Virt-convert from libvirt to vmware libvirt Intend to add OVA installation API libvirt-users using virsh (or something) to convert from KVM domain XML to vmx fedora-virt exporting a vm image; but none of the above have been resolved yet. There is a script that goes from vmx to libvirt domain XML format: Virtualization Preview.

Vagrant-mutate is a vagrant plugin to convert vagrant boxes to work with different providers.

Maintenance Notice

I am no longer actively maintaining vagrant-mutate. If you are interested in taking over, let me know.

Supported Conversions

• Virtualbox to kvm
• Virtualbox to libvirt
• Virtualbox to bhyve
• Libvirt to kvm
• Kvm to libvirt

Compatibility

Vagrant-mutate 0.3 and later requires Vagrant 1.5. If you are using an older vagrant, install vagrant-mutate version 0.2.6.

Installation

qemu-img and libvirt development

First, you must install qemu-img and the libvirt development libraries. Information on supported versions is listed at QEMU Version Compatibility.

Debian and derivatives

Red Hat and derivatives

OS X

QEMU and libvirt are available from homebrew

Windows

Download and install it from Stefan Weil or compile it yourself.

vagrant-mutate

Now you're ready to install vagrant-mutate. To install the latest released version simply run

To install from source, clone the repository and run rake build. That will produce a gem file in the pkg directory which you can then install with vagrant plugin install.

Usage

The basic usage is

For example, if you wanted to download a box created for virtualbox and add it to vagrant for libvirt

Or if you had already downloaded it

Or if you had already added the box to vagrant and now want to use it with libvirt

The latter syntax works for boxes you added from Vagrant Cloud or Atlas too. If you have installed multiple versions of these boxes, vagrant-mutate will always use the latest one.

If you have a box for multiple providers, you must specify the provider to use for input using the --input-provider option, e.g.

Use the Hausa Keyboard by typing through the virtual keyboard, or by clicking the keys on the keyboard directly with your mouse. Click or press the Shift key for additional Hausa characters that are not visible on the keyboard.

To export a box you created with vagrant mutate, just repackage it, e.g.

If you want to force the output box to use virtio for the disk interface, no matter what interface the input box used, use the --force-virtio option.

Debugging

vagrant and vagrant-mutate will output lots of information as they run if you set the VAGRANT_LOG environment variable to INFO. See here for information on how to do that on your operating system.

If you experience any problems, please open an issue on github.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! I'd especially like to see support for converting between more providers added.

To contribute, follow the standard flow of

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Make sure the acceptance tests pass (ruby test/test.rb)
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request

Even if you can't contribute code, if you have an idea for an improvement please open an issue.