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Feature: Import virtual machine image from Statefile

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#414 opened on Jun 23, 2023

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It will be a greater developers experience if we can import virtual machine images from the Statefile

Describe the solution you'd like A configuration like this should be working eg:

Kind: VirtualMachine
ApiVersion: v0.8

Namespace: global

VirtualMachineImages:
  - Name: ubuntu-22
    From: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/jammy/release/ubuntu-22.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img

VirtualMachines:
  - Name: vm-test
    Disk:
      Image: ubuntu-22
    HostConfig:
      Cpu: 2
      Memory: 2048
      Kvm: true

Additional context I would like to avoid our daemon to download the file. Instead we will download it on the local machine of the users where the command is run under /tmp and upload it on the daemon afterwards.

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Research direction
Review the existing virtual machine image loading code (likely in the nanocl daemon) and understand how images are currently fetched. Then design an approach to parse the Statefile for image references, download the image to a temporary location on the client side, and upload it to the daemon via an API endpoint. Ensure the upload mechanism is robust for large files.
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rust
Domain
backendcloud
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