====== Convert LXC Container to KVM VM ======

===== To Convert LXC to a Proxmox VM =====

This is the process:
  * Tar the entire filesystem from the container root directory, usually <code>/var/lib/libvirt/images/rootfs/<container_root_dir></code>
  * SCP the newly created tar to a Proxmox Node in the directory <code>/var/lib/vz/template/cache</code>
  * Create a new Container in the Proxmox GUI and use the copied tar as the template.

==== To Convert LXC to a Libvirt/Virsh Container ====

The is the process:

  * Create a new qcow2 disk image. The easiest way is to mount an existing image, and remove the files

<code>sudo modprobe nbd max_part=8
sudo qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 file.qcow2
sudo mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt/kvm</code>
  
  * mount the image with qemu-nbd
  * Copy the LXC Files to the KVM image via rsync: rsync -av --numeric-ids <source> <destination>
  * mount --bind /dev, /proc, and /sys on the image and chroot to it
  * Copy the /etc/fstab from an existing KVM machine to the new disk
  * install the kernel and grub-pc to /dev/nbd0
  * edit grub.cfg to point nbd0p2 to /dev/vda2
  * Boot the new VM