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            <h1>Importing a Virtual Machine OVA into ProxMox</h1>
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	<li>Log into ProxMox VE either via SSH or the web based shell</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to download the .ova and import it<br />
	<span style="font-size:12px;"><em>NOTE: in the example we are installing TurnKey Core</em></span>
	<div class="codeBlock"># make a working directory<br />
	mkdir ova_import &amp;&amp; cd ova_import<br />
	# download the ova<br />
	wget -O TurnKey.ova https://laotzu.ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/turnkeylinux/images/ova/turnkey-core-16.1-buster-amd64.ova<br />
	# extract the downloaded ova<br />
	tar xvf TurnKey.ova<br />
	# create a new vm from the ova<br />
	# usage<br />
	# qm importovf &lt;unused vmid&gt; &lt;path to ova&gt; &lt;destination storage pool name&gt; [OPTIONS]<br />
	qm importovf 300 ./turnkey-core-16.1-buster-amd64.ovf HDD_500GB --format qcow2</div>
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	<li>After the VM has been successfully imported, open a web browser and navigate to the ProxMox VE web UI</li>
	<li>Select the imported VM from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Review the imported VM details and tweak as needed</li>
	<li>Click the Start button in the top right of the screen</li>
	<li>Click the Console link to watch the boot process</li>
	<li>After confirming the imported VM is working, run the following command to clean up the downloaded ova data
	<div class="codeBlock">cd ..<br />
	rm ova_import/ -r</div>
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