upload virtualization image <image> to <URI> [routing-instance <name>]
Uploads an image located relative to the /var/lib/libvirt/images folder to the remote server by using FTP, SFTP, or SCP.
- image
An image location relative to the /var/lib/libvirt/images folder.
- uri
- An FTP, SFTP, or SCP location for an image.
- username username-text
- Specifies a username.
- password password-text
- Specifies a password. The system prompts for a password, if one is not used.
- disable-verification
- Disables the SSL certificate verification or SSH host key verification.
- name
- Specifies the name of the routing instance to reach the host on which the image must be uploaded to. The default routing-instance is used if a value for the routing-instance keyword is not specified.
Operational mode.
Use this command to upload an image located relative to the /var/lib/libvirt/images folder to the remote server by using FTP, SFTP, or SCP.
For information about VRF configuration, refer to the VRF Support chapter in the .
The upload virtualization image command displays the following information:
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| % Total | Size of the uploaded image file. |
| % Received | Size of the image file received. Not relevant for uploads. |
| % Xferd | Size of the uploaded image. |
| Average Speed Dload | Average speed of the download. Not relevant for uploads. |
| Average Speed Upload | Average speed of the upload. |
| Time Total | Total time required for the upload. |
| Time Spent | Time spent since the upload started. |
| Time Left | Time left to complete the upload. |
| Current Speed | Current speed of the upload. |
The command output is not displayed until the download has finished.
The following example shows how to upload an image to an SCP location.
vyatta@vyatta:~$ upload virtualization image another-image.qcow2 to scp://10.10.1.1/home/image-user/another-image-used.qcow2 authentication username image-user
Enter password for 'image-user':
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 292M 0 0 0 292M 0 48.6M --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 48.6M
100 292M 0 0 0 292M 0 48.6M --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 48.6M