Install Arm VM on EC2 Graviton (Arm) instance

Hey there,

I have a Red Hat compatible OS with Arm architect ISO file, I want to port this ISO to AWS as an AMI for EC2 instances, so I have created a VM on c6g.metal instance, which supports KVM virtualization, and I plan to install the ISO as a temp VM, and import it as a AMI or a EBS Snapshot -> AMI by using VM Import.

The command I launch the VM is

virt-install \
    --name rhel-compatible-linux-arm64 \
    --memory 4096 \
    --vcpus 4 \
    --disk size=10 \
    --os-variant rhel7.5 \
    --location /home/ec2-user/rhel-compatible-linux-arm64.iso \
    --initrd-inject /home/ec2-user/anaconda-ks.cfg \
    --extra-args="inst.ks=file:/anaconda-ks.cfg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"

The question is , is there any steps or docs on how to do it?

Here are my challenges:

• The ISO file will start a Graphic installation UI, how do I connect to the VM that is on EC2 graviton instance (c6g.metal) to complete the installation process from my laptop? Does it use VNC protocol (I assume the connection is "qemu+ssh://")? Which ports should I open from Security Group (5901)?
• I change the installation from "graphical" to "text", and try to install it with a kickstart file, but it always fail at somewhere during the boot process, see picture for more details.

[  191.550201][  3] audit: type=1130 audit(1674990734.180:9): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-udev-settle comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  191.764756][  2] audit: type=1130 audit(1674990734.400:10): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=multipathd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  192.322576][  2] audit: type=1130 audit(1674990734.950:11): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-tmpfiles-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'

Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"


Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot
after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.


Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Control-D to continue): 

• By looking into the logs in initramfs, errors, see picture for more details.

[    0.988546] localhost kernel: pci 0000:00:01.3: PCI bridge to [bus 04]
...skipping...
[  678.604694] localhost systemd-vconsole-setup[4213]: KD_FONT_OP_GET failed while trying to get the font metadata: Function not implemented
[  678.614684] localhost systemd-vconsole-setup[4213]: Fonts will not be copied to remaining consoles
[  678.638810] localhost systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Succeeded.
[  678.660426] localhost systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console.
[  678.671240] localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  678.675142] localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  678.695610] localhost kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1674991221.320:12): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  678.696216] localhost kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1674991221.330:13): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-vconsole-setup comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
[  678.713619] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
[  679.331801] localhost systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 823 (plymouthd).
[  679.345576] localhost systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 823 (plymouthd).

The kickstart config I'm using

#version=DEVEL
# Use graphical install
graphical


%post --nochroot

#####copy kyinfo and LICENSE
if [ -e /tmp/.kyinfo ];then
  echo y | cp -a /tmp/.kyinfo $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/etc/
fi
if [ -e /tmp/LICENSE ];then
  echo y | cp -a /tmp/LICENSE $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/etc/
fi

if [ -e /run/install/repo/.kyinfo ];then
  echo y | cp -a /run/install/repo/.kyinfo $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/etc/
fi

if [ -e /run/install/repo/LICENSE ];then
  echo y | cp -a /run/install/repo/LICENSE $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/etc/
fi

##### kylin postaction
## cdrom install, copy .kylin-post-actions
if [ -e /run/install/repo/.kylin-post-actions ];then
  echo y | cp -a /run/install/repo/.kylin-post-actions /tmp/.kylin-post-actions
  echo "repo=/run/install/repo" > /tmp/.kylin-repo
fi
## copy kylin post scripts in new os
if [ -e /tmp/.kylin-post-actions ];then
  echo y | cp -a /tmp/.kylin-post-actions $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/bin
fi
if [ -e /tmp/.kylin-repo ];then
  echo y | cp -a /tmp/.kylin-repo $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/tmp/
fi

## copy and run .kylin-post-actions-nochroot
if [ -e /run/install/repo/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot ];then
  echo y | cp -a /run/install/repo/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot /tmp/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot
fi
if [ -e /tmp/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot ];then
  /bin/bash -x /tmp/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot &> $ANA_INSTALL_PATH/var/log/.kylin-post-actions-nochroot.log
fi


%end

%post

systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
systemctl disable multipathd.service

### do kylin post action
if [ -e /bin/.kylin-post-actions ];then
  /bin/bash -x /bin/.kylin-post-actions &> /var/log/.kylin-post-actions.log
fi

%end

%packages
@^minimal-environment

%end

# Keyboard layouts
keyboard --xlayouts='us'
# System language
lang en_US.UTF-8

# Network information
network  --hostname=localhost.localdomain

# Use CDROM installation media
cdrom

# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --enable
# System services
services --enabled="chronyd"

ignoredisk --only-use=sda
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --none --initlabel
# Disk partitioning information
#part swap --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=2046
part swap --fstype="swap" --ondisk=sda --size=1024
part /boot/efi --fstype="efi" --ondisk=sda --size=1024 --fsoptions="umask=0077,shortname=winnt"
#part / --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --size=37888
part / --fstype="xfs" --ondisk=sda --size=7000

# System timezone
timezone Asia/Shanghai --utc

user --groups=wheel --name=kylin --gecos="Kylin"

%addon com_redhat_kdump --enable --reserve-mb='1024M'

%end

%anaconda
pwpolicy root --minlen=8 --minquality=1 --strict --nochanges --notempty
pwpolicy user --minlen=8 --minquality=1 --strict --nochanges --emptyok
pwpolicy luks --minlen=8 --minquality=1 --strict --nochanges --notempty
%end

Any hints/tips/docs are highly appreciated! Thanks