[pve-devel] [PATCH storage v5 1/1] import: allow upload of guest images files into import storage

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 04.04.25 um 16:11 schrieb Fiona Ebner:
> Am 01.04.25 um 10:23 schrieb Dominik Csapak:
>> so users can upload qcow2/raw/vmdk files directly in the ui
>>
> 
> Pre-existing, but we put all uploads to /var/tmp/pveupload-XYZ first,
> right? This already makes some users unhappy with ISOs IIRC and for
> images we can expect it to get worse as those are usually even larger.
> Should we at least show a warning/hint about this in the UI?

This is definitively a long-standing design deficiency and was IMO never
a good choice to use a local directory, duplicating IO and messing with
the root filesystem of a PVE.
That said, it's rather orthogonal to this feature and can be fixed later
on, considering the implications of having some not always fully trusted
fie lying around, handling cleanups, ... it might need a bit more work
to implement some sane and central mechanisms here.