[Engine-devel] New tool to upload OVF archives

[Andrew Cathrow]

Can we update the ID feature to autogenerate an ID instead of specifying it.

Also the ID generation needs to flow through to the template/VM's disk ID



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Robertson" <kroberts at redhat.com>
> To: engine-devel at ovirt.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 12:10:38 PM
> Subject: [Engine-devel] New tool to upload OVF archives
> 
> All,
> 
> I have created a new tool that makes it easier to upload an OVF
> archive
> file to an oVirt export domain.  I've attached the patch to this
> email
> so that you can try it out and see what it does.
> 
> I am looking for feedback on the tool so please let me know what you
> think.
> 
> Cheers,
> Keith
> 
> 
> //---- Begin description
> 
> The new tool provided in this patch makes it easier to upload an
> OVF archive to an export domain.  An OVF archive is simply a
> zipped archive that can contain an image and must contain
> an XML document describing the image to be uploaded.
> 
> The tool has the following behavior:
> 1. Before unpacking the archive it will check for requisite space
> on the local system.
> 2. Before uploading the requisite parts in the archive it will
> check for space in the target NFS export domain.
> 3. At this time only NFS as a transport mechanism is supported.
> This is slightly different behavior than the iso uploader which
> supports both NFS and SSH/SFTP.
> 4. The tool will allow you to rename the image.
> 5. The tool will allow you to change the UUID of the image.
> 6. The tool will only upload those files explicitly listed in the
> archive's XML .ovf file. This prevents spurious cruft which it
> included
> in some OVF archives from being moved to the export domain.
> 
> Example usage:
> 1. > python ovirt-image-uploader.py  -n 127.0.0.1:/virt/exports
> --template-name=new-name-here --template-id=new-uuid-here upload
> keith.ovf  --force
> 2. > python ovirt-image-uploader.py --conf-file=./imageuploader.conf
> list
> Please provide the REST API password for RHEV-M (CTRL+D to abort):
> Export Storage Domain Name     | Datacenter                | Export
> Domain Status
> ExportDomain                   | LegacyDC                  | active
> 3. > python ovirt-image-uploader.py -e ExportDomain
> --template-name=new-name-here --template-id=new-uuid-here upload
> keith.ovf  --force
> 
> 
> 
> 
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