If not, double click on the newly created Orbis virtual machine and click the Show virtual machine hardware icon in the toolbar.įirst, select the only existing virtual disk (VirtIO Disk 1 by default) and expand the Advanced options section. We should already have a window with virtual machine hardware open. This arrangement is very useful for restoring from backup and updates. ![]() This second disk shall be persistent, which means that if we connect this disk to another Orbis instance with same or newer Orbis version, all customer’s data will be preserved. In this step we are going to add a second virtual disk for storing data. Step 3 – add data diskĪt this point, we have an existing virtual machine with Ubuntu OS and Orbis application. Do not start the virtual machine as of yet and proceed to the next step. Upon clicking finish, a window with virtual machine hardware should appear. Type in the name of the new virtual machine and select Customize configuration before install. Select your VM’s memory and CPU settings and click Forward. Insert the full path of the first qcow2 virtual disk as existing storage path and select Ubuntu 20.04 as the guest operating system and click Forward. Select Import existing disk image and click Forward. Open virt-manager – the management console for KVM hypervisor – and click File → New Virtual Machine. Step 2 – create a virtual machine from the first disk Mv orbis-disk00?.qcow2 /destination/directoryīelow is a screenshot of the full process. The following command is just an example: qcow2 files to a desired directory where the resulting virtual machine should be stored. Qemu-img convert -O qcow2 orbis-disk002.vmdk orbis-disk002.qcow2 Qemu-img convert -O qcow2 orbis-disk001.vmdk orbis-disk001.qcow2 vmdk format.Ĭonvert both virtual disks (.vmdk files) to qcow2 format using qemu-img command: ovf file which can be safely removed and two virtual disks in. Open linux terminal and navigate to directory containing the Orbis OVA template. tar archive with virtual disks and it can be easily unpacked and converted into qcow2 format for KVM. Standard OVA template is not comprehensible for KVM hypervisor. Step 1 – convert OVA template into qcow2 format In this guide Ubuntu LTS 20.04 with default GUI is being used as an example but other Linux distributions work in a very similar manner. ![]() This guide assumes that the customer has a working Linux installation with KVM hypervisor enabled and running. This article explains how to install Orbis on Linux KVM hypervisor.
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