Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances.
It would be nice if Proxmox VE would offer a built-in utility for importing OVF packaged virtual machines.
Many OSS and commercial appliances are distributed in OVF format. Right now importing them to Proxmox VE is a manual process requiring decompression and conversion of files inside OVF package. All required tools are already shipped with PVE node, so automating this process shouldn't require huge effort.
OVF is open and standardized format:
It would be nice if Proxmox VE would offer a built-in utility for importing OVF packaged virtual machines.
Many OSS and commercial appliances are distributed in OVF format. Right now importing them to Proxmox VE is a manual process requiring decompression and conversion of files inside OVF package. All required tools are already shipped with PVE node, so automating this process shouldn't require huge effort.
OVF is open and standardized format:
- ANSI has ratified OVF 1.1.0 as ANSI standard INCITS 469-2010.
- OVF 1.1 was adopted as an International Standard in August 2011 by the Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)