Migrating your VM to whitesky.cloud BV

In this tutorial, we will discuss all the supported formats for migrating VMs to whitesky.cloud BV. As a customer, you will probably need to migrate a VM or more from a cloud service provider or vendor to whitesky.cloud BV, instead of building everything from scratch.

Note: This tutorial is being updated periodically with the new supported versions of VMs.

Possible methods of migration

To migrate a VM to whitesky.cloud BV portal, you can use any of the following options:

1. whitesky.cloud BV CLI.
2. Import from an S3 server.
3. Use backup tools like Acronis.

Migrate VMs using CLI

whitesky.cloud BV CLI provides multiple options for importing VMs to whitesky.cloud BV. You can download the whitesky.cloud BV CLI and learn more about how to use it through CLI Guide.

For importing VMs using CLI, you can use either OVA or OVF extensions. Check the following example in the export/import tutorial to learn how you can import your VM to whitesky.cloud BV portal using CLI.

Use the following command on CLI, to learn more about the supported flags use --help at the end of the command.

./portal-whitesky-cloud import vm <CUSTOMER_ID> <CLOUDSPACE_ID> [OVA | OVF] [flags]

For importing disks using CLI, you can use the VMDK extension.

Use the following command on CLI, to learn more about the supported flags use --help at the end of the command.

./portal-whitesky-cloud import image <CUSTOMER_ID> <CLOUDSPACE_ID> <DISK_NAME> <IMAGE> <TYPE> <DESC>

Note: In case you want to import a disk or VM that's not exported from whitesky.cloud BV portal, you'll need to install virt-io drivers before importing it to whitesky.cloud BV portal.

Migrate VMs using S3

It's also possible to migrate your VM that is uploaded on S3 server to whitesky.cloud BV portal. This can be done using the whitesky.cloud BV portal by going to Cloudspace > CREATE VM > Import from S3.

Check virtual machine documentation to learn more about how to create VMs from S3.

Or you can use an API endpoint like the following:

POST /customers/<CUSTOMER_ID>/cloudspaces/<CLOUDSPACE_ID>/vms/import-s3?link=<S3_SERVER_LINK>&key=<S3_ACCESS_KEY>&secret=<S3_SERVER_SECRET>&region=<S3_SERVER_REGION>&bucket=<BUCKET_NAME>&object_name=<OBJECT_NAME>&name=<VM_NAME>&description=<DESCRIPTION>&vcpus=<NUMBER_OF_VCPUS>&memory=<MEMORY_SIZE>&boot_type=<BOOT_TYPE>&os_type=<OS_TYPE>&os_name=<OS_NAME>

Both OVA or OVF extensions are supported when you migrate your VM from S3 server.

Migrate VMs from backup tools

whitesky.cloud BV portal supports VM migration from backup tools like Acronis. This can be done using the whitesky.cloud BV portal by going to Cloudspace > CREATE VM > Create from acronis backup.

Check virtual machine documentation to learn more about how to create VMs from Acronis backup.

Or you can use an API endpoint like the following:

POST /customers/<CUSTOMER_ID>/cloudspaces/<CLOUDSPACE_ID>/vms?name=<VM_NAME>&description=<DESCRIPTION>&vcpus=<NUMBER_VCPUS>&memory=<MEMORY_SIZE>&private_ip=<PRIVATE_IP>&image_id=<IMAGE_ID>&disk_size=<DISK_SIZE>&os_type=<OS_TYPE>&os_name=<OS_NAME>&enable_vm_agent=<AGENT_STATUS_BOOLEAN>&all_vm_disks=<CLONE_SNAPSHOTS_STATUS_BOOLEAN>&acronis=<ACRONIS_BACKUP_STATUS_BOOLEAN>&boot_type=<BOOT_TYPE>

Migrate VMs from different Cloud service providers

You can migrate your VMs from multiple cloud service providers to whitesky.cloud BV by simply exporting the VM from your service provider, then you can use the CLI to import it to whitesky.cloud BV. Check this example on how you can migrate your VMware VM to whitesky.cloud BV.