Creating disk from cloud-init image in Import

[rrmm]

I've noticed that if you put a qcow2 cloud-init image in the Import directory of a node, you can create a VM disk using import_from via the API.
So, my Ansible file has a property "import_from: import/cloudimg-amd64.qcow2". This allows you to create VMs without using an absolute path.

However, the UI doesn't let you upload .qcow2 files to the import directory.

Are there any plans to allow something like this?

thanks.

 

[bbgeek17]

Are there any plans to allow something like this?

Hi @rrmm , welcome to the forum.

Yes, there is active work going on around this functionality. You can find more details in the Dev mailing list:
https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2025-April/069618.html

Cheers

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