[Libguestfs] [PATCH] v2v: skip decryption of VM disks

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 12:22:42AM +0300, Maxim Davydov wrote:
> In some situations, we want to be able to skip an encrypted disk
> automatically, without waiting for a passphrase from the user for this
> disk. For instance, it maybe be required by hosting service providers that
> use automatic guest reconfiguration but cannot have passphrases for
> encrypted guest disks. So this option can be part of "--in-place" because
> it is usually used in automatic mode. But this feature can also be
> implemented as a separate command line option, for example,
> "--skip-encrypt"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Davydov <maxim.davydov at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  v2v/v2v.ml | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/v2v/v2v.ml b/v2v/v2v.ml
> index 68817da04..052c9f3ed 100644
> --- a/v2v/v2v.ml
> +++ b/v2v/v2v.ml
> @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ let rec main () =
>    g#launch ();
>  
>    (* Decrypt the disks. *)
> -  inspect_decrypt g cmdline.ks;
> +  if not cmdline.in_place then inspect_decrypt g cmdline.ks;
>  
>    (* Inspection - this also mounts up the filesystems. *)
>    (match conversion_mode with

Hello Maxim, which version of virt-v2v would this be applied to?

I have (temporarily) disabled in-place conversions upstream but
intend to re-enable it soon, before 2.0 is released.

Rich.

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