Change default boot type to UEFI

[rp-]

Is there a way to change the default boot type to UEFI/LEGACY?

The root of the problem I'm facing is, that the default "pc" machine type in rhel9 (pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0) still doesn't support discard. So the only way to force the q35 machine type (which supports discard) is by enabling UEFI boot type, but there seems to be no way to do this by default?

[weizhouapache]

AFAIK, it is only availble when deploy a vm

currently boottype and boot mode cannot be set per template or per zone or globally.

[GutoVeronezi]

@rp-, after creating the VM, you can define the boot type via the VM settings. There is a setting called UEFI for which you can define the values SECURE or LEGACY.

You can also define this setting on the template, making new VMs created with the template to inherit it.

The absence of the setting indicates that the VM will use BIOS + LEGACY.

[rp-]

Ah cool, I didn't know it would be inherited(or that you could set it) from the template!

[weizhouapache]

@rp-, after creating the VM, you can define the boot type via the VM settings. There is a setting called UEFI for which you can define the values SECURE or LEGACY.

You can also define this setting on the template, making new VMs created with the template to inherit it.

The absence of the setting indicates that the VM will use BIOS + LEGACY.

if template settings work, that's great