Re: gcp custom vm created from virtualbox

gcp888 · 05-27-2024 04:06 PM

i uploaded a vm i created in virtual box using packer. i uploaded to a bucket and tried importing it with

gcloud compute images import rocky-linux-9-custom-v20240523 --sourcefile=gs://mybucket/RockyLinux.ovf --os=rocky-9 --format=vmdk

but it keeps failing here

step "translate-disk" run error: step "wait-for-translator" run error: WaitForInstancesSignal FailureMatch found for "inst-translator-translate-translate-disk-md2v8": "TranslateFailed: error: inspect_vm: no operating systems found"
ERROR
ERROR: build step 0 "us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/compute-image-import/wrappers/gce_vm_image_import:release" failed: step exited with non-zero status: 1
ERROR: (gcloud.compute.images.import) build a39daecd-da30-406f-a253-45e7f2ddc3f3 completed with status "FAILURE"

i checked and disabled splash screen in my grub file

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

any idea why

DamianS

Hello @gcp888 ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

1. Rocky Linux is available from Marketplace:

2. Regarding requirements

Perform a consistency check on the disk image by using the qemu-img check command on the disk.
or ensure that your OVF and VMDK files are correctly structured and not corrupted. You can use tools like ovftool to validate and convert OVF files if needed.
```
ovftool --lax /path/to/RockyLinux.ovf /path/to/output
```
or use VBoxManage utility to deal with image: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html
To export the virtual disk, use the export function of your VM management software. Don't copy the VMDK file from your VM manager's filesystem.
The image file must be of a supported image.
The disk image filename must be disk.raw.
The RAW image file must have a size in an increment of 1 GB. For example, the file must be either 10 GB or 11 GB but not 10.5 GB.
The compressed file must be a .tar.gz file that uses gzip compression and the --format=oldgnu option for the tar utility (manual).+

3. Regarding your disk
1. It looks like your disk is in wrong format. For VirtualBox it should be disk.raw according to https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image#create_image_file
2. After that import should be either possible from CLI or UI. You could also create new disk, from this tar file.
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image#gcloud-and-gsutil

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DamianS

If you have macos and you are not able to install virtualbox, please follow those steps:

1. I've downloaded clear rocky.vdi file from Internet. (as I had not any VDI files locally)
2. I've created disk.raw file by executing

dd if=RockyLinux_9.0_VBM_LinuxVMImages.COM.vdi of=raw/disk.raw bs=4M conv=sparse

3. Next, I've installed gnu-tar via brew.
4. I've used gtar because normal tar didn't used --format=oldgnu parameter

gtar --format=oldgnu -Sczf compressed-image.tar.gz disk.raw --verbose

5. I've created bucket via UI.
6. I've uploaded compressed-image.tar.gz via UI ( was faster).
7. I've imported image via UI ( again was faster ). as a source, I've provided cloud bucket compressed-image.tar.gz file.
8. Once done, I've created VM.

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gcp888

hi

I cannot use rockylinux from market place because it does not use lvm. i tried doing

dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/disk.raw bs=4M conv=sparse status=progress but I ran out of space.

DamianS

What is the issue to configure LVM on Rocky linux from marketplace ?

@gcp888 wrote:

i tried doing

dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/disk.raw bs=4M conv=sparse status=progress but I ran out of space.

Yes, because you don't have enough space on your PC / laptop or wherever you are executing this command .

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gcp888

so do i need to export it to another or external disk? because my /mnt is on my sda

DamianS

Wherever you have enough space.

@gcp888 wrote:

dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/disk.raw bs=4M conv=sparse status=progress but I ran out of space.

You said, that you have ovf file. So I'm wondering WHY are you sourcing /dev/sda ?

Did you follow steps from this instruction ? https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image#virtualbox

PS: I've configured LVM on RockyLinux 9 taken from Marketplace without any issue.

gcp888

i tried but i keep getting following error

gcloud compute images create rockylinux-custom \
--project=healthy-display-417113 \
--source-uri=https://storage.googleapis.com/xxxxxxx/compressed-image.tar.gz \
--storage-location=us-central1
ERROR: (gcloud.compute.images.create) Could not fetch resource:
- The tar archive is not a valid image.

I created the compressed image from vboxmanage

DamianS

For me you have error in "--source-uri". It should not be authentication URL. You should choose gsutil URI.

webaap-wordpress-load)$ gcloud compute images create my-image --source-uri=gs://import-images-random-bucket/compressed-image.tar.gz --project=webaap-wordpress-load  --storage-location=us-central
1
Created [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/webaap-wordpress-load/global/images/my-image].
NAME: my-image
PROJECT: webaap-wordpress-load
FAMILY: 
DEPRECATED: 
STATUS: READY
damian_sztankowski@cloudshell:~ (webaap-wordpress-load)$

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gcp888

ok I think i was importing the wrong file "ovf" instead of vmdk.

so I after i created my cirtualbox image via packer.

it outputs was a vmdk disk and an ovf file.

I went ahead and gsutil copied the vmdk file to my bucket and imported it with

gcloud compute images import rocky-linux9-custom \
--source-file=gs://xxxxxx/RockyLinux-disk001.vmdk

now i see the image in gcp

i havent tried the tar.gz method.