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