The Advanced Import Appliance is deprecated and is no longer available on Docker Hub.
No updates will be provided for this tool.

Updating the Advanced Import Appliance

Before you add or change settings, make sure you have the most recent version.

Under Application version, click Check for updates.
If a newer version is available, pull and run the new version of the Docker container.

Pull and run the latest version of the Docker container

From a terminal, type the following command:

docker pull skytap/advanced-import-appliance:latest

From the terminal, type the following command:

docker run -p [PORT]:3001 -v [PATH_TO_VMS]:/mnt/import_files -v [PATH_TO_SUPPORT_DIR]:/mnt/import_support skytap/advanced-import-appliance:latest

Where:

[PORT] – Local browser port on which the displays.
[PATH_TO_SUPPORT_DIR] – Directory to store settings and logs.
[PATH_TO_VMS] – Directory from which VMs will be imported.

You can create subdirectories within [PATH_TO_VMS]. For example, if you want to organize VMs for import to different projects, you could create different project directories. You can then specify those subdirectories from within for different import jobs.

For example, the following command:

docker run -p 3001:3001 -v /srv/vms:/mnt/import_files -v /srv/skytap:/mnt/import_support skytap/advanced-import-appliance:latest

Configures to use:

Notes

When you update the Docker container on the local computer, all of the settings are preserved. Even if you remove the container, when you create a new instance of it with the same [PATH_TO_SUPPORT_DIR] and [PATH_TO_VMS] run command, the settings and status are preserved.
Only for the v1.0.0 update – When you update to v1.0.0, you must either delete any existing database (sqlite3) file in [PATH_TO_SUPPORT_DIR] or choose a different [PATH_TO_SUPPORT_DIR]. You will then have to reconfigure . For instructions about reconfiguring , see Setting up the Advanced Import Appliance.