Good evening everyone, I was wondering if I could import a .ova file from Virtualbox into my Qubes? I have put a lot of time into this VM build in Virtualbox which is a masterpiece by my standards (apps,tools and such). My thinking is… 1.) Copy this (.ova) image to USB 2.) Connect Said USB to my …

This exact question is addressed in the docs. Always looks there first :wink: [image] StandaloneVMs and HVMs StandaloneVMs and HVMs A StandaloneVM is a type of VM in Qubes that is created by cloning a TemplateVM. Unlike TemplateVMs, however, StandaloneVMs do not supply their root filesyst…

Even if you technically can do this, I would recommend to re implement it instead, as Qubes Templates (should) contain a lot of qubes related stuff inside… Importing should be used for stand alone VMs only, but a Template based one is much-much more practical under Qubes. just my 2 cents.

[image] Zrubi: Even if you technically can do this, I would recommend to re implement it instead, as Qubes Templates (should) contain a lot of qubes related stuff inside… True. I’d suggest migrating completely as well. Specifically here are some of the disadvantages of installing a non-native…

Thanks everyone, yes I was reading the documents after posting this question. I will be rebuilding this inside of Qubes once I get it going. Plus it never crossed my mind until after reviewing the docs about “security” risk it could cause. Thank you guys

Read this: [image] StandaloneVMs and HVMs StandaloneVMs and HVMs A StandaloneVM is a type of VM in Qubes that is created by cloning a TemplateVM. Unlike TemplateVMs, however, StandaloneVMs do not supply their root filesystems to other VMs. Examples of situations in which StandaloneVMs can …

Hello, I also tried to import a .ova file to Qubes OS and followed the instruction from the following link Redirecting… (as mentioned above). At the last command ( qvm-create --property=virt_mode=hvm --property=memory=4096 --property=kernel='' --label red --standalone --root-move-from /home/user/…

Private and/or storage size are different that the one being imported. But, as far as I know, this happens while reinstalling, not installing. So, are you sure you already don’t have win10 qube? Did you try to give it some other name than win10? This is just blind guess, since I don’t know what VMs …

Dear enmus, many thanks for you fast respond. I have now also tried to (re)import the image with another target name. Unfortunately I got the same error as before. When I try to import the image with an already existing name I get the following error: Error creating VM: VM XXX already exists At …

Things you need to do -Clean your logs in dom0 -change naming conventions find where it is nested in dom0 and delete the folder(s)

Many thanks for your help. It seems that I have found a solution in another post: Qvm-create: --root-copy-from vs --root-move-from By the command, which is presented in the mentioned post, ``` dd if=/dev/zero of=XXX.img count=0 bs=1 seek=YYY Again many thanks for your support!

Can I import a prebuilt (.ova) vm image into qubes

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deeplow February 26, 2021, 10:31am 2

This exact question is addressed in the docs. Always looks there first

Make a Win10 template from a VHDX image