if nic type is default then make it virtio

appsettings/migrations/0011_alter_appsettings_id.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.10 on 2024-02-14 11:54
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("appsettings", "0010_auto_20231030_1305"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="appsettings",
+            name="id",
+            field=models.AutoField(
+                auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name="ID"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

instances/views.py

@@ -1853,6 +1853,9 @@ def create_instance(request, compute_id, arch, machine):
                                 machine = "q35"
                                 firmware["secure"] = "yes"
 
+                        if data["net_model"] == "default":
+                            data["net_model"] = "virtio"
+
                         uuid = util.randomUUID()
                         try:
                             conn.create_instance(