@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ function upload_image {

         img_property="--property hw_cdrom_bus=scsi"

     fi

+    if is_arch "aarch64"; then

+        img_property="--property hw_machine_type=virt --property hw_cdrom_bus=virtio --property os_command_line='console=ttyAMA0'"

+    fi

+

     if [ "$container_format" = "bare" ]; then

         if [ "$unpack" = "zcat" ]; then

             openstack --os-token $token --os-url $GLANCE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT image create "$image_name" $img_property --public --container-format=$container_format --disk-format $disk_format < <(zcat --force "${image}")

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ function configure_nova_hypervisor {

         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"

     fi

+    # arm64-specific configuration

+    if is_arch "aarch64"; then

+        # arm64 architecture currently does not support graphical consoles.

+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled "false"

+    fi

+

     ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION=$(trueorfalse False ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION)

     if [[ "$ENABLE_FILE_INJECTION" = "True" ]] ; then

         # When libguestfs is available for file injection, enable using