Extend virt-exportserver to handle export of qcow2
Author: codingbenCreated Sep 3, 2025Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelskind/enhancementlifecycle/stale
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe:
As a user I have to export raw disk image (gz) from the Export API, decompress it, and convert it to a qcow2 before pushing it to the container registry.
Describe the solution you'd like:
I want simply to export qcow2 disk image from the Export API, and push it to the container registry.
Describe alternatives you've considered:
N/A
Additional context:
There is no supported tooling for this, currently qemu-img lacks to stream the ouput of qcow2 while converting it from raw disk image.
Source: kubevirt/kubevirt