Converting images

This is a step by step guideline on how to convert a images to Sunlight (.qcow2).

VMware (vmdk) to Sunlight image conversion

1. Install an ubuntu 18.04 VM on the Sunlight platform

2. Run the following commands (as sudo user)

   apt-get update
   apt-get install qemu-utils
   

3. Download the VMWare (.vmdk) image to convert and run the appropriate qemu-img convert cmdline

   qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 <image>.vmdk <image>.qcow2
   

4. Insert the converted output image (.qcow2) into the Sunlight template manager.