Step 1 – Create the qcow2 files for KVM
- Navigate to Connectors > DNS Forwarders and click Download Components.
- Click Download for VA VMWare ESXi.
Secure Access generates and downloads a .tar file unique to your deployment.
This tar file includes:
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an .ova template containing the virtual hard disks that need to be deployed on KVM
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a signature file
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a Cisco public certificate to validate the signature
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a readme file
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Extract the contents of the tar file using the command
tar –xvf <tar filename> -C <Destination folder>.To verify the integrity of the downloaded file, validate the signature by following the instructions provided in the readme file. When successful, you should see a message saying “Verified OK."
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Extract the downloaded.ova file to retrieve the vmdk files.
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Use the qemu-img convert commands to convert each of the vmdk files to the qcow2 format.
qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 forwarder-va.vmdk forwarder-va.qcow2 qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 dynamic.vmdk dynamic.qcow2 -
Copy both the qcow2 files on your Linux system running KVM.
Deploying the VA results in a modification of the source qcow2 files. Thus, you must copy the qcow2 files each time you deploy a new VA.
