Deprecate a static Firecracker CPU template (C3/T2) and migrate to an equivalent custom /cpu-config template
domain: firecracker-microvm.github.io · 5 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Identify the static template the fleet currently uses (GET /machine-config shows cpu_template)
Use the Firecracker cpu-template-helper tool to dump the effective CPUID/MSR/register set that the static template produced on your host
Convert that output into a custom CPU template JSON (cpuid_modifiers + msr_modifiers) that restores the same guest-visible feature set
PUT /cpu-config with the new custom template and boot test guests, diffing /proc/cpuinfo and relevant MSR reads against the old static-template baseline
Roll the custom template out across hosts and remove cpu_template from machine-config once parity is proven
Known gotchas
Static templates are deprecated since v1.5.0 and will be removed per Firecracker's deprecation policy
You cannot reference a static and a custom template simultaneously - the last configured wins
Keep the migration behind a feature flag and revert quickly if a guest crashes on a hidden feature
The helper tool is documented at docs/cpu_templates/cpu-template-helper.md in the Firecracker repo
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