OVA upload procedure #787
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anarnold97
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mansam
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| A success message confirms the file upload. After several seconds, the number of virtual machines increases under the *Provider inventory* section. | ||
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| * If your OVA appliance is large, you might receive a request timeout error message. |
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The OVA upload timeout was removed in time for GA so this line is unnecessary. See also: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/MTV-3617
| . Click the provider to open the *Details* page. Click the provider’s *YAML* tab. | ||
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| For information about creating a provider, see xref:adding-source-provider_ova[Adding an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) source provider]. | ||
| . Scroll down the provider’s YAML file to `spec.settings.applianceManagement`, and set `applianceManagement` to `'true'`: |
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This settings field is not displayed by default, they will need to add it. The example yaml is good, but the explanation in this bullet point may be misleading.
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| You can configure Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file upload by web browser to upload an OVA file directly to an NFS share. To configure OVA file upload, you first enable OVA appliance management in the `ForkliftController` custom resource (CR) and then enable OVA upload for each OVA provider. When you enable OVA upload for an OVA provider, the *Upload local OVA files* option populates on the provider’s *Details* page in the MTV UI. | ||
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| .Prerequisites |
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The NFS share must be writable by the QEMU group (107).
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| The Operator Details page opens in the *Details* tab. | ||
| . Click the *ForkliftController* tab, and open the `forklift-controller` resource. | ||
| . Click the `forklift-controller` *YAML* tab, and add the `feature_ova_appliance_management` field to the `spec` section of the `forklift-controller` custom resource (CR): |
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They should wait for the operator to redeploy the controller after changing the ForkliftController CR.
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https://issues.redhat.com/browse/MTV-3358
Preview: https://jenny-anne.github.io/mtv-previews/MTV/MTV-3358#proc_configuring-ova-web-upload_ova