UEFI enabled libvirt virtual machines on Ubuntu

Peter Technical

Required steps

  • Install the ovmf package
  • Restart libvirt-bin
  • Create /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram to store NVRAM from a UEFI-enabled virtual machine (VM)

libvirt XML definition example for UEFI enabled VM

libvirt edit $VM_NAME and amend the XML definition.

  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.11'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>