sysadmin:legacy:lxc_to_kvm
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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
/var/lib/libvirt/images/rootfs/<container_root_dir>
- SCP the newly created tar to a Proxmox Node in the directory
/var/lib/vz/template/cache
- 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
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=8 sudo qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 file.qcow2 sudo mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt/kvm
* 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
sysadmin/legacy/lxc_to_kvm.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/27 14:00 by 127.0.0.1