NutanixMachineTemplate

The NutanixMachineTemplate resource defines the configuration of a CAPX Kubernetes VM.

Example of a NutanixMachineTemplate resource.

apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: NutanixMachineTemplate
metadata:
  name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-mt-0"
  namespace: "${NAMESPACE}"
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      providerID: "nutanix://${CLUSTER_NAME}-m1"
      # Supported options for boot type: legacy and uefi
      # Defaults to legacy if not set
      bootType: ${NUTANIX_MACHINE_BOOT_TYPE=legacy}
      vcpusPerSocket: ${NUTANIX_MACHINE_VCPU_PER_SOCKET=1}
      vcpuSockets: ${NUTANIX_MACHINE_VCPU_SOCKET=2}
      memorySize: "${NUTANIX_MACHINE_MEMORY_SIZE=4Gi}"
      systemDiskSize: "${NUTANIX_SYSTEMDISK_SIZE=40Gi}"
      image:
        type: name
        name: "${NUTANIX_MACHINE_TEMPLATE_IMAGE_NAME}"
      cluster:
        type: name
        name: "${NUTANIX_PRISM_ELEMENT_CLUSTER_NAME}"
      subnet:
        - type: name
          name: "${NUTANIX_SUBNET_NAME}"
      # Adds additional categories to the virtual machines.
      # Note: Categories must already be present in Prism Central
      # additionalCategories:
      #   - key: AppType
      #     value: Kubernetes
      # Adds the cluster virtual machines to a project defined in Prism Central.
      # Replace NUTANIX_PROJECT_NAME with the correct project defined in Prism Central
      # Note: Project must already be present in Prism Central.
      # project:
      #   type: name
      #   name: "NUTANIX_PROJECT_NAME"

NutanixMachineTemplate spec

The table below provides an overview of the supported parameters of the spec attribute of a NutanixMachineTemplate resource.

Configuration parameters

Key	Type	Description
bootType	string	Boot type of the VM. Depends on the OS image used. Allowed values: legacy, uefi. Default: legacy
vcpusPerSocket	int	Amount of vCPUs per socket. Default: 1
vcpuSockets	int	Amount of vCPU sockets. Default: 2
memorySize	string	Amount of Memory. Default: 4Gi
systemDiskSize	string	Amount of storage assigned to the system disk. Default: 40Gi
image	object	Reference to the OS image used for the system disk.
image.type	string	Type to identify the OS image. Allowed values: name and uuid
image.name	string	Name or UUID of the image.
cluster	object	Reference to the Prism Element cluster.
cluster.type	string	Type to identify the Prism Element cluster. Allowed values: name and uuid
cluster.name	string	Name or UUID of the Prism Element cluster.
subnets	list	Reference to the subnets to be assigned to the VMs.
subnets.[].type	string	Type to identify the subnet. Allowed values: name and uuid
subnets.[].name	string	Name or UUID of the subnet.
additionalCategories	list	Reference to the categories to be assigned to the VMs. These categories already exist in Prism Central.
additionalCategories.[].key	string	Key of the category.
additionalCategories.[].value	string	Value of the category.
project	object	Reference to the project. This project must already exist in Prism Central.
project.type	string	Type to identify the project. Allowed values: name and uuid
project.name	string	Name or UUID of the project.