Import/Export
It is desirable to share a single virtual box across multiple physical machines and import an existing box to run locally.
Participants
Design: JakubSteiner
Goals
- copy/sync VMs across multiple computers
Use Cases
- Skip the OS install and customization for a VM by simply copying a fully set up box/template over to a new machine.
- Download a fully set up VM from a company website, skipping installation and setup.
Take VM along on a business trip (workstation>notebook>workstation)
Non Goals / Future Goals
- Distribute applications as VMs
Single VM accessible from multiple machines (Remotely managed VM/brokers). => ovirt/rhevm
Relevant Art
Tentative Design
Exporting relies on the Sharing pattern, which is sadly still in its infancy and will be prone to change.
Notes & FIXMEs
For the travelling VM use case, I would just import & delete old version rather than dealing with local synchronization/hooking up to snapshots.