[pve-devel] [PATCH storage/qemu-server/manager v7] implement ova/ovf import for file based storages

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 18.11.24 um 18:35 schrieb Aaron Lauterer:
>> Upon clicking "Import" in the web UI the "Import Guest" dialog opens
>> along with an error message stating:
>> XPath error : Undefined namespace prefix at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/ 
>> GuestImport/OVF.pm line 239. (500)
> I untar'ed that OVA and inspected the OVF. The filter for that is:
>      my $xpath_find_firmware = 
> "/ovf:Envelope/ovf:VirtualSystem/ovf:VirtualHardwareSection/vmw:Config[\@vmw:key=\"firmware\"]/\@vmw:value";
> 
> The GNS3 OVF does have `vmw:Config` elements, though none for the 
> firmware -> Default SeaBIOS
> 
> The CentOS OVF does not have any `vmw:Config` sub elements in that 
> search path. That is probably what is causing the issue.

There might also be a 

$xpc->registerNs('vmw', "???");

missing further above?

But I need to relearn that xpath/xml stuff, I was blessed for way to long
to just ignore (and forget) most of it.