2. Containerized Data Importer (CDI)

Provision virtual machine disk images using the Containerized Data Importer

In this section we will get familiar with the Containerized Data Importer to provision PVCs which can be used as Disks for our KubeVirt VMs.

Goals

  • Know what the Containerized Data Importer is
  • Understand why we use the Containerized Data Importer
  • Import a disk image from a webserver
  • Start a VM with an Alpine Cloud Disk Image
2.1. Introduction

Introduction to the Containerized Data Importer

2.2. Create a DataVolume

Create a DataVolume to import data into a PVC

2.3. Using the Alpine disk

Create a virtual machine using the provisioned Alpine Cloud Disk Image