Unable to specify hw_vif_model image metadata for Virtuozzo hypervisor virt_type=parallels

[Maxim Nestratov]

If you specify hw_vif_model in image metadata when you use Virtuozzo (libvirt virt_type=parallels), then a UnsupportedHardware exception will be thrown.

2016-08-04 19:11:44.880 16260 ERROR nova.compute.manager [req-8b5cdf08-e3b3-4d0d-9d1c-a1ff10daee71 690eedf97d024da8974029784c26cff1 4a7ea1a081334814b7f45b5950657564 - - -] [instance: 63ae37d5-a377-4ff8-9ea8-2bfc86565415] Instance failed to spawn
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2016-08-04 19:11:44.880 16260 ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: 63ae37d5-a377-4ff8-9ea8-2bfc86565415] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py", line 81, in is_vif_model_valid_for_virt
2016-08-04 19:11:44.880 16260 ERROR nova.compute.manager [instance: 63ae37d5-a377-4ff8-9ea8-2bfc86565415] raise exception.UnsupportedVirtType(virt=virt_type)

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/365943
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/commit/?id=e5e4dfcfdb918b57dcbd3e3cfb171e3b70e3c701
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit e5e4dfcfdb918b57dcbd3e3cfb171e3b70e3c701
Author: Maxim Nestratov <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Sep 6 11:33:05 2016 +0300

    libvirt: add supported vif types for virtuozzo virt_type

    Enable vif driver configuring for virtuozzo and make configuration
    parameter use_virtio_for_bridges be usable for virtuozzo hypervisor.

    Change-Id: Ied17a5406d5625f1e9f704e5b9b46d300f2870c2
    Closes-Bug: #1635230

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/nova 15.0.0.0b1 development milestone.