Tag definition reference examples
Here are some examples of tag definitions – more examples are available↗.
Commonly used Xpath functions usually include:
- contains
- starts-with
- ends-with
Example 1
This definition will identify machines with proper CPU tags, cores, and RAM, and tag them as a hypervisor:
This example looks for at least 40 cores and 256 GB of RAM and has all the required CPU features for being a hypervisor for both Intel and AMD.
Don’t forget to adjust cores and RAM (in bytes) to suit your particular needs and available resources.
You can also define this tag with the CLI:
maas ${MAAS_PROFILE} tags create name=hypervisor \
definition='//node[@id="memory"]/size >= "274877906944" and \
//node[@id="cpu"]/configuration/setting/id="cores" >= 40 and \
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "vmx" or @id="svm" and \
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "aes" and
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "flexpriority" and
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "tpr_shadow" and
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "ept" and
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "vpid" and
//node[@id="cpu"]//capabilities/capability/@id = "vnmi"'
Example 2
This will tag UEFI enabled KVM VMs running on AMD-based servers:
You can also do this with the CLI:
maas ${MAAS_PROFILE} tags create \
name=kvm-amd-uefi \
definition='//node[@class="system"]/vendor = "QEMU" and //node[@id="firmware"]/capabilities/capability/@id = "virtualmachine" and //node[@id="firmware"]/capabilities/capability/@id = "uefi" and //node[@class="processor"]/vendor[starts-with(.,"Advanced Micro Devices")]' \
kernel_opts='nomodeset console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 amd_iommu=on kvm-amd.nested=1 kvm-amd.enable_apicv=n kvm.ignore_msrs=1' \
comment='Tag for automatically identifying AMD-based KVM vms (UEFI BIOS)'
Example 3
This will automatically tag servers that have NVME controllers:
To accomplish the same thing in the CLI:
maas ${MAAS_PROFILE} tags create name=NVME comment="xpath tag for automatically tagging servers that have NVME controllers" definition='//node[@id="storage" and @class="storage"]/description = "Non-Volatile memory controller"'
Example 4
This will tag servers with Mellanox ConnectX-5 NICs:
And you can also do this in the CLI:
maas ${MAAS_PROFILE} tags create \
name=connectx-5 \
definition='//node[@class="network"]/vendor[starts-with(.,"Mellanox")] and //node[@class="network"]/product[contains(.,"ConnectX-5")]' \
comment='Tag for automatically identifying servers with Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 cards'
Example 5
This will enable GPU passthrough for Nvidia Quadro K series GPUs on AMD:
You can also duplicate this example in the CLI:
maas ${MAAS_PROFILE} tags create \
name=gpgpu-quadro-k-a \
comment="Enable passthrough for Nvidia Quadro K series GPUs on AMD" \
definition='//node[@id="cpu:0"]/capabilities/capability/@id = "svm" and //node[@id="display"]/vendor[contains(.,"NVIDIA")] and //node[@id="display"]/description[contains(.,"3D")] and //node[@id="display"]/product[contains(.,"Quadro K")]'