SolusVM KVM VPS creation fails: no bootable device: appliance closed the connection unexpectedly, see earlier error messages

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Applicable to:

  • SolusVM

Symptoms 

  • VPS creation fail. VPS is online but there is the error in VNC console:

    CONFIG_TEXT: No bootable device

  • libguestfs-test-tool fails with error:

    CONFIG_TEXT: libguestfs: error: appliance closed the connection unexpectedly, see earlier error messages
    libguestfs: child_cleanup: 0x55a44e3416f0: child process died
    libguestfs: error: guestfs_launch failed, see earlier error messages

    Or

    CONFIG_TEXT: Google, Inc.
    Serial Graphics Adapter 06/09/14
    SGABIOS $Id: sgabios.S 8 2010-04-22 00:03:40Z nlaredo $ (mockbuild@) Mon Jun 9 21:33:48 UTC 2014
    Term: 80x24
    4 0
    SeaBIOS (version 1.11.0-2.el7)
    Machine UUID 7775039b-2ced-4400-a284-b7ca5fde3cde
    Alarm clock

Cause

Default qemu wrapper does not work.

Resolution

  1. Connect to KVM Slave node via SSH
  2. Set the default qemu wrapper as 'tcg':

    # LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=force_tcg
    # export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS

  3. Execute the following command:

    # touch /usr/local/solusvm/data/.LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS_FORCE_TCG

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