Importing a Virtual Machine OVA into ProxMox

#Hypervisor    01. Log into ProxMox VE either via SSH or the web based shell    02. Run the following commands to download the .ova and import it     NOTE: in the example we are installing TurnKey Core          # make a working directory          mkdir ova_import && cd ova_import          # download the ova          # extract the downloaded ova          tar xvf TurnKey.ova          # create a new vm from the ova          # usage          # qm importovf ≪unused vmid≫ ≪path to ova≫ ≪destination storage pool name≫ [OPTIONS]          qm importovf 300 ./turnkey-core-16.1-buster-amd64.ovf HDD_500GB --format qcow2    03. After the VM has been successfully imported, open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox VE web UI    04. Select the imported VM from the left navigation menu    05. Review the imported VM details and tweak as needed    06. Click the Start button in the top right of the screen    07. Click the Console link to watch the boot process    08. After confirming the imported VM is working, run the following command to clean up the downloaded ova data          cd ..          rm ova_import/ -r   Connect with me and others ###