisors. It is mainly used with [Red Hat Virtualization +(RHV)][rhv] or [Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP)][rhosp]. Using this +type of image with other types of hypervisors or with cloud providers +is not supported. To be usable in common environments, it is provided in the *qcow2* format and has *cloud-init* installed and enabled. @@ -16,3 +19,12 @@ The environments this image is meant to be used in usually don't require any specialized firmware. Thus, in order to keep the resulting image size small, all `-firmware` packages are excluded. An exception is the `linux-firmware` package, which cannot be excluded because the `kernel` package depends on it. + +The most common way to consume official Red Hat content using this type of +image is via [Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM)][rhsm] ([Red Hat +Satellite][satellite] / Red Hat CDN). + +[rhv]: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-virtualization/ +[rhosp]: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-openstack-platform/ +[rhsm]: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-subscription-management +[satellite]: https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-satellite/