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Ova to qcow VM host proxmox

1.-  first we make a directory in this case our directory is ova

mkdir ova 

cd ova

2.- Download ova (we're usingg wazuh for this project)

wget -O wazuh.ova https://packages.wazuh.com/4.x/vm/wazuh-4.4.5.ova

3.-  extract our ova

tar xvf wazuh.ova

4.- create a VM on Proxmox from our file. (qm importovf <unused vmid> <path to ova> <destination storage pool name> [OPTIONS])

qm importovf 201 ./wazuh-4.4.5.ovf Data --format qcow2

 

after VM has been sucesfully import open web browser navigate to proxmox and start new vm.

 

you can delete our ova folder now

rm ova/ -r