From: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
To: "Proxmox VE development discussion" <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>,
"Fabian Grünbichler" <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH storage/qemu-server/pve-manager] implement ova/ovf import for directory type storages
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:19:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <de28f03b-0dc6-4ac2-8038-049257039436@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1713359271.xtvijc9iex.astroid@yuna.none>
On 4/17/24 15:11, Fabian Grünbichler wrote:
> On April 16, 2024 3:18 pm, Dominik Csapak wrote:
>> This series enables importing ova/ovf from directory based storages,
>> inclusive upload/download via the webui (ova only).
>>
>> It also improves the ovf importer by parsing the ostype, nics, bootorder
>> (and firmware from vmware exported files).
>>
>> I currently opted to move the OVF.pm to pve-storage, since there is no
>> real other place where we could put it. Building a seperate package
>> from qemu-servers git repo would also not be ideal, since we still
>> have a cyclic dev dependency then
>> (If someone has a better idea how to handle that, please do tell, and
>> i can do that in a v2)
>>
>> There are surely some wrinkles left i did not think of, but all in all,
>> it should be pretty usable. E.g. i downloaded some ovas, uploaded them
>> on my cephfs in my virtual cluster, and successfully imported that with
>> live-import.
>>
>> The biggest caveat when importing from ovas is that we have to
>> temporarily extract the disk images. I opted for doing that into the
>> import storage, but if we have a better idea where to put that, i can
>> implement it in a v2 (or as a follow up). For example, we could add a
>> new 'tmpdir' parameter to the create call and use that for extractig.
>
> something is wrong with the permissions, since the import images are not
> added to check_volume_access, I can now upload an OVA, but not see it
> afterwards ;)
>
> I guess if a user has upload rights for improt images
> (Datastore.AllocateTemplate), they should also be able to see and use
> (and remove) import images?
>
ah yes, i forgot to add it there.
but FWICS isos can have the same problem?
upload only requires 'Datastore.AllocateTemplate' but seeing them requires
'Datastore.AllocateSpace' or 'Datastore.Audit'
is that a mistake?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-17 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-16 13:18 Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 1/9] copy OVF.pm from qemu-server Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 15:02 ` Thomas Lamprecht
2024-04-17 9:19 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 9:26 ` Thomas Lamprecht
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 2/9] plugin: dir: implement import content type Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 10:07 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 10:07 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:13 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 12:46 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 3/9] plugin: dir: handle ova files for import Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 10:52 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:07 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 13:39 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-18 7:22 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 7:25 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 8:55 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-17 12:45 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-17 13:10 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 13:52 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-17 14:07 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 6:46 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 4/9] ovf: implement parsing the ostype Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 11:32 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:14 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 7:31 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 5/9] ovf: implement parsing out firmware type Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 11:43 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:18 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 6/9] ovf: implement rudimentary boot order Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 11:54 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:15 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 7/9] ovf: implement parsing nics Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 12:09 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:16 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 8:22 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 8/9] api: allow ova upload/download Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 8:05 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 9/9] plugin: enable import for nfs/btfs/cifs/cephfs Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 8:43 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 1/3] api: delete unused OVF.pm Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 8:52 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 8:57 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 9:03 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 2/3] use OVF from Storage Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 9:07 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 3/3] api: create: implement extracting disks when needed for import-from Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 9:41 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 9:48 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 9:55 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 9:58 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 10:01 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 1/4] ui: fix special 'import' icon for non-esxi storages Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 2/4] ui: guest import: add ova-needs-extracting warning text Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 3/4] ui: enable import content type for relevant storages Dominik Csapak
2024-04-16 13:19 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 4/4] ui: enable upload/download buttons for 'import' type storages Dominik Csapak
2024-04-17 12:37 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-18 11:20 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 11:23 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 11:26 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 13:11 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage/qemu-server/pve-manager] implement ova/ovf import for directory " Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-17 13:19 ` Dominik Csapak [this message]
2024-04-18 6:40 ` Fabian Grünbichler
2024-04-18 9:27 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 10:35 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 11:10 ` Dominik Csapak
2024-04-18 11:13 ` Fiona Ebner
2024-04-18 11:17 ` Fabian Grünbichler
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