Are Cloned qubes templates portable?

General Discussion
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Scenario is I want to use a common modified qubes template (both debian and fedora) that I can move between same architecture hardware (e.g. workstation and laptop that are both amd64). Is that feasible?

Can customized templates be backed up / copied between physical hosts?

An extension of this is having templates and backups in the cloud and pulling to workstations for setup for common working environments as well.

I could not find direct discussion on templates that indicated if they are per Quebe OS install specific or if they are portable.

Thanks in advance.

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You can convert a Virtualbox image into a Qubes VM, so I guess it should also work the other way.

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It should work as long both share the major Qubes version, although for full compatibility better to have them on the same minor as well (ie: R4.1 on both).

You should upload only the encrypted backup that Qubes Backup utility provides with a strong password, so you’re protected by any compromise on the cloud provider.