TrueNAS Virtualization Plans for 25.04.2

[WhiteNoise]

@LarsR

As far as i understand it, the longterm plan is for incus to also replace the libvirt backend for vms, but as long as the incus implementation is not at feature parity with the libvirt one, libvirt stays.

That would be “In Goldeneye, we keep BOTH libvirt VMs and Incus VMs and eventually we pick one”.

However, if that was the case, there would be no need for this:

@HoneyBadger

Fangtooth systems can later be updated to Goldeye, and all Virtualization VMs will migrate smoothly. Instance VMs will also be migrated, but some manual configuration changes may be required for PCIe or USB devices and pass-throughs. The TrueNAS engineering team will work to minimize the amount of work for users.

If Incus-based VMs are still a thing in Goldeneye, there would be nothing to migrate.

[Captain_Morgan]

@LarsR

As far as i understand it, the longterm plan is for incus to also replace the libvirt backend for vms, but as long as the incus implementation is not at feature parity with the libvirt one, libvirt stays.

This announcement only addresses the shorter term.
Virtualization (libvirt) re-enabled in 25.04.2 and will continue through to Goldeye.

Goldeye and beyond plans are being worked separately. We’ll announce them when we know what we can and can’t do. There are lots of moving pieces.

We understand the need to enable smoother software updates.

[SLIM]

This is welcome news, as I found the current Incus implementation to be problematic in my case.

[Straafe]

@LarsR

but as long as the incus implementation is not at feature parity with the libvirt one, libvirt stays.

Seems to me this should’ve been the plan since the beginning, but I am glad to hear the original system is returning alongside the Incus implementation. I had several problems with Ubuntu and Windows Server VM’s with Instances.

[etorix]

@WhiteNoise

If Incus-based VMs are still a thing in Goldeneye, there would be nothing to migrate.

The API and feature set is not stable yet, so there is something to migrate… to the next evolutionary stage.