alibaba-ai-converting-image-to-qcow2.adoc

Converting the discovery image to QCOW2 format

Convert the generated ISO to QCOW2 format before importing it into {alibaba}.

Prerequisites

• You have created a cluster and downloaded the discovery image in the {ai-full}.

• You have access to a Linux machine that is outside the cluster, such as your desktop machine.

Procedure

1. Open the command line interface on the Linux machine.

2. Verify that the system has virtualization flags enabled by running the following command:

   $ grep -e lm -e svm -e vmx /proc/cpuinfo

3. Install the qemu-img package on a {op-system-base} or Fedora machine by running the following command:

   $ sudo dnf install -y qemu-img

   Note	If your system uses the APT package manager, install the package using the name qemu-utils instead.

4. Convert the image to QCOW2 by running the following command:

   $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 ${CLUSTER_NAME}.iso ${CLUSTER_NAME}.qcow2