This script extracts a VMDK file from an OVA file and converts it to QCOW2 format for use with QEMU.

The script performs the following steps:

1. Extracts the contents of an OVA file into a specified directory.
2. Retrieves the VMDK file from the extracted contents.
3. Converts the VMDK file to QCOW2 format.

• Python 3.12
• qemu-img tool installed on your system

Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory:

git clone https://github.com/NossaGTS/convert_ova.git
cd convert_ova

To run the script, use the following command:

./convert_ova.py -n <ova_name> -p <path_to_ova_file>

• -n, --name : The name of the OVA file (without the .ova extension).
• -p, --path : The path to the directory containing the OVA file.

./convert_ova.py -n my_ova_file -p /path/to/ova

Unzips an OVA file into a specified directory and retrieves the VMDK file.

Parameters:

• ova_path (str): The path to the OVA file to be unzipped.
• ova_name (str): The name of the OVA file, used to create the output directory.

Returns:

• str: The name of the VMDK file extracted from the OVA file.

Raises:

• Exception: If an error occurs during the extraction process.

Converts a VMDK file to QCOW2 format for use with QEMU.

Parameters:

• vmdk_file (str): The path to the VMDK file to be converted.
• ova_name (str): The name of the OVA file, used to create the output directory and name the resulting QCOW2 file.

Returns:

• None

Raises:

• Exception: If an error occurs during the conversion process.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• This script utilizes the qemu-img tool for converting VMDK files to QCOW2 format.