On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 10:08 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjuranek@redhat.com> wrote:

On Friday, 1 October 2021 07:51:56 CEST divan@santanas.co.za wrote:

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Hi oVirt Team,

Reading the API docs

http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/4.3/#services/external_vm_impo

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rts

http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/4.3/#types/external_vm_provid

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er_type and ovirt_vm module

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ovirt/ovirt/ovirt_vm_mod

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ule.html#ansible-collections-ovirt-ovirt-ovirt-vm-module

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I see support for - kvm - vmware - XEN

In the oVirt web GUI (4.3) there is under compute -> VM -> import -> source options for: - kvm - vmware - XEN - Virtual Appliance OVA

I'm trying to import an OVA that sits on the file system on the oVirt node. Via the GUI selecting Virtual Appliance OVA does the job.

Is the API missing this functionality or am I missing something?

here is example how to import OVA file (for 4.4, not sure about 4.3, but probably should work as well):

https://github.com/oVirt/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4/blob/main/examples/import_...

Yeah, and just to elaborate on that a bit - it doesn't matter which provider is set there. Even though it is set to KVM in that example, we don't look at it For OVA, the important part is to have the URL in the form of "ova://<path on host>" and oVirt will figure out if it's an OVA that was generated by oVirt or by a different platform regardless of the provider you set

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On Monday, 4 October 2021 21:56:53 CEST Divan Santana wrote:

Vojtech Juranek <vjuranek@redhat.com> writes:

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On Friday, 1 October 2021 07:51:56 CEST divan@santanas.co.za wrote:

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Hi oVirt Team,

Reading the API docs

http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/4.3/#services/external_vm_i mpo rts http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/4.3/#types/external_vm_prov id er_type and ovirt_vm module https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ovirt/ovirt/ovirt_vm_ mod ule.html#ansible-collections-ovirt-ovirt-ovirt-vm-module

I see support for - kvm - vmware - XEN

In the oVirt web GUI (4.3) there is under compute -> VM -> import -> source options for: - kvm - vmware - XEN - Virtual Appliance OVA

I'm trying to import an OVA that sits on the file system on the oVirt node. Via the GUI selecting Virtual Appliance OVA does the job.

Is the API missing this functionality or am I missing something?

here is example how to import OVA file (for 4.4, not sure about 4.3, but probably should work as well):

https://github.com/oVirt/python-ovirt-engine-sdk4/blob/main/examples/impor t_vm_from_ova.py Thanks. This example is useful indeed.

Though it doesn't really answer the question. Because this example uses requires KVM/libvirt storage domain AFAIK.

not sure what you mean by "KVM/libvirt storage domain", but what matters is what's inside OVA file which you specify on line 63 (https://github.com/oVirt/ python-ovirt-engine-sdk4/blob/main/examples/import_vm_from_ova.py#L63). See Arik's answer for more detail explanation. (maybe we should add it direcly into example?)

Unlike the web interface which can import an ova file that is residing on the file system.

Having an API for that, would be nice.