# \[Solved\] Import OVA as ONE template **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [November 27, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355 "2016-11-27T00:14:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oscar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/oscar/32/5120_2.png) [@oscar](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/oscar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/1 "2016-11-27T00:14:11Z")
Hi, I’d like to know if there is any procedure to import a vmdk or ova virtual machine to images datastore and then register it as opennebula template. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![mcabrerizo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/mcabrerizo/32/4829_2.png) [@mcabrerizo](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mcabrerizo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/2 "2016-11-29T07:44:37Z")
Morning oscar! there’s no official procedure in the docs for that but [you may start reading this section in the docs](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/operation/vm_setup/add_content.html) to know how you can add content to your cloud. If you want to import a vmdk file and you want to use it for the KVM hypervisor I’d start converting the VMDK file to qcow2 using qemu-img ([you may find this information useful)](http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/convert-vmware-vmdk-to-kvm-qcow2-or-virtualbox-vdi/). If you want to import a Windows VMDK file [you may find this post useful.](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/migrating-windows-server-2012-from-vmdk-to-opennebula/3207). Once you have the qcow2 file you can upload it to the image datastore as explained in the [Managing Images section](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/operation/vm_management/img_guide.html#id1). Then you should [create a template which uses that image](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/operation/vm_management/vm_templates.html#managing-virtual-machine-templates) and instantiate the template to launch the VM. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![oscar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/oscar/32/5120_2.png) [@oscar](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/oscar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/3 "2016-11-29T21:12:12Z")
Hi, Have I to create a template? or can I instantiate directly a VM. The idea is to deploy 2 servers, one for sunstone and the other one for mysql. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![jojo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/jojo/32/4953_2.png) [@jojo](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/jojo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/4 "2016-11-30T10:55:30Z")
Yes, as mcabrerizo already stated you’d have to create a template _that uses the images_ you converted and imported to your image store. opennebula vms can only be instantiated if you have some combination of a template (some vm definition, basically some lines of text) plus an image (the vms disk, the actual data) that’s basically how vms/instances in opennebula work. HTH Jojo ---
**Author:** ![oscar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/oscar/32/5120_2.png) [@oscar](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/oscar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/5 "2016-12-04T19:11:14Z")
Hi, I think you can create a VM from image without using a template just with: onevm create “file” In my case the file looks like: ``` NAME = vdicdb01 CPU = 0.5 MEMORY = 512 VCPU = 2 DISK = [IMAGE = "vdicimage"] NIC = [NETWORK = "public", IP = 192.168.2.3] NIC = [NETWORK = "interconnect", IP = 192.168.100.3] NIC_DEFAULT = [MODEL = "virtio"] #SCHED_DS_REQUIREMENTS = "NAME=\"vidc-vm\"" GRAPHICS = [ KEYMAP = es, type = spice, listen = 0.0.0.0] ``` Thanks a lot for your help! ---
**Author:** ![mcabrerizo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/mcabrerizo/32/4829_2.png) [@mcabrerizo](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mcabrerizo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/6 "2016-12-06T08:28:32Z")
Hi oscar! you’re absolutely right you can use onevm create to launch a VM from a template file. It’s documented [here](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/operation/references/template.html#virtual-machine-definition-template) and I reproduce it here for any user visiting this post for reference: > A template file consists of a set of attributes that defines a Virtual Machine. Using the command onetemplate create, a template can be registered in OpenNebula to be later instantiated. For compatibility with previous versions, you can also create a new Virtual Machine directly from a template file, using the onevm create command. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![oscar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/oscar/32/5120_2.png) [@oscar](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/oscar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/7 "2016-12-06T10:06:39Z")
In my case opennebula has not created the template XD ``` [oneadmin@vdicone01 ~]$ onevm list ID USER GROUP NAME STAT UCPU UMEM HOST TIME 36 oneadmin oneadmin vdicdb01 fail 0 0K vdicone01 0d 00h00 [oneadmin@vdicone01 ~]$ onetemplate list ID USER GROUP NAME REGTIME ``` [oneadmin@vdicone01 ~]$ Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![mcabrerizo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/mcabrerizo/32/4829_2.png) [@mcabrerizo](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mcabrerizo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/solved-import-ova-as-one-template/3355/8 "2016-12-06T10:10:33Z")
Oh! thanks then I’ll edit the post 😄