API equivalent of qm importdisk

[vijay_m2]

Currently I use `qm importdisk 9000 jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk-kvm.iso <Volume Group>` during VM creation. Now would like to use VE API for the same. What is the equivalent for that command with API.

 

[vijay_m2]

I know POST /api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu's scsi<n> parameter has `import-from` option, but it didn't work for me. Can you please give an example on how to use it if it is the one we need to use.

 

[dcsapak]

I know POST /api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu's scsi<n> parameter has `import-from` option, but it didn't work for me. Can you please give an example on how to use it if it is the one we need to use.

what exactly did not work for you?


an example parameter set would be

--scsi0 local:0,import-from=/path/to/imagefile

note that this can only be done as root@pam (since arbitrary paths can be given here) and there might be additional checks regarding format, etc.

 

[vijay_m2]

I am trying this with VE API. It works fine with `qm` CLI. The body I have is

curl -vv --insecure  --cookie "$(<cookie)" --header "$(<csrftoken)" -X POST \
 --data-urlencode net0="virtio,bridge=vmbr0" \
 --data vmid=115\
 --data cores=2 \
 --data-urlencode name=gh-template-PVE \
 --data-urlencode scsi0=BTI-Shared-Vol:0,import-from=/root/template/iso/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk-kvm.iso \
 --data memory=4096 \
 --data agent=1\
 --data-urlencode scsihw=virtio-scsi-pci \
 --data-urlencode boot=legacy=c,order=scsi0 \
 --data serial0=socket \
 --data vga=serial0 \
 https://$APINODE:8006/api2/json/nodes/$TARGETNODE/qemu

Basically, the end result is that the VM doesn't get created. If I remove

--data-urlencode scsi0=BTI-Shared-Vol:0,import-from=/root/template/iso/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk-kvm.iso

from above then the VM gets created.

Are there logs on the server side that I can see for any errors.

 

[vijay_m2]

I got it working. It was just a typo in my Volume Group Name. Thanks.