Cloudmonkey isn't really an option in my case. I wasn't aware that extractVolume could be applied to VMs in anyway. I'll look into it.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > Hi, > > You can either use the API directly (look at extractVolume) or through > Cloudmonkey. > This is how I would use Cloudmonkey to retrieve a volume: > > "extract volume id=fe81e6ff-a08f-4601-b2b3-2e02ce2b6588 > zoneid=19345de0-b40b-4cfa-83b6-6d821367afa8 mode=HTTP_DOWNLOAD" which will > return: > > accountid = 2c4c9cd2-ab73-11e3-b654-9660573836d5 > cmd = org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.volume.ExtractVolumeCmd > created = 2014-06-13T11:24:24+0100 > jobid = 69e6bf53-ab95-44ab-8efc-2f436dba9ecc > jobprocstatus = 0 > jobresult: > volume: > name = ROOT-7 > id = fe81e6ff-a08f-4601-b2b3-2e02ce2b6588 > accountid = 2c4c9cd2-ab73-11e3-b654-9660573836d5 > extractMode = HTTP_DOWNLOAD > state = DOWNLOAD_URL_CREATED > url = > https://1-2-3-4.realhostip.com/userdata/32050352-899f-4f56-8e38-018110f8e973.qcow2 > zoneid = 19345de0-b40b-4cfa-83b6-6d821367afa8 > zonename = advsg > jobresultcode = 0 > jobresulttype = object > jobstatus = 1 > userid = 2c4cc626-ab73-11e3-b654-9660573836d5 > > It's the URL field that you are interested in, you can retrieve that > freely. I do not know if there is an expiry time for it, there might be. > You can extract templates, snapshots of the volumes of stopped VMs. > > HTH > Lucian > > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "chris" <cdca...@gmail.com> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Sent: Friday, 13 June, 2014 12:19:47 AM > Subject: Possible to upload/download a VM? > > I'm trying to figure out a way to programmatically upload and download VM > images, and I haven't yet found anything in the docs or playing around in > the UI that jumps out at me. > > To download from OpenStack, the story I would follow is > 1) Snapshot a VM. This would create an image (or set of images) that I > could easily download from glance (the image storage service) > 2) Download the resulting image(s). > > Uploading is just as straightforward: > 1) Upload to glance > 2) Create an instance. > > I can see from what I've looked at so far that CloudStack does things a bit > differently. Is there a path to what I want to accomplish? Templates & > Volumes don't look to have quite what I want, but I could be wrong. Looking > at the UI, I couldn't even figure out how to upload local files, only files > being served up via HTTP or FTP. > > I'm currently using the .NET SDK and CloudStack 4.2.1. I've got to say, as > SDKs go, this one has been pretty great to work with. I'm just stumped by > this task. > > Thanks, > Chris >
