Add UEFI boot mode option for Qemu VMs

gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
         self._kernel_command_line = ""
         self._replicate_network_connection_state = True
         self._tpm = False
+        self._uefi = False
         self._create_config_disk = False
         self._on_close = "power_off"
         self._cpu_throttling = 0  # means no CPU throttling
@@ -900,6 +901,30 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
             log.info(f'QEMU VM "{self._name}" [{self._id}] has disabled the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)')
         self._tpm = tpm
 
+    @property
+    def uefi(self):
+        """
+        Returns whether UEFI boot mode is activated for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :returns: boolean
+        """
+
+        return self._uefi
+
+    @uefi.setter
+    def uefi(self, uefi):
+        """
+        Sets whether UEFI boot mode is activated for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :param uefi: boolean
+        """
+
+        if uefi:
+            log.info(f'QEMU VM "{self._name}" [{self._id}] has enabled the UEFI boot mode')
+        else:
+            log.info(f'QEMU VM "{self._name}" [{self._id}] has disabled the UEFI boot mode')
+        self._uefi = uefi
+
     @property
     def options(self):
         """
@@ -2245,6 +2270,8 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
 
         options = []
         if self._bios_image:
+            if self._uefi:
+                raise QemuError("Cannot use a bios image and the UEFI boot mode at the same time")
             if not os.path.isfile(self._bios_image) or not os.path.exists(self._bios_image):
                 if os.path.islink(self._bios_image):
                     raise QemuError(
@@ -2253,6 +2280,8 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
                 else:
                     raise QemuError(f"bios image '{self._bios_image}' is not accessible")
             options.extend(["-bios", self._bios_image.replace(",", ",,")])
+        elif self._uefi:
+            options.extend(["-bios", "OVMF.fd"])  # the OVMF bios image should be in the image directory
         return options
 
     def _linux_boot_options(self):

gns3server/db/models/templates.py

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ class QemuTemplate(Template):
     replicate_network_connection_state = Column(Boolean)
     create_config_disk = Column(Boolean)
     tpm = Column(Boolean)
+    uefi = Column(Boolean)
     on_close = Column(String)
     cpu_throttling = Column(Integer)
     process_priority = Column(String)

gns3server/schemas/compute/qemu_nodes.py

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class QemuBase(BaseModel):
         None, description="Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)"
     )
     tpm: Optional[bool] = Field(None, description="Enable Trusted Platform Module (TPM)")
+    uefi: Optional[bool] = Field(None, description="Enable UEFI boot mode")
     on_close: Optional[QemuOnCloseAction] = Field(None, description="Action to execute on the VM is closed")
     cpu_throttling: Optional[int] = Field(None, ge=0, le=800, description="Percentage of CPU allowed for QEMU")
     process_priority: Optional[QemuProcessPriority] = Field(None, description="Process priority for QEMU")

gns3server/schemas/controller/templates/qemu_templates.py

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class QemuTemplate(TemplateBase):
         False, description="Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)"
     )
     tpm: Optional[bool] = Field(False, description="Enable Trusted Platform Module (TPM)")
+    uefi: Optional[bool] = Field(False, description="Enable UEFI boot mode")
     on_close: Optional[QemuOnCloseAction] = Field("power_off", description="Action to execute on the VM is closed")
     cpu_throttling: Optional[int] = Field(0, ge=0, le=800, description="Percentage of CPU allowed for QEMU")
     process_priority: Optional[QemuProcessPriority] = Field("normal", description="Process priority for QEMU")