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1. Get your kvm virtualmachine zipfile
2. Extract the zip, you should get a .qcow2 file
3. Use qemu to convert this to a vdi file: `qemu-img convert -O vdi virtual.qcow2 virtual.vdi`
4. Create a new vm within VirtualBox, and select the converted .vdi file as its harddisk
5. Profit		  1. Get your kvm virtualmachine zipfile
 2. Extract the zip, you should get a .qcow2 file
 3. Make sure the qemu-img command is available. For Debian, this is included in the qemu-utils package. (`apt-get update && apt-get install qemu-utils`)
 4. Use qemu to convert this to a vdi file: `qemu-img convert -O vdi virtual.qcow2 virtual.vdi`
 5. Create a new vm within VirtualBox, and select the converted .vdi file as its harddisk
 6. Profit

Contents

  1. Running a KVM image within VirtualBox

Running a KVM image within VirtualBox

  1. Get your kvm virtualmachine zipfile
  2. Extract the zip, you should get a .qcow2 file

  3. Make sure the qemu-img command is available. For Debian, this is included in the qemu-utils package. (apt-get update && apt-get install qemu-utils)

  4. Use qemu to convert this to a vdi file: qemu-img convert -O vdi virtual.qcow2 virtual.vdi

  5. Create a new vm within VirtualBox, and select the converted .vdi file as its harddisk

  6. Profit

For raw files: VBoxManage convertdd virtual.raw virtual.vdi --format VDI

Howto/VirtualBox (last edited 2021-08-30 09:54:29 by Burathar)