Cannot import OVA from VirtualBox
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Hi,
I'm having trouble importing a VM from a .ova file in Xen Orchestra (I'm using the latest version from sources). It presents me with an "Error: No description available" message, and although the name of the VM appears, nothing happens when I click import. I have tried with Open Virtualization Format 1.0 and 2.0.
Edit: Able to import in Xencenter, so this seems to be an XO bug. -
Ping @nraynaud
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Same problem here, Windows10 VM exported from VirtualBox OVF v1.0, Description have been set 
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OVA, not OVF right?
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Yes .OVA
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Are you sure your XOA is fully up to date?
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I will update to the latest src version and let you know.
Thx again for your help.
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We are continuing to see this issue on our system, despite running the latest version. I'm trying to figure out what causes some uploads to succeed and others to fail with the error message I mentioned above. Besides being a
.ovafile, what are the requirements for a virtual appliance? Does the type of virtual disk make a difference (VHD, VMDK, VDI)? Is this a problem with the XML in the.ovfcomponent? -
Hard to tell without more details or debug coming from your errors.
Keeping @nraynaud is in the loop.
If you have a problematic OVA you want to share, feel free.
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@olivierlambert I'd be happy to share the
.ovathat I'm working with, just let me know how you'd like me to do that. Where can I find logs for this type of error? -
Share it in the service you prefer
(Mega, whatever).Logs can be found in your browser console while you upload it.
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error bubbles: false cancelBubble: false cancelable: false composed: false currentTarget: null defaultPrevented: false eventPhase: 0 explicitOriginalTarget: FileReader error: DOMException code: 0 columnNumber: 0 data: null filename: "" lineNumber: 0 message: "File could not be read" name: "NotReadableError" result: 2154102785 stack: "" <prototype>: DOMExceptionPrototype { name: Getter, message: Getter, INDEX_SIZE_ERR: 1, … } onabort: null onerror: null onload: null onloadend: null onloadstart: null onprogress: null readyState: 2 result: null <prototype>: FileReaderPrototype { readAsArrayBuffer: readAsArrayBuffer(), readAsBinaryString: readAsBinaryString(), readAsText: readAsText(), … } isTrusted: true lengthComputable: true loaded: 3400646144 originalTarget: FileReader { readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException, … } returnValue: true srcElement: FileReader { readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException, … } target: FileReader { readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException, … } timeStamp: 59158 total: 3400646144 type: "error" <get isTrusted()>: function isTrusted() <prototype>: ProgressEventPrototype { lengthComputable: Getter, loaded: Getter, total: Getter, … } index.js:225:12Link to the OVA
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@dgmcdona Ok I'm downloading it I will take a look.
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@dgmcdona I see that the system did not recognize the disk, I will look into it deeper.
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The fix should be here: https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/5255 if you have the ability to test Xo from the sources
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Greetings all
browser - Brave (Chromium 85.0.4183.102)
XOA community edition - updated today via scriptxo-server 5.66.2
xo-web 5.70.0I am also having this issue. It's an ova file from virtualbox - I created it back in 2018 , if that is part of the problem?
Here is my error log:
bubbles: false cancelBubble: false cancelable: false composed: false currentTarget: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} defaultPrevented: false eventPhase: 0 isTrusted: true lengthComputable: true loaded: 0 path: [] returnValue: true srcElement: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} target: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} timeStamp: 379669.2550000007 total: 3307068416 type: "error" __proto__: ProgressEvent (anonymous) @ index.js:224 o @ asyncToGenerator.js:17 (anonymous) @ asyncToGenerator.js:30 Promise.then (async) o @ asyncToGenerator.js:27 (anonymous) @ asyncToGenerator.js:35 t @ _export.js:36 (anonymous) @ asyncToGenerator.js:14 (anonymous) @ index.js:216 (anonymous) @ index.js:276 (anonymous) @ utils.js:174 t.exports @ _arrayEach.js:15 t.exports @ forEach.js:37 r.mapPlus @ utils.js:174 (anonymous) @ index.js:264 o @ asyncToGenerator.js:17 (anonymous) @ asyncToGenerator.js:35 t @ _export.js:36 (anonymous) @ asyncToGenerator.js:14 (anonymous) @ index.js:237 (anonymous) @ index.js:206 Promise.then (async) value @ index.js:174 executeOnChange @ LinkedValueUtils.js:130 (anonymous) @ ReactDOMInput.js:239 o @ ReactErrorUtils.js:24 s @ EventPluginUtils.js:83 executeDispatchesInOrder @ EventPluginUtils.js:106 d @ EventPluginHub.js:41 p @ EventPluginHub.js:52 t.exports @ forEachAccumulated.js:22 processEventQueue @ EventPluginHub.js:250 (anonymous) @ ReactEventEmitterMixin.js:15 handleTopLevel @ ReactEventEmitterMixin.js:25 p @ ReactEventListener.js:70 perform @ Transaction.js:141 batchedUpdates @ ReactDefaultBatchingStrategy.js:60 batchedUpdates @ ReactUpdates.js:95 dispatchEvent @ ReactEventListener.js:145I do see this line
DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problemsWhat perms do I need to set on the ova to let it read this ova and import? I regret that I can not share the ova file as it is private but I can try and debug perhaps?
Here is the error log from XOA Enterprise (I run both VMs) when trying to import the same file.
xo-server 5.64.1
xo-web 5.67.0bubbles: false cancelBubble: false cancelable: false composed: false currentTarget: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} defaultPrevented: false eventPhase: 0 isTrusted: true lengthComputable: true loaded: 0 path: [] returnValue: true srcElement: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} target: FileReader {readyState: 2, result: null, error: DOMException: The requested file could not be read, typically due to permission problems that have …, onloadstart: null, onprogress: null, …} timeStamp: 23579.565000000002 total: 3307068416 type: "error" __proto__: ProgressEventAnything else I can provide to help debug, lmk. Thank you.
Edit - I attempted to import via the windows xen center and that also failed to import. I can attach logs if you tell me how, but I think xen center is another dev team. I might need to somehow convert my ova file from 2018 to a newer standard somehow?
The private ova file is a debian 8 system with the default gui install. It has a VMDK as it's disk format.. I am fairly certain I would have set that up as dynamically allocated.
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@dgmcdona I am using both the XOA enterprise and the community edition.
I updated the community edition of XOA to the newest version using the script that is on github , I linked to the script in my last post. Does that pull in the fix or do I have to apply a patch within XOA? I am confused as to what a github pull request is.. I am a noob at this clearly. I do run the community and it's updated. What else do I need to do to apply the patched code to my XOA community instance?
Thanks!
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@ben20ben I see that they merged the relevant pull request into the master branch 3 days ago, so if you're running XO from the sources, and you do an update, the patch should be applied.
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I also am having trouble importing a virtualbox ova.
This is what I get when I try to import.
This is the source of the file:
https://github.com/librenms/packer-builds/releases/download/1.63/librenms-ubuntu-18.04-amd64.ova
Any ideas?
