On Jun 29, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Adam Young wrote: > On 04/01/2012 11:15 AM, Lorin Hochstein wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:41:28PM -0400, Lorin Hochstein wrote: >>>> All: >>>> >>>> Given that I have a qcow2 image from somewhere (e.g., downloaded >>>> it from a uec-images.ubuntu.com, created one from a raw image using >>>> qemu-img) that i want to add to glance: >>>> >>>> 1. How can I tell whether it's an "ovf" or "bare" container format? >>> >>> You are mixing up terminology here. Disk image formats are things like >>> raw, qcow2, vmdk, etc. >>> >>> OVF refers to the format of a metadata file provided alongside the >>> disk image, which describes various requirements for running the >>> image. >>> >>> The two are not tied together at all, merely complementary to >>> each other. >>> >> >> Thanks, that clears things up. I was confused by this language, which >> sounded to me like the metadata was embedded in the disk image file: >> >> http://glance.openstack.org/formats.html >> >> "The container format refers to whether the virtual machine image is in a >> file format that also contains metadata about the actual virtual machine." >> >> In addition, the docs have examples like this, which clearly aren't >> meaningful: >> http://glance.openstack.org/glance.html#important-information-about-uploading-images > > Just to add to the confusion the OVF can contain both the metadata file and > the disk image file in a single archived file. > > "An OVF package consists of several files, placed in one directory. A > one-file alternative is the OVA package, which is a TAR file with the OVF > directory inside." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format#Technical_description
Does anybody know if OpenStack (nova+glance) currently supports OVA packages? Take care, Lorin -- Lorin Hochstein Lead Architect - Cloud Services Nimbis Services, Inc. www.nimbisservices.com
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