[libvirt-users] A problem with converting an OVA appliance
Hi all, I've been having a problem when trying to convert an Open Virtualization Appliance (OVA) format appliance to the "virt-image" format. This is how I try to convert the appliance: $ virt-convert --arch=i686 -i ovf appliance.ova The result is: ERROR Couldn't import file "appliance.ova": must be string without null bytes or None, not str This happens on a Debian Wheezy (7.8) machine. virt-convert is at version 0.600.1. All libvirt* packages are at version 1.2.9. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone else through web searches having the same issue and then applying their solution. It'd be great if someone can help with trying to figure out what is going on here... -- Regards, Marko http://dimjasevic.net/marko
On 02/22/2015 01:58 AM, Marko Dimjašević wrote:
Hi all,
I've been having a problem when trying to convert an Open Virtualization Appliance (OVA) format appliance to the "virt-image" format. This is how I try to convert the appliance:
$ virt-convert --arch=i686 -i ovf appliance.ova
The result is:
ERROR Couldn't import file "appliance.ova": must be string without null bytes or None, not str
This happens on a Debian Wheezy (7.8) machine. virt-convert is at version 0.600.1. All libvirt* packages are at version 1.2.9.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone else through web searches having the same issue and then applying their solution. It'd be great if someone can help with trying to figure out what is going on here...
0.600.1 is very old, and virt-convert has changed a lot since then. I'd recommend trying the latest version from virt-manager-1.1.0, and if you still hit issues, file an upstream bug: http://virt-manager.org/bugs/#report - Cole
On Sun, 2015-02-22 at 10:33 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
0.600.1 is very old, and virt-convert has changed a lot since then. I'd recommend trying the latest version from virt-manager-1.1.0, and if you still hit issues, file an upstream bug:
I did just that, i.e. I used virt-convert 0.600.4 from virt-manager-1.1.0 (while I left the installed libvirt packages at 1.2.9) and the same issue happens again. I'm puzzled. Does this mean no one uses virt-convert to convert from OVA to virt-image? I know it's not the problem in the virtual appliance because I can extract its disk image and convert it to qcow2 with: qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 appliance.vmdk appliance.qcow2 and then create a virtual machine by providing the converted disk and things work normally. But I'd like to avoid this workaround if possible. -- Regards, Marko http://dimjasevic.net/marko
On 02/24/2015 11:57 PM, Marko Dimjašević wrote:
On Sun, 2015-02-22 at 10:33 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
0.600.1 is very old, and virt-convert has changed a lot since then. I'd recommend trying the latest version from virt-manager-1.1.0, and if you still hit issues, file an upstream bug:
I did just that, i.e. I used virt-convert 0.600.4 from virt-manager-1.1.0 (while I left the installed libvirt packages at 1.2.9) and the same issue happens again.
I'm puzzled. Does this mean no one uses virt-convert to convert from OVA to virt-image?
New virt-convert does not convert to virt-image, since virt-image has been removed. It converts straight to libvirt XML If you are still hitting an issue, please file a bug report with the full virt-convert command line, output of the failing command with --debug, and the ovf config file (or an example where you downloaded the appliance) - Cole
I know it's not the problem in the virtual appliance because I can extract its disk image and convert it to qcow2 with:
qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 appliance.vmdk appliance.qcow2
and then create a virtual machine by providing the converted disk and things work normally. But I'd like to avoid this workaround if possible.
Hi all, On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 08:54 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
New virt-convert does not convert to virt-image, since virt-image has been removed. It converts straight to libvirt XML
Thx Cole for this! Does that version of virt-convert need a minimum libvirt version that is above 1.2.9? -- Regards, Marko http://dimjasevic.net/marko
On 02/25/2015 10:57 AM, Marko Dimjašević wrote:
Hi all,
On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 08:54 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
New virt-convert does not convert to virt-image, since virt-image has been removed. It converts straight to libvirt XML
Thx Cole for this! Does that version of virt-convert need a minimum libvirt version that is above 1.2.9?
Nope, virt-convert has very low libvirt requirements. - Cole
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