Exporting an Appliance to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle VM VirtualBox supports the export of VMs to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service. The exported VM is stored on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a custom Linux image. You can configure whether a cloud instance is created and started after the export process has completed.

Before you export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, you must prepare the VM as described in .

Use the following steps to export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

  1. Select File, Export Appliance to open the Export Virtual Appliance wizard.

    Select a VM to export and click Next to display the Format Settings page.

  2. From the Format drop-down list, select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    In the Profile drop-down list, select the cloud profile used for your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account.

    Export Virtual Appliance Wizard: Format Settings

    In the Machine Creation field, select an option to configure settings for the cloud instance created when you export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The options enable you to do one of the following:

    • Configure settings for the cloud instance after you have finished exporting the VM.

    • Configure settings for the cloud instance before you start to export the VM.

    • Do not create a cloud instance when you export the VM.

    Click Next to make an API request to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service and open the Appliance Settings page.

  3. (Optional) Edit storage settings used for the exported virtual machine in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You can change the following settings:

    • The name of the bucket used to store the exported files.

    • Whether to store the custom image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    • The display name for the custom image in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    • The launch mode for the custom image.

      Paravirtualized mode gives improved performance and should be suitable for most Oracle VM VirtualBox VMs.

      Emulated mode is suitable for legacy OS images.

    Click Finish to continue.

  4. (Optional) Depending on the selection in the Machine Creation field, the Appliance Settings page may be displayed before or after export. This screen enables you to configure settings for the cloud instance, such as Shape and Disk Size.

    Click Finish. The VM is exported to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    Depending on the Machine Creation setting, a cloud instance may be started after upload to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is completed.

  5. Monitor the export process by using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.

You can also use the VBoxManage export command to export a VM to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. See .