unable to set network when using govc import.ova

[thelangley]

I've used the govc ls command to work out the correct name of the network / host / cluster.

No matter how I do it, I cannot seem to get the import.ova to honour the network selection.

I always get

govc: Host did not have any virtual network defined.

I'd really like it to be able to accept a -net=blahblah reference instead of using GOVC_NETWORK=

[tjim]

Running into the same issue. Would like to abandon ovftool (which has --net) in favor of govc but can't for this reason.

[tsugliani]

That would indeed be great to avoid ovftool !

[mehrotra-prateek]

+1 has this been fixed?

[srbry]

+1 has this got any progress?

[srbry]

Hi all, while it would be nice to have an option to provide a -network arg to this command their is a current work around that can be used using the -options arg.

You can provide network mappings in an options.json file like so:

{
  "NetworkMapping": [
    "Name":"<network_name>",
    "Network":"<port_group>"
  ]
}

And then run this to deploy your ova:

govc import.ova -options=options.json <ova_file_path>

You can also do a whole load of extra config using options but it is not well documented, to gather an example file with all the options for your specific ova you can run (for my ova this gave me my NetworkMapping Name that I used above):

govc import.spec <ova_file_path>

[dougm]

Yes, should be fixed by #546 and #549 cc @egorovv

[egorovv]

Yes, if the networks defined in the OVA are present in the the target DC it should just work now, and -options can provide the mapping for the rest.

[dougm]

Thanks @egorovv , would be great to capture some examples in the wiki and/or .md in the repo.

[koteswara-kelam]

even if i specify "myNetwork" which is DVS portgroup, the VM is getting deployed on "VM Network".
$ cat options.json
{
"DiskProvisioning": "flat",
"IPAllocationPolicy": "dhcpPolicy",
"IPProtocol": "IPv4",
"InjectOvfEnv": false,
"MarkAsTemplate": false,
"Name": null,
"NetworkMapping": [
{
"Name": "myNetwork",
"Network": "myNetwork"
}
],
"PowerOn": false,
"WaitForIP": false
}
$ govc import.ova --options=options.json centos-7-7-1579580585.ova
[21-01-20 11:28:57] Warning: Line 72: Invalid value 'bridged' for element 'Connection'.
[21-01-20 11:30:01] Uploading greenlake-centos-7-7-disk1.vmdk... OK

[koteswara-kelam]

it is working after changing "Name" to ova's network. Thanks @dougm I didn't read your comment carefully.

[koteswara-kelam]

it is working after changing "Name" to ova's network. Thanks @dougm I didn't read your comment carefully.
{
"Name": "bridged",
"Network": "myNetwork"
}