Import virtualBox appliance to KVM

Question

Im new using KVM as a virtualization solution. Currently I'm using VirtualBox to manage my virtual machines in my personal computer, but I'm moving my virtualization to a Server, so I set up a Linux server with KVM. And now I'm trying to import a virtualBox vm to KVM.

So far I couldn't make it work. I already convert the ova file from VirtualBox to a format more familiar to KVM (qcow2), and I try to create a new virtual machine using virt-install command and setting the new virtual machine hard drive with the .qcow2 file.

There is anyone could help me?

thank you!

Nobody will be able to help you unless your provide some details. What virt-install command did you run? How is it failing? — 200_success, Sep 13 '13 at 18:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 25 '13 at 15:38

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If you want to manually create the domain XML file, just create a new domain xml. Here's an Example domain XML configuration (the second one) from Fedora project.

Or you can use the GUI tool named virt-manager to import the converted qcow2 file step by step. Please install this tool via command sudo yum install virt-manager if using RHEL/Fedora

edited Oct 25 '13 at 15:38

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Import virtualBox appliance to KVM

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