How-to Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine

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Last updated: Jul 11, 2024
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ITS Private Cloud Portal

  1. Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca

  2. Look for the VM to edit and click 

  3. From the VM tab, click con SPECS 

  4. From the CD/DVD dropdown select the ISO image to mount

  5. Click on SAVE.

If the ISO file you need is not listed in the dropdown list, please follow the article Upload an ISO image to VSS and Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine.

Command-Line Interface

Using https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install

  1. Get ISO id or name to mount:

    vss-cli compute contentlib iso ls -f name=ubuntu id name library.name size -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------- ---------- 520d298f-8afb-476a-9244-a970e5e… ubuntu-22.04-beta-live-server-a… VSS-Nix 1464485888 837c28cf-82ef-4226-a563-7b0ac55… ubuntu-22.10-desktop-amd64 VSS-Nix 4071903232 e77d5427-0515-4351-bf2b-737b889… ubuntu-20.04.5-live-server-amd6… VSS-Nix 1406533632 21cb58c7-614c-4ea5-8328-8e6ae81… ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd6… VSS-Nix 1474873344 d12541f1-d11a-43a6-9de6-86dd1fb… ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64 VSS-Nix 3826831360

  2. Submit a request to mount the ISO image:

    vss-cli compute vm set {VmName-or-Uuid} cd up --backing ubuntu-20.04.5 1

If the ISO file you need is not listed, please follow the article Upload an ISO image to VSS and Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine.

For more information, please refer to Manage Floppy, ISOs and OVA/OVF Images.

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